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WS/FCS names new superintendent to start Dec. 1 Don Phipps, the current superintendent of Caldwell County Schools, will assume the role Dec. 1 and serve for 15 months.

Don Phipps will begin as WS/FCS superintendent on Dec. 1 for a 15-month term. #WFDD #education #NCeducation

Mario Guevara To Be Deported After Appeals Court Denies Stay | American Civil Liberties Union The government detained him for over 100 days in retaliation for his reporting on law enforcement

“I am in utter shock and disbelief the government has punished my father for simply doing his life’s work of journalism,” said Oscar Guevara...“My father should have never had to face over 100 days in detention. He is the center of our family. He is the reason our home feels like home.”

The Politically Connected Law Firm Leading Civics School Investigation UNC-Chapel Hill hired the law firm K&L Gates, which has represented General Assembly Republicans, to review the School of Civic Life and Leadership.

UNC-Chapel Hill has hired K&L Gates, a law firm with ties to Republican state legislators, to lead its investigation into the School of Civic Life and Leadership, people familiar with the probe said.

NC State sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination Poe Hall has been closed for nearly two years after the toxic chemicals were discovered.

NC State University sues Monsanto, manufacturer of PCBs, over Poe Hall contamination. NC State alleges Monsanto marketed PCB mixtures to the building industry as being safe despite knowing they were toxic. (Via @koriedean.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced

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A Sanford private Christian school leads the pack as lawmakers turbocharge the state’s voucher program. - Business North Carolina When state lawmakers launched the North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship in 2013, they promoted the program as one that would encourage school choice in the form of private school tuition for low-inco...

Few, if any, schools have benefited more from NC's Opportunity Scholarship program than Grace Christian School in Sanford. It has received more public funding than any other private school in the state for three straight years.

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Are You Still Rebuilding After Helene? We Want To Hear Your Story ProPublica and The Assembly are reporting on rebuilding after Helene. We want to hear from you about your experience.

The Assembly and @propublica.org are reporting on the impact of Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, and we know recovery is far from over. We want to hear from you about your rebuilding story. www.theassemblync.com/environment/...

Josh Stein on ‘24 Hours of Rainfall That Changed the Region Forever’ North Carolina’s governor reflects on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and what lies ahead for the region.

"I am grateful for every dollar that we’ve gotten, and it’s over $6 billion. But when the scale of the damage is as immense as it was in Western North Carolina, $60 billion, we need a lot more help."

Fewer Kids, Stalled Raises: What’s Ahead for Schools in Orange County Four takeaways on the future of K–12 education in Orange County from this month’s joint board meeting.

“Thank you. That was very depressing,” said Chapel Hill-Carrboro school board member Barbara Fedders after a presentation on the county’s demographics. indyweek.com/news/orange/...

Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.

NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.

But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.

With @theassemblync.bsky.social

"He once called Oklahoma’s teachers union a 'terrorist organization.' Now state Superintendent Ryan Walters is threatening to 'destroy' teachers unions nationwide."

NC lawmakers may require schools to report all teacher assaults to improve safety Lawmakers say some principals aren’t telling police that students are assaulting teachers even when it results in serious injuries.

NC lawmakers may require schools to report all teacher assaults to improve safety. HB775 also requires all threats against teachers to be reported to police. Rep. Julie von Haefen among 3 no votes. She's worried about criminalizing students. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e... #nced #ncpol #ncga

New $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could hurt teacher recruitment for NC schools Schools already facing teacher shortages hope to be exempted from the new $100,000 application fee for bringing in overseas workers.

New $100,000 fee for H-1B visas could hurt teacher recruitment for North Carolina schools. The Trump administration fee hike is targeted at high-tech workers but also impacts schools recruiting teachers from overseas. Will schools get fee exemption? www.newsobserver.com/news/busines... #nced #ncpol

Former Provost Sues UNC-Chapel Hill Trustees Over Closed Meetings Chris Clemens accused the trustees of "hiding matters of grave public concern,” including tenure debates, using a Signal group and closed session.

“The Board’s subsequent effort to punish him for ‘leaking’ closed-session information only highlights the culture of secrecy at odds with the Open Meetings Law and the Public Records Law,” the complaint says.

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Books, Beer, and Politics graphic showing Frank Bruni, Bill Adair, and David A. Graham

OCTOBER 8: Join three Triangle-based national journalists for drinks and discussion at Durham’s Motorco Music Hall, where they will talk about the stories behind their new books and the future of North Carolina and national politics.
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A Fatal Stabbing and Its Aftermath Republicans have made a political cudgel of Iryna Zarutska’s killing. A draft crime bill expected this week may be more posturing than solutions.

