Regulatory “reform” bill targets local living wage ordinances
The following post was submitted to NC Policy Watch by Vicki Meath, Executive Director of the group Just Economics in Asheville. Another attack on workers and local governments By Vicki Meath Among the...
View ArticleDurham County Commissioners forced to limit living wage ordinance
The fallout from the destructive 2013 session of the North Carolina General Assembly continues to settle out across the state policy landscape. As you will recall, during the waning days of the...
View ArticleDurham Public Schools dumps Teach for America
As reported in the Durham Herald Sun and The Washington Post, the Durham school board voted last week not to keep its relationship with Teach for America (TFA) beyond the 2015-16 school year, allowing...
View ArticleWith an eye towards equity, Durham sets model for the region by coordinating...
Durham’s Joint City-County planning Committee spent last Wednesday morning hearing from city experts on the state of affordable housing near planned transit stations. As efforts to enhance mobility...
View ArticleThe Durham Living Wage Project
As #WageWeek continues to celebrate local and state efforts to improve wages across the country, The Progressive Pulse is highlighting the work of advocates, businesses, and elected officials engaged...
View ArticleConference: North Carolina doesn’t have to wait for legislature to stop...
There are more teens processed in the adult criminal system in North Carolina than the juvenile system. That may not come as a surprise to most, but what many officials don’t know is that they don’t...
View ArticleDurham precincts switch to paper sign-in system after reported electronic issues
Durham residents may have to wait a little longer than usual to vote today as each precinct has switched to a paper sign-in system. The county’s Board of Elections spokeswoman Briana Khan said there...
View ArticleState Board of Elections instructs local boards to dismiss McCrory protests...
The State Board of Elections has instructed all local boards to dismiss all protests filed by Gov. Pat McCrory’s campaign “that merely disputes the eligibility of a voter.” The announcement was made...
View ArticleIn north Durham, scientists tackle the health of the Eno River Watershed;...
For the next three weeks, a regiment of scientists and engineers, armed with dippers and water sampling bottles, will travel 72 miles of stream banks in the Eno River Watershed in Durham. They will...
View ArticleFormer segregated school in Durham reopens for pre-K, senior living
In case you missed it, perhaps one of the most fascinating public school reports this weekend came from The Herald-Sun in Durham. According to the paper’s Greg Childress, Durham seniors are now...
View ArticleTimothy Tyson on North Carolina’s anti-Confederate history
In the wake of Charlottesville and this week’s toppling of a Confederate monument in Durham, today’s N&O piece by best-selling author Timothy Tyson is well worth your time. In the piece Tyson,...
View ArticlePeople rally in Durham to support activists in toppling of confederate statues
More than 100 people rallied outside the Durham County magistrate’s office Thursday morning, calling for the county to drop charges against activists who toppled a Confederate statue Monday. Four...
View ArticleDurham DA: I will seek “a just resolution” in Confederate monument cases
Durham County District Attorney Roger Echols made a public statement Thursday on the cases of 8 activists so far charged in the toppling of a Confederate monument in Durham on Monday. Echols took no...
View ArticleUNC Professor on Silent Sam, Confederate monuments: “They should come down.”
Dr. Harry Watson is the Atlanta Alumni Distinguished Professor of Southern Culture at the University of North Carolina, an expert on the history of North Carolina and the American South. He was also,...
View ArticleCharlottesville, Durham and the Greensboro Massacre
In the wake of deadly violence at a white supremacist rally over the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, VA and the toppling of a Confederate monument in Durham last week, the political ground has...
View ArticleDurham residents plan meeting to oppose charter takeover tonight
With North Carolina officials considering a controversial plan for a charter takeover of two Durham schools, the city’s residents will call on the state to back off during a planned community meeting...
View ArticleDurham school to rally on charter takeover proposal tonight
Durham community leaders will once again meet to discuss—and, likely, to protest—North Carolina’s contentious proposal to potentially allow for-profit charter companies to assume control of a...
View ArticleInnovative School District head defends background with groups seeking state...
The head of North Carolina’s Innovative School District (ISD) says his professional ties to two groups seeking state contracts to manage struggling schools should not be a conflict. Some public school...
View ArticleState official recommends Robeson County elementary—excludes Durham, Rocky...
(Note: This is a developing story; check back for updates.) The leader of North Carolina’s Innovative School District (ISD) will recommend a Robeson County elementary for the first year of the state’s...
View ArticleCases of Durham protesters who brought down Confederate statue continued to...
If you’ve been following our continuing coverage of the controversy surrounding Confederate statues in the state, you’ll be interested to read that the cases of eight protesters accused of toppling a...
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