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Via: WTVD.Com The Wake County School Board chose Tuesday to hire a firm to help find a new superintendent. In a 7 to 1 vote, the board picked the firm of McPherson and Jacobson at a cost of $45,000.

  The Revenue Laws Study Committee approved a propsal to cut the current jobless benefits.  Now the approved changes will be considered by a group of House and Senate lawmakers in North Carolina. The changes proposed are:  to drop the maximum  weekly benefit from $535 to $350 and to replace the 26 weeks of benefits […]

Via: WTVD.Com Governor Pat McCrory held his first news conference since taking the oath of office Monday morning and said he’d already signed his first executive order. McCrory said he was rescinding a judicial nominating commission put in place by former Governor Bev Perdue and would use his constitutional authority to pick judges directly. McCrory […]

Via: News14.Com The Wake County School Board has some positions to fill. Tuesday, they’ll meet for a regularly scheduled meeting and discuss their next steps to find a replacement for a superintendent and a board member seat. The school board has a long list of items to discuss. They’re still searching for a new superintendent […]

Via: WRAL.Com Lenovo is reorganizing its operations into two groups – Lenovo Business Group and Think Business Group – as part of a “necessary transformation” a spokesperson says is needed to fuel continued growth. No layoffs are expected as part of the moves, the spokesperson told WRAL News.

Via: WTVD.Com Governor-elect Pat McCrory announced Thursday he’s picked former Wake County Schools superintendent Tony Tata to head the North Carolina Department of Transportation. McCrory’s pick for transportation secretary comes just months after the Wake County School Board showed Tata the door.

Via: WTVD.Com A North Carolina judge has ruled Republican-backed legislation that aimed to cut off the revenue stream of a Democrat-friendly teachers association violates the constitution and can’t be enforced. Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Gessner issued his order last month in favor of the North Carolina Association of Educators, which announced the decision […]

  A former Durham resident has been arrested for falsely reporting an engagement ring stolen. Nathan Daniel Cooperman reported a ring he knew his ex-fiance kept as stolen and recieved $49,200 for the burglary. In return his ex-fiance kept the ring and reported him the NC Department of Insurance in which Cooperman was arrested for […]

  Being the Carolina Alumni that I am you would think I would be the last one to say Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils basketball team, but I have to give credit where it is due.  The Duke Men’s basketball team has truly had a stellar season this year. Last night top ranked Duke […]

Wow! This is really inspiring. Shout out to North Carolina Central University Head Basketball Coach LeVelle Moton for making this meeting between Lebron James and NCCU Basketball player Rashawn King happen. Greatness! EAGLE PRIDE!