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A. Philip Randolph Institute v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

The American Democracy Minute Radio Report & Podcast for May 2, 2025Updates from North Carolina: Fed Court Stays Retroactive Registration Cures; State Court Strikes Down Law for Control of State Election BoardWe're in North Carolina today with updates on the partisan attempt to overturn the 2024 state supreme court election, and the legislature's attempt to strip the governor's power to appoint the state election board.Some podcasting platforms strip out our links.  To read our resources and see the whole script of today's report, please go to our website at https://AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgToday's LinksArticles & Resources:American Democracy Minute - Partisan Saga of North Carolina's 2024 Supreme Court Race Now Returns to Federal Court.  5,000 Military & Overseas Ballots at Risk of Invalidation NC Newsline - US appeals court pauses NC elections board action in the Supreme Court election caseU.S. District Court (via Democracy Docket) - Stay in Griffin v. North Carolina State Board of ElectionsAmerican Democracy Minute - (2024) Before it Loses its Supermajority, the North Carolina Legislature Strips Election Powers from Its Governor, Bans AG from Opposing the Legislature.  Will the House Override the Veto?Courthouse News Service - (2024)  North Carolina Republicans successfully strip power from incoming DemocratsCourthouse News Service - North Carolina court grants control of elections boards to state auditorGroups Taking Action:Democracy North Carolina, League of Women Voters NCPlease follow us on Facebook and Bluesky Social, and SHARE! Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgWant ADM sent to your email?  Sign up here!Are you a radio station?  Find our broadcast files at Pacifica Radio Network's Audioport and PRX#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #NorthCarolina #NCSupremeCourt #ElectionSubversion #NCGOP #JoshStein

The North Carolina General Assembly is back in session after a weeklong break, with a packed schedule of bills moving through various committees. While legislators were away last week, a lawsuit resulting from a bill they passed in December was in court. Host Dawn Vaughan talks to politics team colleagues Avi Bajpai and Kyle Ingram discuss a ruling in that lawsuit over governor and auditor appointments to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Host: ⁠Dawn Vaughan⁠ Guest: Avi Bajpai, Kyle Ingram Executive Producer: ⁠Laura Brache⁠ Want even more North Carolina politics news? Our Under the Dome newsletter dives deep into all things #ncpol and legislative happenings. It's sent to your inbox Monday to Friday and Sunday. Sign up ⁠here⁠. Please consider supporting local journalism with a ⁠subscription to The N&O⁠. If you're already a subscriber, thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the biggest issues facing education from teacher pay to executive orders, funding, immigration and more

This episode is presented by Create A Video – AP Dillon from North State Journal joins me to discuss proposed rule changes at the North Carolina State Board of Elections and an attempt to "clawback" $500 million that was set up by the legislature as, essentially, an endowment to promote research and development. Plus, it turns out that the Biden Administration and the media lied about needing new laws to reduce illegal immigration. Subscribe to the podcast at: https://ThePetePod.com/ All the links to Pete's Prep are free: https://patreon.com/petekalinershow Media Bias Check: If you choose to subscribe, get 15% off here! Advertising and Booking inquiries: Pete@ThePeteKalinerShow.comGet exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Occupational licensing boards today act like protectors of cartels, often going beyond merely issuing licenses to launching witch hunts and boxing out their competitors. February 2025 marks the 10-year anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision in North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. FTC. In that case, that state's dental licensing board was ruled to be acting like a monopolist (using the power given to it by the state government) by trying to drive non-dentist teeth whiteners out of business. This policy forum will discuss the policy landscape that resulted from that decision and what it should mean for liberty-minded policymakers and litigators in the future. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special Daily Special, Blue Moon Spirits Fridays, is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, while Durbin and Schumer caved to MAGA, President Biden continues to quietly lay the roadblocks to protect America from Trump.Then, on the rest of the menu, Georgia's top health official dismissed all members of a state committee that investigates pregnancy-related maternal deaths after their investigation revealed that scores of women were dying from the state's abortion ban; the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections wants a powerful MAGA legislator to retract a comment suggesting ballot results were being manipulated, saying it is already leading to threats against local election workers; and, Texas-based oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connection with severe violations of the Clean Water Act in California.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where British and French authorities have opened a probe into France-based defense group Thales for bribery and corruption; and, US intelligence officials warned American defense companies to increase security precautions following several acts of sabotage in Europe by Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” - Douglas Adams"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

This Politics Monday on Charlotte Talks, we begin by debunking false claims about the election with the executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections. Then, we consider the outsized power voter turnout will have in Mecklenburg County — the results of which could very well decide who becomes the next U.S. president.

With less than four weeks until the 2024 election, one that could be the closest presidential election in the nation's history, there are worries that voters in the Southeast impacted by Hurricane Helene may not be able to cast their ballots. In western North Carolina, polling places have been damaged and, in some cases, destroyed, which raises the question: Where will voters vote on Election Day? Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell joins the Rundown to discuss how North Carolina is planning to get all voters to the polls, how their state election laws prepared them for this type of situation, and what can be expected on election night in the state. Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida less than two weeks after Helene devastated much of the state. While President Joe Biden prepares its federal response for the coming storm, the administration faces criticism over its response to Helene. Brock Long, the former Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, joins the Rundown to weigh in on FEMA's response to Helene and whether the agency is stretched too thin to handle the expected impact from Milton. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With less than four weeks until the 2024 election, one that could be the closest presidential election in the nation's history, there are worries that voters in the Southeast impacted by Hurricane Helene may not be able to cast their ballots. In western North Carolina, polling places have been damaged and, in some cases, destroyed, which raises the question: Where will voters vote on Election Day? Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell joins the Rundown to discuss how North Carolina is planning to get all voters to the polls, how their state election laws prepared them for this type of situation, and what can be expected on election night in the state. Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida less than two weeks after Helene devastated much of the state. While President Joe Biden prepares its federal response for the coming storm, the administration faces criticism over its response to Helene. Brock Long, the former Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, joins the Rundown to weigh in on FEMA's response to Helene and whether the agency is stretched too thin to handle the expected impact from Milton. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With less than four weeks until the 2024 election, one that could be the closest presidential election in the nation's history, there are worries that voters in the Southeast impacted by Hurricane Helene may not be able to cast their ballots. In western North Carolina, polling places have been damaged and, in some cases, destroyed, which raises the question: Where will voters vote on Election Day? Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell joins the Rundown to discuss how North Carolina is planning to get all voters to the polls, how their state election laws prepared them for this type of situation, and what can be expected on election night in the state. Hurricane Milton is closing in on Florida less than two weeks after Helene devastated much of the state. While President Joe Biden prepares its federal response for the coming storm, the administration faces criticism over its response to Helene. Brock Long, the former Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, joins the Rundown to weigh in on FEMA's response to Helene and whether the agency is stretched too thin to handle the expected impact from Milton. Plus, commentary by columnist David Marcus. Photo Credit: AP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The North Carolina State Board of Elections unanimously approved voting rule changes for 13 counties hit hard by Helene in the western part of the state. WRAL State Government Reporter Will Doran explains those changes.

Tune in here to this Tuesday's edition of the Brett Winterble Show!   Brett kicks off the program by talking about A voter in Virginia described his frustration at how his grocery bill had more than doubled from $200 to $500 in the past several years under the Biden administration to a CBS reporter  and In a stunning Monday evening letter to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan, Zuckerberg admitted that senior Biden administration officials "repeatedly pressured" Facebook teams to suppress information related to COVID-19 that the platform would not have otherwise censored - and the administration 'expressed a lot of frustration with our teams when we didn't agree.'  We're joined by Gates McGavick to talk about election security and voter integrity, particularly in North Carolina. Gates McGavick, who serves as a Senior Advisor to RNC Chairman Michael Watley, argues that the North Carolina State Board of Elections is highly partisan and failing to enforce state laws effectively, especially regarding the verification of citizenship for voters. McGavick mentions that the Republican National Committee (RNC) has filed multiple lawsuits against the Board to ensure that only eligible citizens can vote, reflecting broader concerns about non-citizens voting in elections.   Bo Thompson from Good Morning BT is also here for this Tuesday's episode of Crossing the Streams. Brett and Bo talk about Sports growth from Private Equity in professional and collegiate Sports and the uncertainty and delays surrounding an upcoming political debate, with Brett calling for the debate to happen already. They speculate on the possible outcomes and dynamics of the debate, comparing it to various famous boxing matches also Bo shares what He and Beth have coming up Wednesday on Good Morning BT!  Listen here for all of this and more on The Brett Winterble Show!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tune in here to this Fridays edition of Breaking With Brett Jensen!  Breaking Brett Jensen kicks the show off by talking about  the suspension of the principal of Hopewell High School, who has been put on administrative leave pending an investigation. A retired principal has been brought in temporarily. Jensen talks about a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) and North Carolina GOP (NCGOP) against the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The lawsuit accuses the board of failing to remove non-citizens from voter rolls as required by state law.   Later Jensen interviews NCGOP Chairman Jason Simmons explains that the lawsuit aims to enforce compliance with a law that requires the removal of non-citizens from voter rolls based on information from jury notices. The discussion highlights the board's alleged inaction and the broader implications for election integrity.   Listen here for all of this and more on Breaking With Brett Jensen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rodney Pierce v. North Carolina State Board of Elections

Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Karen Brinson Bell, is this week's guest as we discuss deadlines for the upcoming primary election, voter ID, election security and much more.

Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Karen Brinson Bell, is this week's guest as we discuss deadlines for the upcoming primary election, voter ID, election security and much more.

Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell outlines the biggest changes when it comes to Voter ID, how the State Board of Elections operates, and the potential impact of redistricting.

Executive Director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections Karen Brinson Bell outlines the biggest changes when it comes to Voter ID, how the State Board of Elections operates, and the potential impact of redistricting.

