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The North Carolina primary is Tuesday, May 17 and early voting continues through 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14. Voters can use the North Carolina Voter Lookup to verify their voter registration status and find their Election Day polling place and sample ballots.
Unvaccinated city employees will be required to pay a surcharge of $70 a month starting in July, according to a City of Durham Human Resources announcement in September. The surcharge will increase to $100 a month beginning in July 2023.
For more than two years, DPS leaders have been building the Growing Together initiative, which aims to “increase equity, access, and diversity across [the Durham] school district,” according to the initiative’s website.
Summer is the perfect time for students to immerse themselves in Durham. From sporting events to strawberry picking, the Bull City has activities for everyone to enjoy. The Chronicle has compiled a list of ten ways to spend the hot summer days.
Under the newly drawn congressional map, District 4 includes four universities and three community colleges, including Duke and UNC, making the student vote a key piece for candidates.
Local nonprofit Don’t Waste Durham and the Duke Environmental Law and Policy Clinic discussed research about their single-use bag fee proposal and a Durham litter survey in a Wednesday talk at the Durham Bottling Co. The proposal would implement a 10 cent fee on paper and plastic bags in hopes of reducing disposable bag usage.
Project SERV is an initiative created by the U.S. Department of Education to provide immediate funding to educational institutions that have their environment of learning severely disrupted due to a “violent or traumatic incident.”
The student was seeking protection from a male student for alleged sexual contact without consent and stalking. She sought the no-contact order after she had two encounters with the student in his dorm room in October.
On April 28, registered voters in North Carolina will be able to cast the first in-person ballots in the 2022 statewide primary elections. The voting period, which lasts until Election Day on Tuesday, May 17, follows a two-month delay issued by the North Carolina Supreme Court last December.
O'Neal reflected on Durham’s previous year and shared her plans for the year ahead, focusing on the topics of safe neighborhoods, shared economic prosperity, public health and inclusivity.
The proposed “Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals” model sets entry-level salaries for teachers with bachelor’s degrees from $38,000 to $45,000 depending on eligibility.
“The hope is we can push against this stigma that individuals who are formerly incarcerated are not motivated and don’t know how to use their resources. We found out that many of the folks we work with are highly motivated and they know how to use their resources, they just don’t have enough of them,” StepUp Durham Executive Director Syretta Hill said.
ShotSpotter uses microphones placed in public areas. Once the software picks up on a noise it classifies as gunfire, police are automatically alerted and dispatched to the area where the noise was detected.
As the weather gets warmer and your allergies worsen, it is evident that spring has officially sprung in Durham! Here is a list of things to do on campus and in the Durham area while enjoying the sunshine and beautiful blooms.
The raises were implemented due to vacancy and retention issues in both departments, and they'll cost Durham $9 million each year.
The campaign demands include a retention bonus to keep remaining staff, one planning day a month for the rest of the year, the establishment of a clear threshold for schools to move to remote learning due to staffing shortages and a streamlined process for hiring substitutes.
Titled Moving Forward Together, the response is based on four principles: prioritizing equity, empowering individuals, maintaining health system capacity and collaborating with local partners.
“Had the boycotting senators simply challenged my belief in the need to integrate climate-based risks and costs into the financial regulatory apparatus,” Raskin wrote, “I would have welcomed the opportunity for this important discussion.”
Duke has relaxed its indoor masking and surveillance testing policies, acknowledging that the University has transitioned into a new phase of COVID-19 management. Other universities in the area are taking similar steps.
“I understand that it is a small gesture and primarily symbolic, but I think at times like this symbolism means a lot,” state Sen. Michael Garrett told The News & Observer.