Last night was my first meeting as Chair of the OWASA Board of Directors. (It’s on YouTube.) It was also the first time that I brought up an item that wasn’t on the agenda for discussion among the board. (To be very overt: I’m writing this as a person serving on the board, not on […]
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Carrboro Town Council says no to paid parking; Also a hazardous tree will be removed
Carrboro’s Town Council kicked off last night with an earlier start time — 6 instead of 7 — and several proclamations acknowledging National Hispanic Heritage Month, Diaper Needs Awareness Week, that Reproductive Rights are Human Rights, and the 50th anniversary of Chapel Hill Transit. Council also recognized National Voter Registration Day on September 17th and […]
Posted inElection 2024, North Carolina
We talk to Gerry Cohen about the absentee ballot situation in North Carolina
We had lots of questions after the state Supreme Court ruled on Monday, in a 4-3 ruling, that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name needed to be removed from NC ballots, which were already printed and set to go out last Friday. As Kirk Ross noted yesterday, state law requires absentee ballots to be sent out […]
Posted inElection 2024, North Carolina
Newby Court Strikes Again
Kirk Ross has started writing Carolina Mercury, where this first appeared, again for the next few months. You can subscribe here and we highly recommend that you do. Justice Allison Riggs in her dissent in Kennedy v. North Carolina State Board of Elections, et al Update: The State Board Of Elections sent out a release […]
Posted inJournalism, North Carolina
Melanie Sill: The huge challenge for North Carolina’s newsrooms
News is nationalized today, and North Carolina is viewed that way: As a “purple” state in terms of presidential choices. But North Carolina is a red state in terms of its governance, as just one day’s news shows: Republicans, who embrace Donald Trump and his policies, are setting the state’s agenda on elections, education and […]
Posted inCarrboro, Carrboro Town Council, CHALT, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill Town Council, Downtown
Monday roundup: Carrboro paid parking, SECU elections, Rod Stevens and Complete Community
It’s your Monday roundup. Locally: Fall council season kicks off this week, with meetings in Chapel Hill on Wednesday at 6 (agenda) and in Carrboro on Thursday at 6 (agenda). There’s also an OWASA meeting on Thursday at 6 (agenda), and various advisory board meetings (Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Orange County.) State-wide: Highly recommend subscribing to […]