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It’s Friday, April 11.
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Some breaking news to start your Friday: Last night, the Durham Public Schools Board of Education approved North Carolina’s first ever meet and confer policy in a surprise 4-3 vote. I was the only journalist in the room as the board voted around 10:45 p.m., and this morning I have the full scoop for you.
It should’ve been a victory for the Durham Association of Educators, which has aggressively campaigned for the policy for over a year. But the one remaining disagreement between board and union—about just one number in the document—was enough to cause the DAE’s members to storm out of the room immediately after the split vote.
“After months of thousands of workers being a part of a process, eight people decided on a final policy and totally left workers out of that process,” DAE president and AP biology teacher Mika Twietmeyer told me outside of the building.
How did a historic win for labor rights in the largely anti-union South become a shocking loss for the DAE?
Read my story below to find out. And have a good weekend.
—Chase
Durham
Durham’s Planning Commission recommended the City Council deny a rezoning request from Durham Rescue Mission that would have expanded the agency’s footprint in East Durham, INDY’s Justin Laidlaw reports.
ICYMI: INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur has a dispatch from a Bring Your Legislator to School Day event at a Durham elementary school, where kids shared concerns about teacher pay and school safety.
Wake
Beginning next week, parts of South Street will permanently close as Red Hat Amphitheater is relocated, WRAL reports.
Orange
Chapel Hill is seeking resident input ahead of installing bike lanes on one of the town’s busiest streets, West Cameron Avenue, WCHL reports.
North Carolina
Hundreds of Triangle residents have been fired or furloughed due to cuts to federal foreign aid. INDY’s Lena Geller spoke to several of them about the critical work they had been doing—and why they’re frustrated with North Carolina’s congressional reps.
What do layoffs and funding cuts at federal health agencies mean for North Carolina? NC Health News reports on the uncertainty facing health workers and the services they provide.
Today’s weather
Rainy with a high of 58 degrees.
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