Month: September 2025

7. Pro-Palestinian mural ‘damaged beyond repair’ during removal

Regan Butler, Caleb Herrera & Alice Scott/The Daily Tar Heel A mural depicting Palestinian resilience in the Hanes Art Center, which UNC administration directed to be covered with white panels last week, was fully removed from the building over the weekend. Annette Lawrence, chair of the art and art history department, wrote to The Daily […]

Written by on September 1, 2025

8. GOP names school board member to fill vacant seat

Amy McCraw/Hendersonville Lightning A committee of the Republican Party in Henderson County on Thursday evening named a sheriff’s office captain to the school board. Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Stephanie Cantwell will fill the seat left open when Henderson County School Board Vice Chairman Robert Bridges passed away earlier this month. Cantwell on Friday said […]

Written by on September 1, 2025

9. GOP-backed elections rule could violate state law

Rusty Jacobs/WUNC Radio New guidelines for voting adopted by the state elections board’s Republican majority might conflict with state law. Under the newly adopted rule, around 98,000 North Carolina voters previously eligible to cast regular ballots in state and local elections might now have to vote provisionally. As required under the federal Help America Vote […]

Written by on September 1, 2025