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Correction: An earlier version of this email misstated the date of the second primary. The correct date of the runoff is Tuesday, May 14.

Good morning, readers. 

The race for three at-large seats on the Orange County Schools Board of Education isn’t over just yet. 

Following certification of the election results last week, incumbent school board member Bonnie Hauser requested a runoff election against fellow incumbent Jennifer Moore. Hauser had won 6,046 votes to Moore’s 6,528 votes in a race that’s enough to contest. Incumbent Carrie Doyle and newcomer Wendy Padilla won the first and second most votes, respectively. 

Both Hauser and Moore are Democrats but, as reporter Chase Pellegrini de Paur has noted, they represent different factions on the board. Hauser is part of a more moderate group of board members, while Moore represents a progressive bloc. The second primary, which takes place May 14, will determine which bloc will have controlling majority on the board for the next two years, 

All eligible voters living in the Orange County Schools district may vote for either Moore or Hauser in the second primary. Additionally, registered Republicans and unaffiliated voters who voted the Republican ballot in March will be eligible to vote in the second primary for Republican candidates for lieutenant governor and state auditor. 

Have a good Monday. 

—Jane

Durham

Durham City Workers Union will rally for $25/hour at the city council’s budget hearing this evening, according to a press release. Many city workers went on strike last fall to demand more pay. 


The council will also discuss plans to remediate parks contaminated with lead at its meeting tonight.

Wake

The civil rights attorney Ben Crump will file a lawsuit against the Raleigh Police Department and the City of Raleigh for what Darryl Williams’s family alleges was a wrongful death after Williams was shocked by a taser outside a sweepstakes parlor in January 2023. 

Residents of a mobile home park in Garner reached a settlement with the park’s owner, Riverstone Communities LLC, over an alleged deceptive “rent-to-own” scheme.

Orange

Chapel Hill’s town council will discuss the upcoming budget and rewrite of its Land Use Management Ordinance (LUMO) at a work session tonight.

North Carolina

North Carolina’s Coast Resources Commission has adopted 16 new rules to keep the state’s coastal natural resources protected.

Today’s weather

Mostly cloudy with a high of 58 degrees.

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