In it's latest attempt to suppress voter participation, the North Carolina State Board of Elections approved 99 forms of ID that is acceptable for the upcoming election. Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

North Carolina Bill Proposes Stripping Appointment Power from the Governor to Change Election Board Balance and Exploit DeadlocksToday's Script:  (Variations occur with audio due to editing for time) Today's Links now below the scriptYou're listening to the American Democracy Minute, keeping YOUR government by and for the people.We recently reported on SB 747, a sweeping North Carolina voter suppression bill apparently ghost-written by a group with ties to the attempted overturning of the 2020 presidential election.  Another bill just filed would strip election power from the Governor and election director and give it to the legislature, and fundamentally change how the North Carolina State Board of Elections is chosen. WRAL reports the Governor currently appoints the five person bipartisan board with a maximum of three from one party. SB 749 changes that to an equal board with four members of each party, appointed by the legislature, not the Governor.  Problem is, a deadlock could mean that either party could derail critical election decisions, such as approving early voting locations or interpretation of rules.  If the choice of the board's chair deadlocks, the bill empowers the Republican-dominated legislature to make the appointment. The changes also apply to county boards of elections, to which the legislature appoints two members of each party.  Again, if a chair is not chosen . . . wait for it . . . the legislature makes the appointment instead.  In addition to stripping power from the Governor, the bill also limits the current power of the board's executive elections director, tasked with running the state's elections and making executive decisions to help people vote in emergencies - such as  pandemics and hurricanes. We have articles and the text of the bill at AmericanDemocracyMinute.org, I'm Brian Beihl.Today's LinksArticles & Resources:North Carolina Legislature - Proposed Committee Version of SB 749WRAL - New elections bill filed in NC would make big changes for 2024WRAL - Elections overhaul poised to advance in NC legislature amid protests by voting rights advocatesWRAL - NC's most popular way of voting could grind to halt if new elections bill passes, critics sayGroups Taking Action:North Carolina Black Alliance, Democracy North Carolina, North Carolina Voter, ACLU North Carolina===Please follow us on Facebook and Twitter and SHARE!  Find all of our reports at AmericanDemocracyMinute.orgGet ADM Radio Report email!  Sign up here!#Democracy  #DemocracyNews #VotingRights 

The North Carolina State Board of Elections unveils the rules for voter ID that are taking effect this year, after the State Supreme Court re-instated the law. Also, the NC Senate gave preliminary approval to its budget plan.    Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In local news, the Plemmons Student Union is open for election day voting. According to The Appalachian, the polls in the Student Union opened at 6:30 A.M. today and will remain open until 7:30 P.M., in which the polls will then close. Anyone who is still in line during that time will still be able to vote. According to The Appalachian, any absentee ballots must be postmarked by 5 p.m. today and received by the county Board of Elections by 5 p.m. on Nov. 14. Voters can also hand deliver absentee ballots to the county Board of Elections on Election Day. WASU will have election coverage broadcasted starting at 7 PM. In state news, over 10 thousand people have already voted in Watauga County. According to the Watauga Democrat, 13,165 residents cast their ballot in Watauga County during the early voting period, and another 766 have sent in their absentee ballot by mail, according to the North Carolina State Board of Election. In national news, there has finally been a winner for the record breaking Powerball jackpot prize. According to WBTV, a single winning ticket for the 2.04 billion dollar prize was sold in California. This ends a three-month period of nobody winning it. Today's weather is courtesy of Booneweather.com. Today is a sunny and very warm day with a high of 69 degrees and a low of 32.

In local news, election day is today November 8. The Appalachian has compiled a list of tips to help election day voters navigate the elections process. The North Carolina State Board of Elections releases tips like this each election season. Some tips to know include the following: Polls are open from 6:30am until 7:30pm Same-day registration is not offered for election day voters. If you are not registered by November 8th, you cannot vote Photo ID is not required to vote Voter intimidation is a crime The full list as well as more resources and information are available through the North Carolina State Board of Elections website. In state news, some triangle-area hospitals have more patients being treated for the flu than COVID-19. According to WRAL, cases of the flu made up more than 5% of all people admitted to hospitals across the state. Experts say influenza has been on a steady incline since Labor Day, which is an unusually early start for the flu season. Doctors attribute the outbreak to a combination of variables: the end of widespread masking, the beginning of cooler temperatures and indoor gathers and people who have delayed getting the flu vaccine. To help stop the spread, experts recommend staying home within 24 hours of a fever, washing your hands frequently and covering coughs and sneezes. In national news, a hurricane watch has been issued for much of Florida's eastern coast as officials warn of heavy rainfall and a potential storm surge. According to NPR, subtropical storm Nicole could reach hurricane intensity later this week. Officials warn of a “dangerous storm surge” up to 5 feet with heavy rainfall that could have a lasting effect. Florida governor Ron DeSantis issued a state of emergency for half of the state's counties. The storm is currently maintaining maximum speeds of 45 mile per hour winds and is expected to be hurricane level by Wednesday night.

Dr. Fanelli is originally from suburban Philadelphia, and attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, where he graduated in 1985. He has been in private practice since that time in coastal North Carolina, specializing in ocular disease management. He has lectured around the country at state and national meetings on a wide variety of topics dealing primarily with advanced diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. He has developed a course for certifying OD's in the use of injections in primary eye care that has been used by several states, and which was required for licensure renewal of North Carolina optometrists. Dr. Fanelli is a Contributing Editor for Review of Optometry, and is the author of the bi-monthly Glaucoma Grand Rounds column. He is a past President of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry. He is also a past Trustee of the North Carolina State Optometric Society, where he served as Continuing Education Chairman. He serves as chariman of the EyeSki Optometric Conference and the CE in Italy Conference. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. His email address is: faneleye@aol.com Alberto O. González-García, MD, was an Assistant Professor at the Cuban Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Clinician at the Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. Dr González-García has completed a clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Cuban Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery and a glaucoma research fellowship at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego. Dr González-García was the Chief Medical Officer and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Diopsys, Inc. and currently the Chief Executive Officer of Olleyes, Inc.

Dr. Fanelli is originally from suburban Philadelphia, and attended the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, where he graduated in 1985. He has been in private practice since that time in coastal North Carolina, specializing in ocular disease management. He has lectured around the country at state and national meetings on a wide variety of topics dealing primarily with advanced diagnostic and therapeutic modalities. He has developed a course for certifying OD's in the use of injections in primary eye care that has been used by several states, and which was required for licensure renewal of North Carolina optometrists. Dr. Fanelli is a Contributing Editor for Review of Optometry, and is the author of the bi-monthly Glaucoma Grand Rounds column. He is a past President of the North Carolina State Board of Examiners in Optometry. He is also a past Trustee of the North Carolina State Optometric Society, where he served as Continuing Education Chairman. He serves as chariman of the EyeSki Optometric Conference and the CE in Italy Conference. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Pennsylvania College of Optometry. His email address is: faneleye@aol.com Alberto O. González-García, MD, was an Assistant Professor at the Cuban Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery and Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon and Clinician at the Cuban Institute of Ophthalmology. Dr González-García has completed a clinical fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at the Cuban Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery and a glaucoma research fellowship at the Hamilton Glaucoma Center, University of California San Diego. Dr González-García was the Chief Medical Officer and the Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of Diopsys, Inc. and currently the Chief Executive Officer of Olleyes, Inc.

Featured guests:  Elizabeth Outten, senior director of external affairs, Government Relations and External Affairs team. Kristen Barnhardt, strategic relationship lead, Government Relations and External Affairs team. This episode of Inside Remarkable was edited by Gina DiPietro of Novant Health Public Relations.  Looking for more information? This resource guide, available on I-Connect, guides team members throughout elections. Election activity guide, also available on I-Connect, includes a list of do's and don'ts for nonprofits and election activity. Register to vote in North Carolina. Request a mail-in ballot, also referred to as an absentee ballot, from the North Carolina State Board of Elections. 

Pathways to Excellence for Teaching Professionals (Model) is a proposal being developed and worked on by the North Carolina State Board of Education and the PEPSC (Professional Educator Preparation Standards Commission). The model, if approved by the State Board and ultimately enacted by the General Assembly could change how teachers are licensed and paid. The proposal includes a tiered approach to licensure, starting with apprenticeship and moving up based upon a range of measures. Here to discuss the proposed changes are Dr. Kathy Spencer, Executive Director of the Southeast Education Alliance and Dr. Jeff James, Superintendent of Iredell-Statesville Schools. Guests: Dr. Kathy Spencer, Executive Director, Southeast Education Alliance Dr. Jeff James, Superintendent, Iredell-Statesville Schools

This show aired on Monday, August 15th, 2022 on 107.9 and 980 The WAAV in Wilmington, NC. Guests include Ashley Smith Thomas. North Carolina State Board of Elections responds, 18M to Port of Wilmington, and road projects.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's been a lot of talk about election security for nearly two years now, most of it rife with conspiracy theories, misinformation, and disinformation. But what are the real risks to elections, and how do we mitigate them? Links: Election Security: Rumor vs. Reality (CISA.gov) North Carolina State Board of Elections Contact us: dataatrest@unc.edu Musical credit: Pixelland Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Welcome back to Carolina Democracy! Today, we're joined by Dr. Aimy Steele, founder and Executive Director of the New North Carolina Project. We talk about her past experiences as an educator and candidate and how those experiences led to the New North Carolina Project's work to expand the electorate and engage North Carolina voters. North Carolina State Board of Elections:Absentee Ballot Portal: Click HerePreregistering to Vote: Click HereLearn More About the New North Carolina Project:Website: newnorthcarolinaproject.orgFacebook: @newncprojectInstagram:@newncprojectTwitter: @newncprojectCarolina Forward:Zoom Event, April 20, 2022, 8PM: Register Here Contact Us: jd@carolinademocracy.comFollow Us:Facebook: @CarolinaDemocracyInstagram: @carolinademocracy

Welcome back to Carolina Democracy! Today, I'm  joined by State Senator Valerie Foushee to talk about her campaign for North Carolina's Fourth Congressional District. We also discuss Judge Jackson's confirmation hearing, the GOP leadership's reaction to Madison Cawthorn's latest controversy, and important deadlines for the upcoming primary elections.North Carolina State Board of Elections:Absentee Ballot Portal: Click HerePreregistering to Vote: Click HereLearn More About Valerie Foushee:Website: valeriefoushee.comFacebook: @FousheeforNCInstagram: @fousheeforncTwitter: @FousheeforNCOrganizations to Help Register and Turnout Voters:newnorthcarolinaproject.orgnewruralproject.orgContact Us: jd@carolinademocracy.comFollow Us:Facebook: @CarolinaDemocracyInstagram: @carolinademocracy

