The initiative, officially known as the “One Orange” Orange County Racial Equity Plan, will see the towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough join with Orange County in this effort. Organizers say they hope it will serve as a living document.
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Exclusive: N.C. Farmer and Cookbook Author Jamie DeMent Holcomb Announces Bid for State Senate in Seat Covering Sen. Foushee’s District
DeMent says voters should consider her for her ability to thread the needle of two critical elements to the 23rd district—rural living and research—and hopes her background in government and farming will help her in her bid for the senate.
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Dontae Sharpe Was Pardoned After Wrongfully Serving 26 Years In Prison for Murder
Sharpe is now qualified to file a claim under a North Carolina law that allows people wrongly convicted of felonies to receive compensation.
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Jonah Garson Aims to Build a Democratic Community in His Bid for the District 56 Seat
The former chair of the Orange County Democratic Party is the second candidate to launch a bid for Rep. Verla Insko’s seat for when she retires at the end of next year.
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15 Minutes: Maria Lopez, 32
Manager of film programs at the North Carolina Museum of Art.
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Karen Stegman Hopes to Finish What She’s Started on Chapel Hill’s Town Council
The incumbent council member, running for her second term, says she still has more work to do on affordable housing, responding to climate change, and better addressing public safety.
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Meredith Pruitt’s Campaign for CHCCS Board of Education Raises Concerns Among Local Voters—and Could Reflect a Nationwide Trend
The registered Republican has out-raised her opponents by thousands. With a vague platform and high-profile conservative donors, parents and activists are worried that Pruitt’s candidacy is a right-wing attempt to “infiltrate the school district.”
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North Carolina is One of the Worst States for Older Workers
Here we go again.
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Nine Bronze Sculptures from Mexico to Be Installed in Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park
“‘Wings of the City’ embodies the aspiration of Dix Park as a place for introspection, interpretation and community,” said Janet Cowell, President of the Dix Park Conservancy.
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Winston-Salem’s Novant Health Fires Employees Who Refused COVID Vaccine
About 175 employees were dismissed after failing to comply with Novant’s mandate.