Over the past year, there’s been a big push to rename the UNC Student Stores after James Cates. The Student Stores Building was previously named after white supremacist Josephus Daniels until the Board of Trustees voted to remove the name last July.
Elections for the Orange County Board of Commissioners are held in even numbered years with commissioners serving four-year terms, however the board is now seeking public input on how those elections are held. If changes are made, they could be applied in the next commissioner election in 2022.
The Orange County Board of Commissioners plans to adopt the 2021-22 fiscal budget at its upcoming meeting next week, however, a big education project that was set to receive millions of dollars in funding is now on the chopping block.