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Local/State
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EDUCATION
New provost named as leadership changes at UNC-Chapel Hill
Jim Dean, dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School, will be the next chief academic officer as UNC-CH ushers in new leaders.
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STATE POLITICS
N.C. prisoners might lose legal advocates
The state Senate spending plan would eliminate funding for North Carolina Prisoner Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that opened nearly 13,000 cases last year.
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STATE POLITICS
Gov. McCrory backs Dorothea Dix compromise, but Senate leader opposed
Gov. Pat McCrory announced his support Thursday for the compromise version of a bill to renegotiate Raleigh’s lease on the Dorothea Dix property. But Senate leader Phil Berger attacked the compromise.
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WAKE COUNTY
Finance director named Raleigh’s interim city manager
The Raleigh City Council named longtime Chief Financial Officer Perry James as its interim city manager to take over from the ousted Russell Allen.
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WAKE COUNTY
Column: Interviewing Grandma makes family’s history come alive
A talk with ailing Grandma Blossom and an uncle give Andrew Jon Kenney new information about his family and his middle name.
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CRIME
Two found dead in apparent murder-suicide
Durham police are investigating the circumstances of a domestic murder-suicide that happened Wednesday afternoon in the parking lot of an office complex in the 3300 block of Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard.
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LOCAL/STATE
Memorial Day events
Chapel Hill VFW members will decorate graves in Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery starting at 7 a.m. A memorial service will take place at 8 a.m.
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UNDER THE DOME
Dome: Recycling advocates don’t like Senate budget
The state Senate took the final vote on its $20.6 billion budget Thursday, passing it along party lines.
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EDUCATION
Wake holding superintendent forum Tuesday
The public can question the three finalists for Wake County schools superintendent Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium at the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, 2 East South Street, Raleigh.
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LOCAL/STATE
Murder defendant’s brother sticks up for him
Derek Abaroa says his brother Raven, on trial for murder, was a good husband and a good father.








