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Republican legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 20, also known as the Care for Women, Children and Families Act, on Tuesday night.
Four Duke faculty and three alumni were among the 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists who were awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship this year.
The Chronicle has compiled a list of resources and events available to students through reading period and finals week before final exams officially start Monday.
Three bills filed in the North Carolina General Assembly last week would bar transgender athletes from playing on girls' high school and middle school sports teams.
On Tuesday, President Joseph Biden visited Durham to kick off his administration’s “Investing in America” tour. The three-week tour is focused on promoting Biden’s economic agenda and touting major legislation that he has signed into law, including the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American Rescue Plan.
The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to confirm Daniel Werfel, Sanford ’97, to be the next commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service.
A pair of deadly shootings recently went undetected by ShotSpotter, the controversial gunshot detection technology currently being piloted by the city of Durham. A spokesperson for the Durham Police Department told CBS17 that police did not receive an alert for a Feb. 5 shooting at Fay and Juniper Streets and a shooting last Thursday on Park Avenue. Both shootings resulted in two total deaths.
Several months after Meta announced that they would be establishing a “significant presence” in Durham in June 2022, details have finally emerged as to what that presence will look like. On Feb. 13, Meta confirmed that it secured office space at the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham.
Just a day after it was revealed that Ron Klain was expected to step down as White House chief of staff, President Joseph Biden has reportedly tapped Jeffrey Zients, Trinity ’88, to replace him.
A controversial gunfire detection software that Durham is piloting failed to notify police after a drive-by shooting outside of a Subway restaurant in east Durham on Jan. 1.
With the total cost of the 2022 midterm elections projected to have exceeded a record-breaking $16.7 billion, campaign financing is playing an ever-expanding role in politics. One major source, top executives at the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, has recently come under scrutiny following the firm’s collapse and bankruptcy. Super PACs and donations were linked to the firm’s executives.
A recent report commissioned by the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) detected a variety of toxic chemicals within the groundwater near Teer Quarry, a storage site for Durham’s water supply. The chemicals, which include likely carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane, among others, are making their way towards the pit, according to the report.
North Carolina senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr were among a dozen Republican senators who on Nov. 16 voted in favor of advancing the Respect for Marriage Act, a bill that would repeal the Defense for Marriage Act and require the federal government to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages.
North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein announced on Nov. 17 that his office was opening an investigation into Ticketmaster for “allegedly violating consumers’ rights and antitrust laws.”
Democrat Valerie Foushee is projected to win her election to represent North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Durham County, Orange County, Person County, Granville County, Alamance County and parts of Caswell County. She will succeed U.S. Rep. David Price, who announced in October 2021 that he will retire at the end of his term.
Courtney Geels is the Republican Party’s nominee for U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District, which includes Durham County, Orange County, Person County, Granville County, Alamance County and parts of Caswell County.
Valerie Foushee is the Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District which includes Durham County, Orange County, Person County, Granville County, Alamance County and parts of Caswell County.
With midterm elections just two weeks away, you can expect to see several Duke alumni and previous employees on your ballot.
Shannon Bray is the Libertarian Party’s nominee for the United States Senate in North Carolina and will be on the ballot for the upcoming midterm election.
Matthew Hoh is the Green Party’s nominee for United States Senate in North Carolina and will appear on the ballot this upcoming midterm election.