A draft "licensure reform" plan is being considered by the North Carolina State Board of Education. Activists are attacking the inclusion of student test scores as a performance-based metrics. As well as assessments from other teachers.  Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's what's in the news today: More states are lifting their broad mask mandates (NY Times)News on the Canadian trucker protests (NY Times)The National Archives has asked the Justice Department to investigate President Trump for his handling of materials (CNN // Business Insider)The January 6th Committee has served Peter Navarro (CNN)On Monday, the North Carolina State Board of Elections said it will block House Rep Madison Cawthorn from running for reelection should he be found to be connected to the insurrection (CNN)The Senate has moved to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (NPR)Dollywood employees will soon be eligible for free tuition (NPR)

September 21, 2021 Rockingham County Board Of Elections Meeting(Wentworth, NC) - Audio of the September 21, 2021 meeting of the Rockingham County Board of Elections. The meeting was held at the Rockingham County Governmental Center.AGENDA1. Welcome / Call to Order2. Pledge of Allegiance3. Invocation – Pastor Kevin Duncan Sharon Baptist Church - Reidsville4. Approval of Agenda5. Approval of Board Minutesa. July 20, 2021 Regular Meeting Minutesb. August 17, 2021 Regular Meeting Minutes6. Public Comments7. 2021 Municipal Precinct Officials Appointments8. 2021 Municipal Elections Preparationsa. Trainingb. Mock Electionc. Equipment/Ballot Setup and Testingd. One Stop (Early) Votinge. Election Dayf. Canvass9. Director's Updatea. Preliminary 2021 Election Scheduleb. Wellness Check with the North Carolina State Board of Election conducted on Tuesday, September 7, 202110. Closed SessionTo prevent the disclosure of information that is privileged or confidential (NCGS 143-318.11(a)(1)), attorney/client privilege (NCGS 143-318.11(a)(3), and personnel (NCGS 143-318.11(a)(6) (Senior Deputy Director).11. Adjournment# # #

EdLeader is back for Season 3 and it is going to be bigger and better than ever! A big start with a big-time guest is here as Mr. Jack Hoke sits down with Dr. Jackson to discuss launching a new school year in the midst of challenges and uncertainty.  Authentic relationships, listening more than you speak, making sure the team has what it needs to succeed, and keeping the main thing the main thing is the secret to a Leadership Launch into an amazing new school year. Mr. Jack Hoke is one of the most respected and highly-regarded educational leaders in the state of North Carolina. He currently serves as Executive Director of the North Carolina School Superintendents' Association.  He retired in April 2012 after serving twelve years as superintendent of the Alexander County Schools.  He also served as an associate superintendent for two years in the Alexander County Schools.  He previously served as principal at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in the Caldwell County Schools and served for 32 years in school administration.He served as Superintendent Advisor to the North Carolina State Board of Education from 2009 – 2011 and was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Professional Teaching Standards Commission from 2006 – 2010.  He was involved in the development of the teacher, principal, and superintendent standards for North Carolina and assisted in the development of the North Carolina Education Evaluation System.  As Executive Director of the North Carolina School Superintendents' Association, he has designed and conducted the professional development programs for superintendents and associate/assistant superintendents including the Next Generation Superintendent Development Program, Aspiring Superintendent Program, Digital Leadership Institute for Superintendents,  Future Focused Schools/Emerging Trends Network for NC School Districts, and The NC District Leaders Institute which provides executive coaching for new superintendents.He was inducted into the Appalachian State University: Reich College of Education Rhododendron Society in 2021, received the Alexander County Schools Award of Honor and Caldwell County Schools Education Hall of Honor Award in 2017. In 2012, he received the state's highest civilian award when he was awarded the Order of the Long Leaf Pine. Twice selected as a Regional Superintendent of the Year, he was selected as the North Carolina High School Athletic Association Superintendent of the Year in 2007.More importantly than all of the awards and accolades and vast experience, today's guest is who Superintendents call when they need advice, encouragement, or just a listening ear. 

Over the past 25 years, the makeup of newsrooms—and the people covering politics—has changed significantly. As more women and people of color joined the media, newsrooms began to reflect the diversity of America. While newsrooms today are still overwhelmingly white, the lens through which we view politics has evolved largely due to the diversity of opinions. But there's still a long way to go. Amy Walter spoke with Errin Haines, co-founder and editor-at-large for the 19th*, Toluse Olorunnipa, national political Reporter for the Washington Post, and Maya King, political reporter at Politico, about their experiences reporting in an era where race, racism, and our national reckoning have become mainstream conversations. Both the pandemic and former President Trump’s baseless attacks on voting by mail underscored the importance of election administrators and volunteers. As election officials attempted to run smooth and fair elections, they also had to combat the spread of misinformation, much of which was instigated by former President Trump. Even after a year like 2020, these individuals remain dedicated to administering future elections and safeguarding our democracy. Damon Circosta, chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State, and Evan Malbrough, founder of the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project and Puffin Democracy fellow with the Andrew Goodman Foundation, reflect on the 2020 election cycle. Plus, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the Secretary of State of Georgia, shares what it was like to face the real-time consequences of former President Trump’s lies about the results of the general election.  Former President Trump’s norm-defying presidency caused many to question the roles institutions play in checking the power of the executive branch. The lies Donald Trump created and amplified about the integrity of our elections meant that millions of Americans doubted the final result. Suzanne Spaulding, senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, describes how prepared social media networks and other institutions were to combat misinformation related to the election in 2020 and how that compared to 2016.  

Over the past 25 years, the makeup of newsrooms—and the people covering politics—has changed significantly. As more women and people of color joined the media, newsrooms began to reflect the diversity of America. While newsrooms today are still overwhelmingly white, the lens through which we view politics has evolved largely due to the diversity of opinions. But there's still a long way to go. Amy Walter spoke with Errin Haines, co-founder and editor-at-large for the 19th*, Toluse Olorunnipa, national political Reporter for the Washington Post, and Maya King, political reporter at Politico, about their experiences reporting in an era where race, racism, and our national reckoning have become mainstream conversations. Both the pandemic and former President Trump’s baseless attacks on voting by mail underscored the importance of election administrators and volunteers. As election officials attempted to run smooth and fair elections, they also had to combat the spread of misinformation, much of which was instigated by former President Trump. Even after a year like 2020, these individuals remain dedicated to administering future elections and safeguarding our democracy. Damon Circosta, chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State, and Evan Malbrough, founder of the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project and Puffin Democracy fellow with the Andrew Goodman Foundation, reflect on the 2020 election cycle. Plus, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the Secretary of State of Georgia, shares what it was like to face the real-time consequences of former President Trump’s lies about the results of the general election.  Former President Trump’s norm-defying presidency caused many to question the roles institutions play in checking the power of the executive branch. The lies Donald Trump created and amplified about the integrity of our elections meant that millions of Americans doubted the final result. Suzanne Spaulding, senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, describes how prepared social media networks and other institutions were to combat misinformation related to the election in 2020 and how that compared to 2016.  

Over the past 25 years, the makeup of newsrooms—and the people covering politics—has changed significantly. As more women and people of color joined the media, newsrooms began to reflect the diversity of America. While newsrooms today are still overwhelmingly white, the lens through which we view politics has evolved largely due to the diversity of opinions. But there's still a long way to go. Amy Walter spoke with Errin Haines, co-founder and editor-at-large for the 19th*, Toluse Olorunnipa, national political Reporter for the Washington Post, and Maya King, political reporter at Politico, about their experiences reporting in an era where race, racism, and our national reckoning have become mainstream conversations. Both the pandemic and former President Trump’s baseless attacks on voting by mail underscored the importance of election administrators and volunteers. As election officials attempted to run smooth and fair elections, they also had to combat the spread of misinformation, much of which was instigated by former President Trump. Even after a year like 2020, these individuals remain dedicated to administering future elections and safeguarding our democracy. Damon Circosta, chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Katie Hobbs, Arizona Secretary of State, and Evan Malbrough, founder of the Georgia Youth Poll Worker Project and Puffin Democracy fellow with the Andrew Goodman Foundation, reflect on the 2020 election cycle. Plus, Gabriel Sterling, chief operating officer and chief financial officer for the Secretary of State of Georgia, shares what it was like to face the real-time consequences of former President Trump’s lies about the results of the general election.  Former President Trump’s norm-defying presidency caused many to question the roles institutions play in checking the power of the executive branch. The lies Donald Trump created and amplified about the integrity of our elections meant that millions of Americans doubted the final result. Suzanne Spaulding, senior adviser for homeland security and director of the Defending Democratic Institutions project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, describes how prepared social media networks and other institutions were to combat misinformation related to the election in 2020 and how that compared to 2016.  

Welcome to our conversation with James Ford, executive director of CREED (https://www.creed-nc.org) and a member of the NC State Board of Education (https://stateboard.ncpublicschools.gov), a leading voice in the discussion around equity for all students in NC Public Schools. Co-host Randi Davis, who worked with Ford in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, joins host Kevin Smith and special guest James Ford to learn more about the background and future of equity work at the state and local level throughout North Carolina's public schools. Ford weaves personal storytelling into a review of timely and critical research showing the importance of all stakeholders—not only in NC Public Schools but in all related fields—coming together to close opportunity gaps and ensure a sound, basic education for every child in the state. Kevin Smith is Community Relations Coordinator for Transylvania County Schools and NCSPRA State Coordinator. Randi Davis is Internal Communications Specialist for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Vice-President of NCSPRA. About James Ford: James E. Ford is an award-winning educator and consultant on issues of equity in education. He is Principal Consultant at Filling the Gap Educational Consultants, LLC. and the Executive Director of the Center for Racial Equity in Education (CREED). He was appointed by Gov. Cooper in 2018 to serve as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, representing the Southwest Region. In 2014-15 Ford was the North Carolina Teacher of the Year and the representative for 95,000 public school teachers throughout the state. For a full year, he traveled the state and country speaking before thousands of teachers, students, business leaders and policymakers about the importance of education. Ford taught World History at Garinger High School in Charlotte, NC starting in 2010. Ford earned a bachelor of science in mass communication from Illinois State University in 2003 and a master’s degree in teaching from Rockford University in 2009. He received his Add-On Certificate from Wingate University in 2014 and holds an NC Principals License. He is currently pursuing his PhD at UNC-Charlotte in Urban Education. He is a civic leader in Charlotte, having served as the co-chair for the Leading on Opportunity Council, an effort change the systemic barriers to economic mobility in the city. Before deciding to become a teacher, Ford’s early career cemented his connection to children and youth. He worked as a truancy intervention specialist in high schools and director of a teen center that provided educational and after-school activities for youth at risk of dropping out of school. He considers his work and extension of his greater life-calling. He is an activist, writer, minister, husband and father. Learn more James Ford → https://www.jameseford.net/about-james Freedom Hill Coalition → https://www.creed-nc.org/freedom-hill-coalition On The Margins podcast → https://www.creed-nc.org/podcast Music: “Hip Jazz,” Bensound.com All other content ©2021, NCSPRA.

