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  • Who’s Running in Durham’s Primary Election?
  • ICYMI: Rep. Ross Won’t Take AIPAC Money
  • How Students Rallied to Stop Classmate’s Deportation
  • What to See on Triangle Stages This Fall
  • Are There More Acorns This Year?
Credit: Photo by Angelica Edwards

Good morning, readers.

A total of 1,367 Durhamites voted in the four days since early voting got underway for the city’s municipal primary. 

The Bull City’s mayoral seat as well as the ward 1, ward 2 and ward 3 seats are on the ballot. The top two vote-getters in each race will move on to the municipal election in November.

Over the past month, INDY has conducted interviews, collected questionnaires, attended forums, and perused candidate websites to bring you a rundown of the 18 candidates across the four races.

Early voting continues through October 4. Find early voting locations, times and requirements via the Durham County Board of Elections. 

And before you head to the polls, click below to check out our guide to the candidates running in Durham’s primary, their experience, and their platforms.

—Sarah W.

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Dollars and Sense

Representative Deborah Ross says she won’t accept money from AIPAC, which previously funneled millions into Democratic primaries in North Carolina, INDY’s Chase Pellegrini de Paur writes.

Wildin Acosta and Bryan Christopher. Photo by Laura Salazar Coronado.

ICE Machine

A high school teacher’s new book chronicles the story of Wildin Acosta, an undocumented student in Durham, who faced deportation in 2016—and the story of Acosta’s classmates, who fought for his release, INDY’s Lena Geller writes.

Curtain Call

Upcoming shows in the Triangle include a performance artist reclaiming the holidays from the “claws of capitalism,” dancers navigating net sculptures, and soccer players juggling adolescence, Lauren Wingenroth writes for INDY.

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LOCAL: RTI International, a scientific research organization headquartered in Research Triangle Park, is laying off 75 more employees in North Carolina, ABC11 reports.

STATE: North Carolina will need an estimated 17,500 more nurses to keep up with population growth, North Carolina Health News reports.

EDUCATION: Duke is advising international students with H-1B visas to avoid international travel after the Trump administration announced plans to implement a $100,000 fee for H-1B applicants, The Chronicle reports.

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  • North Carolina State University announced students at certain community colleges will receive guaranteed acceptance to the university.
  • The City of Durham’s Participatory Budgeting program is looking for volunteers to help test ballots this week.
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  • Neighbors of a historic mill village near the Triangle are fighting to preserve the community’s century-old water tower from development.
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