CHCCS Board of Education Member Rani Dasi said she was wary that a state budget would even be approved for the next fiscal year. She said while the budget impasse continues, government institutions continue to operate by the previous budget’s stipulations.
Six candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination to be the Governor's second in command as lieutenant governor. Here's what they have to say about their platforms and policy goals.
After the shooting of three local university students in 2015, Shadi Sadi stepped up to honor their legacy of diligent dedication to the community through an annual Food Drive for the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
Orange County's Recovery Court and Family Treatment Court are beneficial alternatives to incarceration to both the county and the individuals it helps.
The 15-member council has seats for each elected body, including representatives from the Orange County Board of County Commissioners, Hillsborough Board of Commissioners, Carrboro Town Council and Chapel Hill Town Council. A fifth designated seat goes to a representative from the Orange County Agricultural Preservation Board, whose role is to represent agriculture and farming.
The North Carolina primary election is coming up, so The Daily Tar Heel is breaking down every office on the ballot from president to county commissioner. Here we broke down who the Democratic candidates are for the offices of state treasurer and state auditor.
The North Carolina primary election is coming up, so The Daily Tar Heel is breaking down every office on the ballot from president to county commissioner. Here we broke down who the Republican candidates are for the offices of the attorney general, state auditor, secretary of labor, secretary of state and insurance commissioner.
“I think folks who don’t see themselves represented when it comes to the suit-and-tie culture of a town council, might be able to see themselves and their stories represented in the poems that I share, in the clothes that I wear, in the music that I listen to, in the performance art that I do for the community."
Though the future of Silent Sam remains in limbo, the Town of Chapel Hill doubles down in their position that the statue does not belong on the campus of UNC or anywhere else in Chapel Hill.
Deen Freelon is an associate professor at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media who specializes in political expressions through digitized media. Staff writer Taylor Heeden spoke with Freelon about how voters can determine what is true and what is not.
The Historic Russell School is one of many Rosenwald schools, constructed during the Jim Crow era to provide Black students with the opportunity to receive an education. These schools were a result of a partnership between Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, former chairperson and part-owner of Sears, Roebuck and Co.
The implementation of North Carolina voter ID law was temporarily blocked on Feb. 18 after a federal court judge previously granted a request by the North Carolina NAACP and some of its local chapters. Now, North Carolinians may not need a voter ID for the rest of the 2020 election cycle.
Disparities in educational spending between low and high income communities continue to widen. Low-income communities are struggling to adequate funding for public schools.
To receive a mail-in ballot, a voter has to request the form available on the North Carolina State Board of Elections absentee voting website and return the form — either by mail or in person — to their home county’s board of elections by 5 p.m. on Feb. 25.
After voters approved a $10 million housing bond, Chapel Hill is now trying to piece together how to issue it.
Allison De Marco talks about why we should vote to re-elect Mark Dorosin to the Orange County Board of Commissioners.
With more office spaces, vendor locations and parking decks, the proposed plan brings change to downtown Chapel Hill.
North Carolina's superintendent hopes to eliminate Common Core standards. Questions linger, though, over whether that's the right path forward.
Briar Chapel, located in Chatham County just north of U.S. Highway 15-501, is a mixed-use development, with a variety of energy efficient homes connected by 24 miles of walkable greenways. Stop Chatham North Coalition is a group of Briar Chapel residents working to oppose the ownership transfer of a wastewater treatment plant and an expansion of the managing company's operations. They cite concerns over unpleasant odors, spraying outside permitted spray areas, raw sewage leaks and contamination of waterways as a result of the management by Envirolink, the company that operates the plant.
Erika Bales, a candidate in the Democratic primary race for district court judge, said she was informed that she is not eligible to be the Democratic candidate on the ballot in the November election because she is registered as unaffiliated.
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