In this first episode, hosts Donnell Cannon and Jenny O'Meara interview James Ford. As the executive director of CREED, the Center for Racial Equity in Education, a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, and former North Carolina Teacher of the Year in 2014-15, Ford is in the midst of living out his hummingbird story and fighting for a better and more equitable world of education. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. The Hummingbird Stories is produced by Alli Lindenberg, Donnell Cannon and Jenny O'Meara. The music used in this series is made by 8th grade student DX4L. The hummingbird artwork on the cover is by 8th grade student Joselyn Hernandez.

This episode takes a look behind the curtain to see what actually happens during elections and just how your vote counts and is counted. Judith Kelley is joined by Damon Circosta, the Chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections.  

Good afternoon! I'm Jackie Park with your afternoon news break on 90.5 WASU. In local news, Governor Roy Cooper announced Thursday that Boone-native Stacy Eggers would be appointed to the North Carolina State Board of Elections. The Watauga Democrat reported that Eggers, who is part of the locally known Eggers, Eggers, Eggers and Eggers law firm, joins Stella Anderson, an App State professor, on the board. His nomination to the board comes after the governor nominated Carr McLamb to the board. However, Governor Cooper later withdrew McLamb's nomination after allegations of misconduct. Eggers was sworn in on Thursday. In state news, a North Carolina school district is moving to remote learning for two weeks after an uptick in cases of COVID-19. The News & Observer reported that Stanly County Schools board voted 5-to-1 to close schools in an emergency meeting this weekend. The Observer reported that Stanly County had 2,237 total confirmed cases as of Friday, and 192 of those cases have occurred since Sept. 30 according to the county's COVID dashboard. In national news, Jaime Harrison, the politician challenging Senator Lindsey Graham in South Carolina, set an all-time quarterly fundraising record. The New York Times reported that Harrison raised $57 million between July and September, the highest quarterly fundraising total for any Senate candidate in American history.

Was there collusion between the Democrats and Gov. Cooper’s North Carolina State Board of Elections that led to administrative changes, effectively overturning significant election integrity protections enacted by the legislature? Andy Jackson, election policy analyst here at Civitas joins us to discuss. We are also digging into the latest Civitas Poll results, including Tillis/Cunningham and...

While the bedrock of democracy is free and fair elections, the President has been sowing seeds of distrust throughout the course of the campaign. He's used his platform to spread conspiracy theories about the integrity of absentee ballots to his millions of followers. The consequences of those lies can be seen in a recent Monmouth University poll that found almost 40 percent of Americans don’t believe that the elections will be conducted fairly and accurately. A majority of Americans say that they think the Trump campaign will try to cheat if necessary to win in November, while 39 percent say the same of the Biden campaign. Aside from Barack Obama in 2008, North Carolina hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but polls show President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are neck and neck there. A contentious senate race is also on the ballot in the state.  North Carolina began sending out absentee ballots on September 4th. The more than 700,000 mail ballots that have been requested has shone the national spotlight on the Tar Heel State.  Chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Damon Circosta, Michael Bitzer, a professor of Political Science at Catawba College, and Rusty Jacobs, politics reporter at WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, walk us through the state's electoral process. Many credit Barack Obama’s win in North Carolina to strong turnout from African American voters. Exit polls that year showed African Americans making up almost a quarter of the electorate and they gave Obama 95 percent of the vote. Congresswoman Alma Adams of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District and Professor Kerry Haynie, Political Science and African & African American Studies at Duke University, describe how the Biden/Harris ticket is working to convince Black voters to turnout.  As part of our continuing series on how the pandemic has changed campaigns, we checked in with Chase Gaines, Coalition Director North Carolina GOP. He describes what it's like to organize at this moment and what he's heard from voters while knocking doors. These conversations are part of a series called Every Vote Counts.

While the bedrock of democracy is free and fair elections, the President has been sowing seeds of distrust throughout the course of the campaign. He's used his platform to spread conspiracy theories about the integrity of absentee ballots to his millions of followers. The consequences of those lies can be seen in a recent Monmouth University poll that found almost 40 percent of Americans don’t believe that the elections will be conducted fairly and accurately. A majority of Americans say that they think the Trump campaign will try to cheat if necessary to win in November, while 39 percent say the same of the Biden campaign. Aside from Barack Obama in 2008, North Carolina hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but polls show President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are neck and neck there. A contentious senate race is also on the ballot in the state.  North Carolina began sending out absentee ballots on September 4th. The more than 700,000 mail ballots that have been requested has shone the national spotlight on the Tar Heel State.  Chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Damon Circosta, Michael Bitzer, a professor of Political Science at Catawba College, and Rusty Jacobs, politics reporter at WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, walk us through the state's electoral process. Many credit Barack Obama’s win in North Carolina to strong turnout from African American voters. Exit polls that year showed African Americans making up almost a quarter of the electorate and they gave Obama 95 percent of the vote. Congresswoman Alma Adams of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District and Professor Kerry Haynie, Political Science and African & African American Studies at Duke University, describe how the Biden/Harris ticket is working to convince Black voters to turnout.  As part of our continuing series on how the pandemic has changed campaigns, we checked in with Chase Gaines, Coalition Director North Carolina GOP. He describes what it's like to organize at this moment and what he's heard from voters while knocking doors. These conversations are part of a series called Every Vote Counts.

While the bedrock of democracy is free and fair elections, the President has been sowing seeds of distrust throughout the course of the campaign. He's used his platform to spread conspiracy theories about the integrity of absentee ballots to his millions of followers. The consequences of those lies can be seen in a recent Monmouth University poll that found almost 40 percent of Americans don’t believe that the elections will be conducted fairly and accurately. A majority of Americans say that they think the Trump campaign will try to cheat if necessary to win in November, while 39 percent say the same of the Biden campaign. Aside from Barack Obama in 2008, North Carolina hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter in 1976, but polls show President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are neck and neck there. A contentious senate race is also on the ballot in the state.  North Carolina began sending out absentee ballots on September 4th. The more than 700,000 mail ballots that have been requested has shone the national spotlight on the Tar Heel State.  Chair of the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Damon Circosta, Michael Bitzer, a professor of Political Science at Catawba College, and Rusty Jacobs, politics reporter at WUNC North Carolina Public Radio, walk us through the state's electoral process. Many credit Barack Obama’s win in North Carolina to strong turnout from African American voters. Exit polls that year showed African Americans making up almost a quarter of the electorate and they gave Obama 95 percent of the vote. Congresswoman Alma Adams of North Carolina’s 12th Congressional District and Professor Kerry Haynie, Political Science and African & African American Studies at Duke University, describe how the Biden/Harris ticket is working to convince Black voters to turnout.  As part of our continuing series on how the pandemic has changed campaigns, we checked in with Chase Gaines, Coalition Director North Carolina GOP. He describes what it's like to organize at this moment and what he's heard from voters while knocking doors. These conversations are part of a series called Every Vote Counts.

Be honest: prior to the last couple years, did you know who was on your North Carolina State Board of Elections? (You don't have to confess it out loud.) For a number of reasons, voting, elections, ballots and how they're all organized and run have come under higher scrutiny than any time we can remember. Someone who has thought about these issues for a number of years now--even prior to holding an official position--is Damon Circosta, the current Chair of the NC Board of Elections, a guy who was thinking about free and fair elections all the way back in college in Arizona. In our interview, he breaks down some important dates and details of this fall's election process, and hopefully makes you feel even better about North Carolina's process being safe, secure and fair. The democratic process should never be taken for granted, but there's also a lot of unnecessary noise that Damon and others hope can get tuned out as we try to accomplish the important task of holding an election during a pandemic.Damon is also the executive director of the A.J. Fletcher Foundation, but we opted to do an entire episode looking at his role on the Board of Elections, and will bring you part two of the interview in a future episode this season.Please support the businesses who support us: Papa Murphy's Take N Bake Pizza of Raleigh and Steele Residential.We hope you enjoy Season 3 of Podcast Raleigh!Subscribe to Podcast Raleigh on your favorite podcast sites so you never miss an episode, and if you enjoy it we'd love for you to rate or read a comment:Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-raleigh/id1458907220Google: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Inzk5woxrsjwf3zhd5vv3av4yeiStitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/podcast-raleighSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6b3dVvLJfO0EqvDGQaFTAP

West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy is Now Open! 8am-9am PT/ 11am-Noon ET for our especially special Daily Specials; Blue Moon Spirits FridaysStarting off in the Bistro Cafe, political analysts and investigative reporters think “Trump is genuinely confused about service” to America and our fellow citizens.Then, on the rest of the menu, the head of the North Carolina State Board of Elections pushed back on Trump's illegal voting scheme; the US trade deficit surged in July to its highest level in twelve years; and, a lifeline for the troops since the Civil War, Trump has inexplicably ordered the Pentagon to shut down Stars and Stripes, even though Congress specifically cited the newspaper not be defunded.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where two prominent Thai political activists were remanded in prison for violating bail by protesting without permission; and, the European Union says the US blacklisting of the ICC prosecutor must be reversed.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.” ― Douglas Adams "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/9/4/1974866/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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A complaint filed with the North Carolina State Board of Elections accuses the NC Association of Educators of violating campaign financing law, by exceeding the cap on contributions allowable to a single candidate. In this case - the Governor. The Civitas Institute's Elections Policy Analyst, Andy Jackson, joins me to discuss his complaint. Plus, polling shows crime is a huge issue for state voters this year. Subscribe for FREE: https://thepetekalinershow.com/get-the-podcast/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow Advertisers: https://thepetekalinershow.com/support-the-businesses-that-support-us/ Marketplace: https://thepetekalinershow.com/marketplace/ Twitter: @PeteKaliner Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/633836460739500/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/petekalinershow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Get exclusive content here!: https://thepetekalinershow.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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This week, our Governor provided more guidance for schools and districts as they plan for the beginning of a school year like none other. As families make complex and sometimes heart-wrenching decisions to meet the needs of their children, today we will talk to education leaders about what they are grappling with when it comes to finding and securing the resources necessary to safely open our schools in just one month. Guests: Dr. Patrick Miller, Superintendent, Greene County Schools Alan Duncan, Vice Chairman, North Carolina State Board of Education Mike Lee, Vice Chair, Durham Public Schools Board of Education

This week, Brooke is joined by Dr. Andy Jackson, Civitas’ elections policy analyst, to discuss the 11th Congressional District Republican primary win of Madison Cawthorn, a 24-year-old political newcomer, over Trump-endorsed Lynda Bennet. They also discuss election safety protocols going into November and examine the ways the North Carolina State Board of Elections can better...

