Liz Schlemmer is WUNC's Education Policy Reporter, a fellowship position supported by the A.J. Fletcher Foundation. She has an M.A. from the UNC Chapel Hill School of Media & Journalism and a B.A. in history and anthropology from Indiana University.
C.J. Davis has been Durham's Chief of Police for five years. She previously worked in Atlanta. In Memphis, she'll be the first woman to lead the department.
The federal $1.9 trillion stimulus bill did not include a measure to raise the federal minimum wage. North Carolina, like 21 others that set state-level minimums, is as low as federal law allows: $7.25, unchanged since 2009.
Aurea Yolotzin Soto Morales, known to her friends and family as Yoshi, was a fun-loving, studious girl. Born and raised in Durham, she attended second-grade at Creekside Elementary and at 8 years old, had a long list of interests.
After a successful start to their vaccine rollout, the Durham VA Health Care System is now offering vaccine appointments to all enrolled veterans, regardless of age, health status or job description.
Google plans to establish a new engineering hub in Durham. The space will serve as an office for Google Cloud’s engineering team. The site is expected to bring about 1,000 jobs.