Orange County's occupancy tax laws differ from North Carolina guidelines.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is funding $11 million dollars to the reentry programs for those involved in the judicial system in response to a lack of access to substance abuse and mental health resources for formerly incarcerated people in rural areas.
The Orange County Board of County Commissioners held a joint meeting with the Hillsborough Board of Commissioners on Monday.
Some people think that comparing fuel pellets and coal is like comparing two bad options. For some, shutting down the plant or working on a solution that would further lower emissions would be a better plan.
Though Carrboro's lawsuit is the first of its kind, utilities and fossil fuel companies are all pulling from the same playbook, Gabriela Sarri-Tobar, an energy justice campaigner with the Center for Biological Diversity, said.
Hasson Bacote challenges his death sentence under the Racial Justice Act, despite its repeal in 2013.
"We’re seeing them bring their friends and family here. We’re seeing them interested in everything we have to offer," says Laurie Paolicelli on Orange County's increasing tourism.
On May 15, the learning management system Sakai entered restricted access, resulting in the permanent unpublishing of every single Sakai page ever made.
In early July, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality released a draft Brownfields agreement to clean up the coal ash present at 828 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., where the Chapel Hill Police Department is located. Compounds in coal ash consist of many known carcinogens, and there are 46,000 tons of ash located on the site.
On July 18, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools District BOE met to discuss another option for the use of the funds allocated by the proposed bond referendum, as well as a preliminary budget report and a resolution in support of prioritizing public schools by opposing taxpayer-funded private school vouchers.
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