As COVID-19 continues to present our state and nation with so many challenges with regard to children’s schooling, joining us on the show today is the chair of the North Carolina State Board of Education, Eric Davis, and the Chief Deputy Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Susan Gale Perry, to discuss the most recent guidance released about how to safely re-open North Carolina’s public schools for 2020-2021. Also joining us today is Tabari Wallace, Principal of West Craven High School and Matt Wight, Principal of Apex Friendship High School, who represent our high school principals across North Carolina who have done amazing things to honor the 2020 graduating seniors and help them cap off a year that was anything but normal. Mr. Eric Davis, Chair, State Board of Education Ms. Susan Gale Perry, Chief Deputy Secretary, NC Department of Health and Human Services Mr. Tabari Wallace, Principal, West Craven High School Mr. Matt Wight, Principal, Apex Friendship High School

In this episode of EdLeader, Dr. Jackson sits down with North Carolina State Board of Education Chairman Eric Davis to discuss leadership and meeting the challenges of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. Chairman Davis compares teachers, principals, and superintendents with mighty lighthouses "standing tall and sending out a beacon of hope, and safety and security and care to each one of our students." He describes that like a lighthouse, the light shines not for the sender, but for all of those who are in darkness, regardless of demographic characteristic. His message of encouragement and appreciation for all Edleaders is one most needed and most appreciated. Dr. Jackson describes this episode as one of the most powerful and moving conversations I have had.Chairman Eric Davis was appointed as an at-large member of the NC State Board of Education in January 2015. He graduated 9th in the Class of 1983 from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He served as an Airborne Ranger combat engineer officer in the US Army and is a professional engineer in North Carolina. He is a public school graduate as are his children.Show Notes are available at www.drrobjackson.comDr. Rob Jackson - @Dr_Rob_Jackson

Your vote matters! Hear what North Carolina officials are doing to protect the integrity of our elections and, and what you need to do to make your vote count. North Carolina State Board of Election's Patrick-Gannon, NC National Guard CIO Lt.Col. Robert Felicio and NC Emergency Management Chief of Staff discuss how local, state and federal officials are collaborating to secure our elections.

In this episode of EdLeader, Dr. Rob Jackson sits down with North Carolina State Teacher of the Year Freebird McKinney to delve into the transforming potential of contagious joy in educators and the absolute power of yet. "I cannot answer this math problem... yet!" "I cannot write a paper that long...yet!" Together, they discuss the sense of community built by lighthouse educators and the need to tell the stories of successful EdLeaders far and wide.Mr. McKinney, newly minted Director of Legislative Affairs and Community Outreach for the North Carolina State Board of Education, is a bridge-builder, a village teacher, an Educator Diplomat, and an inspirational EdLeader.Show notes are available at www.drrobjackson.com

File photo. PAUL GARBER/WFDD With primary season in full swing, WFDD listener Julie Coulter has voting security on her mind.  She asks, “Which is the safest way to vote to make sure that my vote is counted: early voting, absentee, or voting Election Day at my local precinct?” WFDD’s David Ford set out for answers on this edition of Carolina Curious. He spoke with Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer.  Interview Highlights On the upsides of early voting: With absentee by mail ballots, you know, there's the concern about the ballot coming in, you filling it out correctly, and then mailing it back and making sure that that's all done within a proper amount of time. If you go absentee one-stop or in-person voting, you basically just walk in, get your ballot, you fill it out, you turn it in and you're done just like you would do on Election Day. Now, the beauty of North Carolina is that all of this information about who is requesting absentee by mail and doing one-stop voting is publicly available. So, you can check on the North Carolina State Board of Elections website to see if indeed your ballot was submitted, it was accepted, and that ballot is basically part of the elections and the votes that will be tabulated on Election Day. North Carolinians have really taken to this in the general elections. In fact, in 2016, two thirds of all the ballots cast in the presidential election for November of 2016 came before Election Day.  On the concerns over election interference and ballot tampering:  I think certainly after the 2018 debacle with absentee by mail ballots in the North Carolina 9th Congressional District and the allegations of vote tampering by individuals, I think North Carolinians are much more concerned about that issue. Really, they shouldn't be, though, if they cast their ballots in person and then go on the North Carolina State Board of Elections website and can type in their name and see that indeed that ballot was submitted and accepted.  On the mood of North Carolina voters ahead of Super Tuesday: I have been tracking the early votes in North Carolina for the March 3rd primary. And they're coming in, but at a kind of slow pace. And I think on the Democratic side, this is to be expected because the field is still so muddy. Yes, we've had two primaries and caucuses. We've got two more coming up before we cast our ballots on Super Tuesday. But I think for North Carolina Democrats and those unaffiliateds who want to vote in the Democratic primary, it really is a watch and see. So, I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the bulk of the ballots for March 3rd come in on Election Day. EDITOR'S NOTE: This transcript was edited slightly for clarity.               Story does not include AP content #election 2020 #early voting #in-person voting #absentee voting #election day #super tuesday Politics & Government Normal Tweet

America’s communication coach, Greg Alcorn,  CEO of Global Contact Services (GCS) of Salisbury, NC, is the author of 7 Dumb Things We All Say and speaks to thousands of people each year on improving verbal communication at work. His company has 1,000 employees and averages 30,000 customer service conversations every day. GCS, which Alcorn founded in 2001, serves retail, insurance, financial and government clients. Greg is active in the community serving on boards such as, United Church Homes and Services, North Carolina State Board of Education, Families First, the Novant Rowan Foundation and the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation. He is also active with First Tee of Salisbury, Boy Scouts and the First United Church of Christ. Finally, he is sole member of the Alcorn World Class dishwashing and clean up club.  He is also the creator of "Say This, Not That" Soft Skills program. Greg connects with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD and shares some of the dumb things we all say and the words he wants to eliminate from our vocabulary. *** Connect to Lou Diamond: www.loudiamond.net Subscribe to Thrive LOUD: www.thriveloud.com/podcast  

In 2011, the North Carolina State Board of Education formed a Task Force on Global Education to assess the state's effort to produce "globally competitive" graduates ready to live, work, and contribute in an interconnected world. Thanks to their work, the state signed a series of global commitments to ensure every public school student graduates fully prepared for the world, and has taken action to provide statewide infrastructure that supports and guides educators in a common vision for global education for North Carolina’s public schools. Today we’ll hear about how North Carolina continues to work toward these big goals and how one method, dual language programs, is taking shape across our state and preparing our children to work and compete in a global workplace. Guests: - Bill Harrison, Chairman Emeritus, NC State Board of Education - David Young, CEO, Participate Learning - Jack Davern, Principal, Elon Elementary School (Burlington) - Ann Mailly, Parent, Jeffreys Grove Elementary School (Raleigh)

In February of 2019 the North Carolina State Board of Elections heard testimony from many of the people who played a key role in the election fraud that tainted Dan McCready and Mark Harris's historic midterm election. The three day hearing ended with a surprise turn of events that led Republican Mark Harris to finally call for a new election. Shaniqua McClendon talks to two people who were in the room. Marc Elias represented Dan McCready throughout the election and argued on behalf of the Democratic nominee. Reporter Joe Bruno also shares some of the most shocking moments on the stand.

