NC News Roundup: UNC Board of Governors and DEI; Amazon and VinFast jobs; election workers update

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NC News Roundup: UNC Board of Governors and DEI; Amazon and VinFast jobs; election workers update

By Leoneda Inge,

Published April 19, 2024 at 10:52 AM EDT

The full UNC Board of Governors meets April 18, one day after a board committee voted to repeal the System's DEI policy. The policy previously mandated DEI offices and Chief Diversity Officers at all public universities in North Carolina.

On the North Carolina News Roundup鈥� DEI and the BOG 鈥� a University of North Carolina Board of Governors committee votes to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts at all 17 campuses. The head of the North Carolina State Board of Elections tells lawmakers that county boards need more help. And, big business in the Tar Heel state: updates on Amazon's facility in Johnston County, and VinFast's facility in Chatham County.

Guests
Rusty Jacobs, Voting and Election Integrity Reporter, 吉彩网网站
Brianna Atkinson, Higher Education Reporter and 2023 Fletcher Fellow, 吉彩网网站
Monica Casey, Durham reporter, WRAL
Ben Tobin, Greater Triangle Reporter, Triangle Business Journal

Later in the hour...
This Saturday, 4/20, North Carolina鈥檚 first marijuana dispensary will open in Cherokee on the land of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. While there are efforts underway to sell marijuana there for recreational use, the offerings, for now, will only be available for approved medical use.

Co-host Leoneda Inge is joined by Blue Ridge Public Radio鈥檚 Lilly Knoepp, who has been following the effort to get this enterprise off the ground in a state where selling marijuana is still illegal, and Politico鈥檚 Federal Cannabis Policy Reporter Natalie Fertig.

Guests
Lilly Knoepp, Senior Regional Reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio
Natalie Fertig, Federal Cannabis Policy Reporter, POLITICO

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Leoneda Inge

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of 吉彩网网站's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at 吉彩网网站 as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda鈥檚 work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.

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Erin Keever

Erin Keever is the Executive Producer of 吉彩网网站鈥檚 daily radio show, Due South. Erin comes to 吉彩网网站 from Charlotte where she spent 16 years at WFAE serving in various roles from on-air announcer, researcher, web editor, to finally senior producer of 鈥淐harlotte Talks with Mike Collins.鈥�

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 吉彩网网站 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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