Know your local governments.

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education confronts rising chronic absenteeism with new data-driven, relationship-focused strategies while debating how discipline, economic stress, and student safety shape who shows up to class. The board also finalizes immigration-enforcement procedures for campuses and approves a legislative agenda calling for full K–12 funding and stronger support for every learner.

The Durham Public Schools Board of Education celebrates EK Powe Elementary’s official authorization as an International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program school, highlighting years of focused leadership, staff collaboration, and board support.

The Durham City Council honors a retiring police chief, introduces an interim leader, and fields emotional public comments on encampments and police activity at Longmeadow Park while outlining limits on city authority and new homelessness efforts. Council members also hear calls for a moratorium on data centers and AI infrastructure, receive updates on drought conditions and water conservation, and dig into transit maintenance problems, reparations demands, and new safety upgrades for people walking, biking, and working in the streets.

The Springfield City Council weighs who should sit on a new policing advisory board, hears sharp public calls for police reforms and justice-impacted representation, and debates a county-controlled taxing authority within city limits. Council members also spar over downtown’s stalled redevelopment and who should shape the future of the city’s core.

The Woodfin Town Council hears emotional testimony from residents about a fatal bicycle crash on NC 251.