Today on the show, we have a message of passion and commitment. We'll be talking about following your dreams and the importance of never giving up on them. I'd like to welcome Brittanny Craig who is, indeed, a very smart woman. She is a powerhouse of a woman and has some very valuable wisdom to share with us. She is an Aveda Color Pure Professional hair designer. We are going to be discussing the evolution of her career, how she got started and where she is today. Hey Brittanny, welcome to the show today. Thank you. I'm really, really excited to have Brittanny on the show because Brittanny is my hairdresser, and she is the best hairdresser absolutely ever. But Brittanny's going to be talking to us today about her journey from where she started out after she finished school and going into her career and having children and then into this fabulous career as an Aveda Color Pure professional. So, Brittanny, just ... Can you give us a little insight into, basically, how did you even become a hairdresser? Where did that ... How did that happen for you? Well, actually, my mother was a hairstylist for 35 years. And my childhood toys were mannequin heads and perm rods and cones and brushes and all that good stuff. And I piddled around with it all through high school, and it never crossed my mind that I would become a hairstylist. It just was something that was in our house and we did. I actually was going to go to school to become an interpreter for the deaf and- Oh, wow. Yeah. Yeah. I did sign language all through high school and actually interpreted it for a girl my senior year in high school and was going to go to school and then I had to drop out of college because my mom was having some health issues. And I put that to the side., then an opportunity came up for me to go to cosmetology school, and I said, "Well, I know it, so why not?" and that's where it started. So, you just ... It was just kind of like ... So, in other words, life led you, and through circumstance, to start? Right, right. Yeah. It just happened, and it was something that I knew that I felt comfortable with and I said, "Okay. I can probably do really well at this," and it wasn't an overreaching, overstretching, overstressed situation that I was already kind of in, so it was a way for me to engage myself, better myself in a way that was more feasible than going away to a four-year college because my mom, at the time, needed me to be there [crosstalk 00:04:04]- So, you had to make some clear decisions at a very young age about what was going to be best for you and your family? Yes. That's awesome. So, once you went into ... So, you went to school and you became a hairdresser and now, I know you have four beautiful children, so can you explain a little bit to us, like did you work when your children were young? How long did you work for? Can you explain a little bit of that to us? So, I started when ... Actually, I had my oldest child the year I graduated from cosmetology. So, I started- Oh, my God. Right? So, I graduated from cosmetology school, I was super, super blessed to have my mom be in the same city that I was in, and she was so gracious to help me with watching Madison, and then as more children came along, she was able to help me. So, by the time I had my third child, she was getting ready to move, and I was still doing hair part-time, but the childcare issues come about. Then when I got pregnant with my fourth child, I decided to take time off and stayed home for five years with all the kids until everybody started back into school. I want us to be clear. So, you basically went to cosmetology school, had a few children- Just a few. And while you had the few children, you worked, you worked part-time, so you- I worked full-time. Oh, you worked full-time- I worked full-time- And your mom took care of the kids? And my mom helped take care of the kids. So, I worked full-time for five years and then worked part-time for about a year and a half, two years, and then decided to stay home, but if any other hairstylist would be listening to this, they know that you can never get rid of all of your clients if you stay home. They say, "I will come to your kitchen and you can cut my hair," and I did do a little bit of that while I was saying at home, and it was great. It helped to have a little bit of money on the side and everything. But it was important for me to stay home. I had four children from the age of five to newborn and so it was just important for me to be able to stay home. And my mom not being available to watch to watch the kids for me and if anyone knows how much childcare costs, it was unrealistic for me to work and have childcare for three children that were still at home and my oldest being in kindergarten. Wow, that's amazing. Did you enjoy that time that you had with your kids when you were a stay at home mom? Oh, absolutely. I loved it. Loved every minute of it. It's kind of a genetic disposition for our family to be creative. That's just where things that are, my husband's very creative. The kids were very creative, you know, growing up, I let them do basically everything with me from cooking to cleaning. We were together all the time, you know, and it was really good for them. They knew how to express themselves, but yet, you know, going and doing and being out in. I never stopped doing any in particular thing because they were with me, you know, we would go to church on a regular basis all the time. Or if I had shopping to do, or if we had an outing to go to or people just knew that if you got me, you got four kids too. Oh, I love that. So, it was so great to be able to stay home with them and to be able to, I don't want to say educate them, but it was educating them because it was always such a surprise to me when my kids started school. I remember my oldest child's kindergarten teacher and she always commented about how, you know, oh she already knows her abcs or she knows the colors or she knows this or that or the other. I think, you know, any parent, you try to set your child up for success. But it was just interaction, you know, that we were constantly interacting with me or with, you know ... My kids love to cook. That's one thing that that I think is that they see as special, you know, from the time that they were really, really tiny. You know, I actually made them their own little oven mitts and they had oven mitts that went up to their elbows and little aprons and they would be in the kitchen with me and they love to bake. My son until he was about 10 or 11 years old would still, if I took cookies out of the oven and he didn't have the opportunity to do it, he would be mad at me. Like mom, What are you doing? That's my job kind of thing. Yeah. That's adorable. So it's just really fine to have the time with them and then them seeing how life worked, you know? And the reason, I guess I'm asking you this, because I think a lot of women struggle with this in the modern world, especially career women that then want to have families. And you hear all this controversy of how women should have children and then stay at home and be dedicated parents until they've left home, you know, like at 18 or whatever. And then there's all the bits in between. Then there's the women that have children and they work all the time. And I like the way it seems that you've done it. It's like you were there for your kids when they were little, but then once they all went to school, then you went back into your career, which is another piece of the conversation that we're having, but I just wanted to see what your perspective was for that with women, where there's that guilt feeling that we have when we're mothers and then we go back to work. You have any sort of like wisdom to share with us about that? Well, I think it's very different for every single person and and I want to preface this with that I don't think anyone should feel judged about what your choice is and what choices you make. For me, it was very easy for me to work when my kids were very little, especially with my first three because my mom was there and I have the best mom in the world. She's amazing and she was so gracious to help me with that and for me to be able to still have my career and be a mom and at the same time. But then it became ... She wasn't there anymore and I needed to have some sort of support and you know, I feel like that women need to not feel like you have to do it all on your own. You don't have to be the supermom. Yeah, right. I know because there's this fine line, you see women like pulling their hair out and they have kids and their careers and then you know, like the fried women. They're fried and they feel like the supermom is their kid is dressed to the nines everywhere they go. They never have a spot of dirt on them. Their hair is always nice. If it's a girl, she's got a nice big pink bow in her hair and you know, they're just super well behaved and that's just not the case. You know, kids are going to be kids. That's what they do. You know, they don't know how to interact sometimes in a situation and they don't know that they shouldn't say something when you know you're in public. I mean, my kids were the kids that, and I have three girls and one boy, and they were the rough and tough Tom boys. You know, when they were little, they were all the ones that wanted to go out in the yard and roll in mud. My third daughter would do anything in a dress. She wanted to have a dress on the entire time. It didn't matter what time of year it was. It didn't matter what she was doing. She'd go play in a mud puddle and she was going to do it in a dress. I love that. So it's just putting yourself in a space of knowing that, you know what, it's okay that my kid's dirty right now. They're building immunities. You know, it's okay if you you go out and their shoes aren't put on the right feet, it's okay if their shirt doesn't match their pants. The world is not going to stop revolving over that and no one is really going to judge you for that. They're going to be like, you know what, you made it out of the house today and guess what? You had a shower. Bonus. You got to take a shower today. And it is, because it becomes crazy especially when you have kids that are really close together. My kids were very close together. There's only five years and two months between my oldest and my youngest. So it was Bam, Bam, Bam. Wow. So it's just very interesting to me when when mothers puts this pressure on themselves to make sure that their kids look perfect, that they look perfect or their house looks perfect. You know, my house has never been a house that was perfect at all. You know, it's very lived in and there's something always going on. We are normally like Noah's Ark because currently we have two dogs, a turtle, a python. We used to have a rabbit but we don't have that anymore. We have eight outdoor feral cats that we've decided to feed and they have made our yard their home and there's something constantly all of time. Well, I do know everyone. I know Brittanny quite well and I do know her children and her children are growing up. And two of them are in college or one is in college and one of them is out of high school, but they're amazing kids. So that's why I wanted to talk to you about this just a little bit before we move into that, because you really have very like wonderful kids. I mean I've met them. You can have conversation with them. They are kind, they talk to you like actually they can have a conversation with an adult in the modern world, which is pretty amazing. Yeah. Well, I mean, that was one thing when they were little that was my pet peeve is, we didn't do the baby talk thing. It drives me batty. I just couldn't handle it. Baby talk, is that where you kind of go, oh, goo goo ga ga? Right. I just can't handle it. I couldn't handle it. And so like when they were little, I'm just like, they're a person, just talk to them like you would talk to anyone else and you know, they'll understand and we have to make sure that they're going to be able to function in a world, you know? So I guess it was one of my pet peeves and you know, no judgment on anybody who he does that, that's totally fine. But that was just my thing. And they are, they are great kids. They are going to do well. And it's amazing how for people from the same gene pool, you know, turn out so differently, and you just have to go with it. As a parent you have to go with what you know. Everybody's going to go in a different direction and no matter how much alike you think they are or aren't, you know, they are each their own person and the only thing you can do is hope that you've trained them to be a profitable, a productive member of society that you know is caring and just and wants wants to do something with their life and be able to touch other people. I know that you've done a really great job. So I feel like there's something to that, given how you had your career in the beginning and then you've told us the story. So can you then explain how you did the transition from this full-time stay at home mom baking and doing all these wonderful things with your kids, to then going back into your career because- Yes, and this is a really funny story because the decision for me to go back to work evolves around my son and his need to go to preschool. None of my girls went to preschool and I was at home making a, what was it? I think it was ... I was making a dog bed for my sister in law and we were sitting there and I'm ironing material and I'm cutting foam and doing all these things to make this dog bed. And Gabe was there with me. He was the only one at home. Everybody had gone back to school and I had bought a new iron and a brand new pair of pair of sewing sheers. Gabe was my kid that he would just go anywhere with me. He would sleep anywhere, he would do anything. He was such a good baby and he was always good when we went out, when I had, you know, even with the girls, but when he was by himself he was fine. He never caused any problems or anything like that. But you could tell he was getting fidgety being the only one at home. And I was pitting material on this dog bed and all of a sudden I hear, oh, mama! And I turned around and there was a flame going up in the air and he had taken my brand new sewing sheers and cut the cord to the iron that was plugged in. Oh No. A flame went up in the air. Luckily the scissors had rubber handles on it, so he didn't get shocked. Oh my God. I called my husband and I said, well, first thing I'm going to have to buy a new iron and a new pair of sewing sheers because it literally melted a hole in my sewing sheers. Wow. I said, Gabe needs to go to preschool. So I started looking for preschools and started looking for work to go back to work. What I think is cool is just how you knew that he needed to be in a school environment and interacting with his little peers and having ... Because just being with mom was not quite right. No. He was like, where's all my playmates? He was like, I have an instant playmate and they're all gone, you know? So he just, he needed that and it was great for him. It was absolutely fantastic for him and then I started looking for work. So how did you do ... You went back ... So how did you go from, like I said, stay at home mom, obviously now we know why you went back to work, but how did you step back into it? Because I think a lot of women, I know myself, as I was a stay at home mom and then sort of moving back into my career a later time. But I know women goes through this where we have this like fear because we feel, I mean I'm not going to speak for all women out there, but I pretty much know most women I talk to, there's that uncertainty whether they still can go back into the workforce. Am I still trained? Do I know enough? Do I have to go back to school again? You know, though, did you have that like anxiety or stress at all? Oh, I was petrified. I was absolutely petrified and I actually did have to take my state boards again. Oh you did? I did. Wow. I had been licensed for 10 years, a little over 10 years I think, and when licensing was done originally you just paid a fee every year. No big deal. You pay your fee. If it lapsed, you paid a little bit extra and they'd reinstate your license and it was no big deal. When I decided that I was going to go back to work, I knew that my license had lapsed from the year prior and so I was like, it's fine. I'll just call the state board. I know that we have to have continuing education now. I'll see if I need to attend some classes then that's fine. Go ahead and do that and then I can get my license reinstated. So I spent from November, wait, no, October of that year and I can't remember exactly, I'm wanting to say it was like 2007 from then to mid December, back and forth with North Carolina State Board. What do I do? I don't know. Do I need to take classes? I don't think so. So they just kept bantering back and forth with me while they closed for two weeks and I said, so can we just deal with this come the new year, it'll be fine. They said, absolutely, that'd be great. I'm feeling like there's going to be a [inaudible 00:21:35] here. So I called back the week after New Year', so it was the second full week of January and I call back and I said, hi, my name is Brittanny Craig. I need to speak with so-and-so. We've been talking about my licensing issue and so I get on the phone with this woman, I wish I remembered her name. And she goes, Oh, I'm so sorry you're going to have to retake your state boards. I said, excuse me? I said, we've been talking about this for three months now. You trying to find me an answer? And then she goes, oh, well as of January One everyone has to retake their tests. I was livid. I was so upset. Luckily, I had a very good friend that we went to church with that at the time, she was the director of Haywood community college and she was on the North Carolina State Board for cosmetology. So I gave Deborah a call and she says, I'm going to see what I can do. I had judged hair competitions for her. I had done all kinds of stuff. She was trying to recruit me to become a teacher, and so I was like waiting, waiting, waiting. She calls me back a couple of days later and she's like, Brittanny, I can't do anything. She goes, I can't pull any strings. You're just going to have to take the test over again. What I can do is I can give you a state board kit. She says, come out to the school. I'll give you everything you need to take this test again and just go knock it out. So after ten years of being licensed, I had to go take my state board again. So that was the first like gut wrenching- What a hurting. ... Thing. Yeah, to be able to go back and I'm like, 10 years, rules have changed. Sanitation rules have changed, what you have to actually do on the state board has changed and everything but it was good. I felt really good because I went back and I actually made a 96 on the exam, which was really good. I only made an 87 on the written exam, but I made a 96 on the practical. And so it was fine. You know, it was just more of like, oh my gosh, yeah I'm going to have to do this not right out of school, you know? No, I know, but also, what's amazing to me is that you didn't give up. Even when you got the, you're going to have to take these boards again. even though they had messed up and they could have told you in I guess December or November. Oh thank you for just letting me lapse, but oh well that's a government thing, I think. Right? Right. But the fact that you kept going, because I think that's when a lot of people would give up. It is, it was very difficult and it was, you know, I was super fortunate to have Deborah on my side because I mean that would have been to get everything for that kit that I needed, I mean it would have been six, seven, $800 for me to have all of that stuff that you get in cosmetology school. But you know, two years after you're out of cosmetology school, it's all to pot because you've bought everything else new. You know, because, and so it was difficult. It was challenging. But you made it. But I made it. It was okay. And then I started looking for salons and spaces and that was even more gut wrenching. Yeah. Can you tell us a little bit about that? So I had looked at a couple different places and pedaled around working, you know, just putting my feelers out and seeing what I needed to do. I mean, I had a clientele when I stopped working that was booked six weeks out and I had given all of that up, so I was like starting completely fresh, no clientele whatsoever. Oh, that must've been really scary. It was. So you had to start all over again? It was like, okay, I have to start all over again. All over again. I mean, I had like three clients that, it wasn't even ... Not to say that those people aren't fabulous, because they are, but it was like I had nothing to bring with me. So I got word that this Aveda Salon was hiring and I'd never worked with Aveda products ever. Before I'd used a Redken and Goldwell Matrix and stuff and couple other lines. I piddled with Paul Mitchell a little bit. So I was like, okay, but I knew what Aveda was. So I did have that. I went over to interview and this wasn't even to do a practical to do like a haircut interview. It was just for me to talk to the owner and manager of the salon. I pulled up in the parking lot and I literally sat in my car for 30 minutes wanting to throw up. Oh my God. Because it was just like, what do I ... I've not been in this world for five years. I have not been, you know, trained like some of these people probably have been trained because I knew Aveda was very big in education and things like that. I just had my skill that I knew I had where it was five years ago. Five years prior. So the good thing is, is the interview went well because I'm with Aveda still. That's amazing. Yeah. I've been with them for 12 years. So it's been a really, really, really amazing journey with that. I know and you have this ... I mean, the thing I know about Brittanny is I met her when she was at this first salon and I have a funny story just to add to that. My daughter actually found Brittanny and I was from Florida originally, so I was looking for a hairdresser in the Asheville area, but I was very nervous because, you know, I came from the film business doing makeup and hair. And I was a trained hairdresser and I was paranoid because my hair is like fine. I was really paranoid and so my daughter was the Guinea pig and she went to have her hair done with Brittanny and I really liked it. I was like, oh, that's pretty good. The color looks great, the whole thing. So then one day I went to see her and I was like, now I'm really fussy. I can't remember if I let you color at first or whether I let you cut it out. I know. I don't think I let you did both. I can't remember. I can't remember. She was allowed to do one of the tasks of my hair and after that it was okay, she passed the test. So this is what hairdressers go through. Right, and now you don't have to fly to Miami every four months. No, and I love Brittanny, and I've been with her ever since. And I'm just like, she's the best hairdresser ever and my hair just looks fabulous and I love to flip it. Is it flip it or flick it or whatever we do as girl is. But anyway, but I just think that also from, I remember with the pictures of your kids, you had all the little pictures and they were all little. Yeah. Really little. And now I come to the salon, they're all like growing up. But I just wonder how then once you got to work in the salon, I mean how did it take time to build that clientele and how did you keep going? Because now you're at this higher level innovator and what does it take for you to get there? I mean- It took a lot of work because I started back again with no clientele. And I worked five days a week and worked a split shift actually on Tuesdays and Thursdays working, having a two hour break so that I could go pick up the kids, meet my husband in the parking deck behind work and he would pick them up from me. So I would leave work, I would work from 8:30 until 2 and then I would leave, go pick up the kids from school, come back to work, swap the kids out in the parking lot and come back to work from four until eight to every Tuesday and Thursday because you have to work evenings, you have to build a clientele. I worked every Saturday. For any hairdresser out there who thinks that you can't work Saturdays, the only way that's going to happen is if you have a super big clientele and you've coached them into doing that. If you want to create a business for new stylists, you have to work those days that people are available. You just have to, so I worked Tuesday through Saturday for ... It took me two years to build up my clientele where I was pleased with it. And within two years, a myself and one other stylist in the salon where the top producers. Wow. Yeah, we were bringing in roughly 50% of the salons income, the two of us. That's amazing. So we were really busy and I was super fortunate. I was super, super blessed and I still have the majority of those clients with me today and they are amazing. I absolutely love them. Yeah, I love them. You are one of them. Yeah. So it just takes a lot of hard work, you know? Luckily my husband and I were able to work out our work schedule so that it was okay and you just do it, you know, you just do what you have to do. I get the comment all the time of, I don't see how you do everything that you do. I don't see how you do this with the kids. I don't see how you even have a time to sit down and breathe or whatever and you know, you just, you do what you have to do with the kids, when it comes to what they need from you or ... And there's always within reason, there's plenty and plenty and plenty of times that I've said no, you know, whether it be something that the kids want to do or if it's to a guest as well, you know sometimes. And when you give those parameters, you have to give yourself space to- Is it like having boundaries to yourself? Right. Well it's having boundaries at the appropriate time. You know, I went through that two years and it was grueling and it was exhausting and it took a lot of time. But you made it work, working a split shift and you know, figuring out who needs to pick up when and where. So it's like you ... So what I hear you saying is that to like be successful because I know you are successful and I've been on the journey with you from that ... I guess I met you right at the beginning when you were just starting back out. Although I had no idea everyone, I had no idea but now I know 10 years later something like that. Anyway, so, but one of the things I see with you is this incredible dedication and I have always been amazed at your dedication to yourself and your career and your dedication to your children and your family and your husband because we've not really talked about your husband. Right? There's a whole story there with him, which I would love to talk about one day but I didn't have time today. And I see like how your kids are and how well adjusted and grounded they are and how smart they are on all levels. Like you know they're intellectually smart but they're smart as human beings. That's how I see it. Street smart. Street smart. And then I see how you've carved your success with Aveda and what it's taken for you to get there. I just wondered if there was just something before we end that you would just leave our audience with today. Like the women out there that are maybe uncertain about going back into a career or should they work or they're having those doubts of, I'm just a mother, which is the, you know, I know that's the not the right thing to say, but that is sometimes how we feel. It's the most honorable job. But I feel that then we think, oh, you know what, I don't have ... Like you didn't have your, what is it, your license or whatever it was, you had to get all of a sudden and you had to go back and study and take exams. So, okay. So what I'm trying to get to is what message would you leave all the wonderful women out there that may have a little self doubt or uncertainty from being a mother and maybe moving into a new career or an old career that they once had? Right. I would say the first step is the worst. Like the just taking like the first physical step that you take towards whatever goal you have is going to be the most, and I know I said this before, but gut wrenching, but that's what we feel. Like somebody's literally reaching into us and trying to rip something out because either you feel like you're not worthy to do the job or that you're not ready to do whatever you're setting out to do or that someone's going to judge you for what you want to do. You know, there's tons and tons and tons of jobs in this world. The one thing that I have told my kids and I feel like that my husband and I have really taught our kids well, is that it takes hard work and you have to put yourself out there and you have to take the step and you know the worst thing that you think is going to happen to you is failure. That is not the worst thing at all. Failing teaches you, success teaches you nothing. Wow. Failure teaches you what you don't want to do again and that allows you to move on and move further. If you're successful at everything, you never learn anything. So you know, working hard to achieve your goals, whatever those goals are is important. Don't let anyone tell you that they're not. It doesn't matter if you want to learn how to lay brick, if you want to learn how to lay brick and that's important to you because you have a project that you want to do, then that's what you need to learn how to do, and you need to know that it's important. Or if it's you wanting to go back and getting a different degree then go back and do it. People, I'm too old to do this or I'm too old to do that. No, you're not. Absolutely not. You're never too old to do anything. You know? One of my goals was to become a professional by the time I was 40. And it happened in 39, six months before I turned forty. You know? And it was just really, really great. It was definitely ... I was nervous as all get out. There's always something. The unknown is what makes you nervous. And as soon as you step into it and we've all done it, you go, oh, well that wasn't horrible. You know, maybe I could do this now. Or maybe I could do this now. So I just encourage everyone to step out, have a team of people around you that can encourage you because that's super, super, super important. You never need to do anything alone and if you feel like you are doing something alone, I promise you you're not, I promise. Yeah. Wow. Well thank you Brittanny. That is like what an awesome message to leave all our fabulous audience today and thanks for coming on the show.

