💵 Austin-based Vista Equity Partners has bought the Morrisville software company Jaggaer for an undisclosed amount. The deal is likely valued at several billion dollars. (Triangle Business Journal🔒)
🛜 Cisco, a major employer in Research Triangle Park, will cut thousands of jobs in a second round of layoffs this year. (Reuters)
✈️ Vice President Kamala Harris will visit North Carolina for an eighth time this year on Friday after she canceled a visit last week due to Tropical Storm Debby. (Reuters)
She's set to deliver a policy-centered speech focused on lowering costs for families and price gouging.
🗳️ A judge ruled that Cornel West and other candidates affiliated with the Justice for All party can appear on North Carolina's ballot in November. (WRAL)
The move could siphon votes from Harris here in a race that's already expected to have razor-thin margins.
A prisoner escaped from custody in Orange County as he was being taken to UNC hospital for medical care. (CBS17)
As of late last night, 30-year-old inmate Ramone Jamarr Alston, who is serving a life sentence for killing 1-year-old Maleah Williams in Chapel Hill in 2018, was still at large.