BREAKING: The Assembly obtained a draft of the bill the General Assembly may pass in response to a Charlotte stabbing.

Among other things, it allows judges to hold any defendant in jail without a hearing for up to 3 days for a mental health evaluation.

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End of the (Flat) Line? The UNC System at a Board of Governors meeting proposed allowing North Carolina's public universities to raise in-state tuition by up to 3 percent.

North Carolina has kept in-state tuition flat at its public universities for almost a decade, but system officials are signaling that it may finally be time for a change.

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Talking with Bryan Christopher About Student Advocacy and His New Book, “Stopping the Deportation Machine” "Stopping the Deportation Machine" chronicles the story of Wildin Acosta, a undocumented student in Durham, who faced deportation in 2016.

"The INDY spoke with Christopher about why he felt compelled to write Stopping the Deportation Machine, strategic tensions in advocacy work, and why he believes local journalism saved this story from being forgotten." indyweek.com/culture/wild...

Vaccine panel delays vote to end recommendation of hepatitis B shot at birth Vaccine advisers on ACIP are also considering who should receive updated coronavirus vaccines, a highly anticipated decision that influences access to shots.

RFK Jr.'s vaccine advisers have backed away from their plans to stop recommending hepatitis B vaccination at birth, a policy credited for a drastic plunge in infections and nearly eliminating maternal-to-fetal transmission www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Hurricane Helene displaced thousands of students. Some struggled to get back on track with school Blue Ridge Public Radio is collaborating with AP, Honolulu Civil Beat, CalMatters, and Centro de Periodismo Investigativo in Puerto Rico to examine how school communities are recovering from the disru...

.@blueridgepublic.bsky.social reports: Across the state, more than 2,500 students were identified as homeless as a direct result of Helene, according to state data obtained by The Associated Press.

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Reading, Writing, and Political Arithmetic Fed up with low pay and a perceived lack of respect, educators are looking to increase their representation in the General Assembly.

Excellent article by @carlibrosseau.bsky.social about an excellent initiative for teachers to run for seats in NC General Assembly www.theassemblync.com/education/k-...

Chaos Inside FEMA as Death Threats Distract From Hurricane Response Internal documents show how online conspiracies and personal attacks disrupted FEMA during back-to-back hurricanes last year.

New docs obtained via FOIA reveal how the personal attacks to FEMA staff last hurricane season were much worse than previously known, including swatting & doxxing of officials.

Story @bloomberg.com, w/ @davey.bsky.social @jasonleopold.bsky.social (gift link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Two Years After a Campus Shooting, Is UNC-Chapel Hill Safer? The school says it has upgraded its safety alert system and encouraged emergency training, but some fear the campus is vulnerable.

“I remember getting the text from the Alert Carolina on my phone, there was an active shooter on campus and to avoid windows, and I’m like, ‘Is this a glitch in their system or something? This can’t actually be happening.’” www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

How Alabama Is Leading the Way in Teaching Data Literacy in Grades 6-12 Mackey: More than 1,400 educators are providing instruction to 10,000 kids in topics such as data collection, analysis, visualization and AI literacy.

How Alabama Is Leading the Way in Teaching Data Literacy in Grades 6-12 @the74 www.the74million.org/article/how-...

Duking It Out: State Health Plan Negotiations Continue As Deadline Looms With one month remaining before the current contract between state employees’ insurer, Aetna, and Duke Health expires, the biggest state players in health care aren’t even close to a deal.

Thirty-four days remain until the contract expires between Aetna, the insurer for the state’s public employees, and Duke Health, the state’s largest hospital. But the health care titans don’t appear to be anywhere near the finish line.

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Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office The Education Department’s civil rights office intervenes if students face discrimination. Parents say gutting it gives them nowhere to turn.

“Without the Department of Education there is no accountability,” said Hannah Russell, a former special education teacher. “Everybody is scared.” www.theassemblync.com/education/k-...

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Home near Buxton collapses into the Atlantic; it's the 12th in five years Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging its visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near Buxton, after a house on Tower Circle Road collapsed into the Atlantic on Tuesday.

Public Radio East reports: The unoccupied home on Tower Circle Road near Buxton, NC is the 12th house collapse on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches over the past five years.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Catawba College's Constitution Day Event. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Catawba College’s Center for North Carolina Politics & Public Service and the Corriher-Linn-Black Library invite you to celebrate U.S. Constitution Day along with the 100th anniversary of the library’...

Join us tonight for a discussion on the U.S. & N.C. Constitutions with a former chief justice and associate justice of the NC Supreme Court & a @catawbacollege.bsky.social professor of politics and learn about what NCians think about their constitutions

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