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Two people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte yesterday evening. Police said three of the people who were hurt are in critical condition. Police had to conduct a building-by-building sweep of the entire UNC campus and students had to be escorted out of the campus and were able to arrest the suspect. He was identified as 22-year-old Trystan Terrell, a former University of North Carolina student. According to the North Carolina State Board of Elections, Terrell is a registered member of the Libertarian Party and described as a white male whose ethnicity is 'non-Hispanic or Latino'. According to a blog post made by his father in 2016, Trystan was diagnosed with autism as a child. His mother died of breast cancer at the age of 47 in December 2011. Originally aired May 1st, 2019: https://youtu.be/K8EGQU70hFY SILENT PRAYER http://silentprayer.video AUDIO https://soundcloud.com/rebuildingtheman/silent-prayer JESSE HAS 3 SHOWS: The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (M-F 6-9am PT) http://jlptalk.com The Fallen State (in-person interviews) http://thefallenstate.tv Church (Sunday 11am PT) http://rebuildingtheman.com/church OTHER CHANNELS: BOND https://youtube.com/bondrebuildingtheman TFS https://youtube.com/thefallenstatetv Hake https://youtube.com/thehakereport ARTICLES: https://www.wnd.com/author/jlpeterson/ BOOKS: http://www.bondinfostore.org T-SHIRTS: JLP https://teespring.com/stores/jesseleepeterson BOND https://teespring.com/stores/rebuildingtheman TFS https://teespring.com/stores/shopthefallenstate PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jesseleepeterson TWITTER/FB: https://twitter.com/jlptalk https://www.facebook.com/jlptalk https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJesseLeePeterson ALT MEDIA: https://dlive.tv/jesseleepeterson https://www.bitchute.com/jesseleepeterson/ https://www.minds.com/jesseleepeterson https://gab.ai/jesseleepeterson DISCORD (new link) https://discord.gg/6d3ahn3

