RALEIGH -- Former Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Dan Blue made one of his first public statements on the Senate race Thursday at a news conference promoting candidate Erskine Bowles.
UNC Chancellor James Moeser was one of 300 top higher education officials to sign a statement released Monday denouncing anti-Semitic actions on college campuses. There have been several instances of hatred toward Israeli or Jewish supporters on college campuses within the past few months, the statement said. By signing the statement, campus officials agreed not to tolerate intimidation on campus. The American Jewish Committee published the statement, including the 300 signatures, in an advertisement in Monday's edition of The New York Times.
The N.C. General Assembly passed legislation Wednesday that will create a turnpike authority and approve construction of toll roads in the state, but officials say citizens won't see toll roads for several years. The bill prohibits adding tolls to roads already built but allows tolls to be placed on specially designated new roads. Nine members will be appointed to the N.C. Turnpike Authority, and members will select a chairman from among themselves.
