Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023

Interviews: 12 of the 14 school board candidates running in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

Over the past several weeks, we’ve conducted interviews with 12 of the fourteen candidates running for a seat on the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board. We hope these interviews provide you with insight into their philosophy and approach to serving our community. We have also examined the municipal voting history and party affiliation history for candidates. […]

Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023

Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Allison Willis

As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on reparations […]

Posted inAmerican Legion, CHALT, Election 2023, Journalism

Fact checking The Local Reporter’s candidate questionnaire

It’s Chapel Hill tradition for nearly a dozen local organizations to distribute questionnaires to candidates before local elections. And, typically, it’s the answers that need fact-checking. But The Local Reporter’s candidate questionnaire turns that on its head. Here, it’s the questions that need fact-checking. We have written before about The Local Reporter’s close relationship with […]

Posted inChapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, Election 2023

Interview: CHCCS School Board Candidate Honoria “Honor” Middough

As we noted in our post about vetting school board candidates, we have sent questionnaires to each school board candidate and are publishing them in the order received. Questions were compiled by board members of both Triangle Blog Blog and Bridging the Gap, and attendees of a four-part community read and discussion series on reparations […]