This is an absolute dream episode with someone we deeply admire and love. We were very tempted to title this episode "James Ford (Future President of the United States)".  James E. Ford is an award-winning educator and consultant on issues of equity in education. He was recently appointed by Gov. Cooper to serve as a member of the North Carolina State Board of Education, representing the Southwest Region. He is the former Program Director at the Public School Forum of North Carolina, an education think-tank and policy advocacy organization. Prior to this, he served as the 2014-15 North Carolina Teacher of the Year and the representative for 95,000 public school teachers throughout the state. For a full year, he traveled the state and country speaking before thousands of teachers, students, business leaders and policymakers about the importance of education. In Spring 2015, He, along with 54 other state teachers were invited to the White House to be honored by President Obama in the Rose Garden during Teacher Appreciation Week. Ford taught World History at Garinger High School in Charlotte, NC starting in 2010. He is a civic leader in Charlotte, serving as the co-chair for the Leading on Opportunity Council, an effort change the systemic barriers to economic mobility in the city. He also is the Principal at Filling the Gap Educational Consultants, LLC. We know you're going to love this episode.

Join us for another Midday News Wrap.U.S. Justice Department Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III was the man of the week after new developments in his investigation into Russia’s involvement in the 2016 presidential election. In a heavily redacted court filing, Mueller announced that he would not pursue prison time for President Trump’s former national security advisor, Gen. Michael Flynn, because of his ----significant---- cooperation with the investigation. Mueller's prosecutors in DC and a team in the Southern District of New York were scheduled to submit separate sentencing memos on Friday for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, and former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen.Tom talks with Washington Post national security reporter Devlin Barrett about the Mueller team's multiple ongoing probes.Those probes weren't the only stories dominating headlines this week: US senators, including some leading Republicans, responded to the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after their closed-door briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel; the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Ethics refused to certify the election of Republican House candidate Mark Harris over allegations of systematic voter fraud in the state’s 9th district; and many around the country mourned former President George H.W. Bush after his death last Friday.NPR lead politics editor Domenico Montanaro joins Tom from NPR studios in Washington to discuss these and other major news developments this week.

The NC General Assembly may have stripped the North Carolina State Board of Education of much of its power, but a new chairman and several new Board Members appointed by Governor Roy Cooper are charting their own path and priorities for education in our state. This week we talk to the new chairman and two of the newest Board members about where they are focusing their attention. Guests: • Eric C. Davis, Chairman, State Board of Education • James E. Ford, Southwest Education Region, State Board of Education • J.B. Buxton, Member-At-Large, State Board of Education

Nasir and Matt end the week by discussing the importance of securing the necessary licenses for your business and how operating without a license can ruin yourbusiness. Full Podcast Transcript NASIR: All right. Welcome to our podcast where we cover business in the news and add our legal twist like a little lemon at the end of a story. And my name is Nasir Pasha. MATT: And I’m Matt Staub. NASIR: I’m all business today. Last Friday, I went on a rant that lasted probably twenty minutes. MATT: That’s true. NASIR: And the feedback has been that that was too long. So, I was like, “Okay. Now we have to get more serious. This is all about business and the law, and we can’t make one joke,” because people don’t have a sense of humor, apparently. So, this is now serious. MATT: This will be like a semi-rant for me because of the topic we talked about or we’re talking about today. NASIR: Perfect. MATT: We’re going to deal with licenses, but not the licensing we’ve talked about in the past. This is the actual license that you need to sell your product or conduct your services – more so services. I’ll start with my semi-rant. So, I do some estate planning from time to time and there’s people out there that are doing estate planning that aren’t estate planning attorneys and I don’t really understand how it’s done because there’s a thing called the “unauthorized practice of law” and, if you’re not a licensed attorney, you can’t practice law. So, some people are out there advertising themselves as a certified estate planner or something along those lines, and I don’t even if know if that’s… like, I can come up with my own certification system and make someone certified in something, but that doesn’t really mean anything other than it’s a certification that I made up, and I feel like that’s what these people get into. NASIR: Oh, and you’re right because these guys – guys or gals – they actually produce forms, don’t they? I mean, they have these templates and so forth and trust and estate planning. I mean, that can be just a mess if they make a mistake, you know? MATT: Yeah. Well, I’m not talking about LegalZoom or anything like that. NASIR: No, no, no, I know. No, I’m talking about – not to pick on any particular industry but, you know, - when you have insurance agents that relate to a lot of estate planning, they sometimes can fall into that trap. But it’s not only estate planning. I mean, from a legal basis, there’s also immigration law and family law for whatever reason. Like, if you go on Craigslist, you can find a bunch of people that are not attorneys advertising these services for cheap and, of course, you know, you get what you pay more. but the main problem is that they’re not regulated and so they don’t really have any – besides, you know, getting maybe a bad customer that’s upset – they don’t really have any consequence too if they mess up. You know, what happens if they mess up? What are you going to do? MATT: Yeah, exactly. That’s a reason that you – not just in law but in any area where there’s some sort of licensing – you go with people that have a license because, if there is an issue, that’s something you can go after. So, there’s a couple of examples that we have and the one here is kind of interesting. This was actually a Supreme Court case, right? Yeah. NASIR: I think it’s a state Supreme Court though, right? MATT: US Supreme Court, six to three decision. A business that was selling teeth whitening services, whether you need to have a license. It seems like a stretch but… NASIR: Oh, I see. This was actually an FTC lawsuit against the North Carolina State Board of Dentistry. MATT: Oh, okay. That’s what it was. So, the Supreme Court did rule six to three that the North Carolina State Board acted illegally by excluding the competing businesses from offering teeth whitening services which, I mean, I never would have even thought about that, really. It never would have crossed my mind that that’s considered den...

In Segment I, AAO general counsel Kevin Dillard and host Pam Paladin discuss the February 2015 Supreme Court ruling on North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners v. Federal Trade Commission.     Segment 2 focuses on the RAISE bill, proposed legislation that would increase the annual cap on Flexible Spending Accounts, a tax-advantaged benefit offered by many employers, that families can use for healthcare services.  AAO's legislative counsel Kevin O'Neill of Squire Patton Boggs joins the conversation with Dillard and Paladin to explain the bill's status, and how AAO members can contact their representatives in Congress.   Length: 44 minutes

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome ASHRAE President Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E. and IAQA President Kent Rawhouser to discuss the recent blockbuster merger of the two organizations. Early in August we had ASHRAE Immediate Past President Bill Bahnfleth, PhD and talked briefly about how the merger came about this week we get into much more detail about the merger and how it will affect members of both organizations. Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment and Building Energy Modeling Professional, is principal and vice president, Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C. As ASHRAEâ??s president, Phoenix chairs the Societyâ??s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. His presidential theme is â??People, Passion and Performance.â?? Mr. Phoenix started his career in HVAC over 30 years ago as an engineer with the Division of Plant Operation of the North Carolina State Board of Education. After a few years he had an opportunity to enter the design and consulting field of the HVAC business and has been working in that discipline since then. In 1989 Phoenix established the engineering department, and became a partner, in the architectural/engineering firm of Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, PA. Phoenixâ??s design portfolio includes schools, research and testing laboratories, industrial manufacturing facilities and numerous classroom, residence hall and food service projects for colleges and universities. Kent Rawhouser is a veteran disaster restoration professional with a thriving business in Wisconsin. Kent has been active in the disaster restoration community for decades and could have stayed within his comfort zone for the rest of his career. Instead over the past 7 years Mr. Rawhouser has spent a significant amount of time volunteering and keeping on top of the intersection of disaster restoration and indoor air quality. As part of this effort he became much more involved with the Indoor Air Quality Association becoming a member of the Board of Directors and most recently being elected President of the association.

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome ASHRAE President Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E. and IAQA President Kent Rawhouser to discuss the recent blockbuster merger of the two organizations. Early in August we had ASHRAE Immediate Past President Bill Bahnfleth, PhD and talked briefly about how the merger came about this week we get into much more detail about the merger and how it will affect members of both organizations. Thomas H. Phoenix, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, ASHRAE-Certified Building Energy Assessment and Building Energy Modeling Professional, is principal and vice president, Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, Greensboro, N.C. As ASHRAEâ??s president, Phoenix chairs the Societyâ??s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. His presidential theme is â??People, Passion and Performance.â?? Mr. Phoenix started his career in HVAC over 30 years ago as an engineer with the Division of Plant Operation of the North Carolina State Board of Education. After a few years he had an opportunity to enter the design and consulting field of the HVAC business and has been working in that discipline since then. In 1989 Phoenix established the engineering department, and became a partner, in the architectural/engineering firm of Moser Mayer Phoenix Associates, PA. Phoenixâ??s design portfolio includes schools, research and testing laboratories, industrial manufacturing facilities and numerous classroom, residence hall and food service projects for colleges and universities. Kent Rawhouser is a veteran disaster restoration professional with a thriving business in Wisconsin. Kent has been active in the disaster restoration community for decades and could have stayed within his comfort zone for the rest of his career. Instead over the past 7 years Mr. Rawhouser has spent a significant amount of time volunteering and keeping on top of the intersection of disaster restoration and indoor air quality. As part of this effort he became much more involved with the Indoor Air Quality Association becoming a member of the Board of Directors and most recently being elected President of the association.