🏫 54.2% of students in North Carolina were proficient on state exams during the 2023-24 academic year, an improvement from the previous year but still below the pre-pandemic rate of 58.8%. (News & Observer🔒)
🏀 A UNC report has identified six different options for the future of the Dean E. Smith Center, including renovating or replacing it in its current location. (WRAL)
Other sites considered in Chapel Hill included the Skipper Bowles parking lot, Odum Village, the Friday Center and the Carolina North property.
🏢 The Raleigh City Council approved a 20-story rezoning request from the Raleigh developer Atlas Stark for a 17-acre property at 3808 Six Forks Road. (Triangle Business Journal🔒)
🗳️ A residency challenge could threaten GOP control of the Arizona House. Republican Michael Way, a candidate in Legislative District 15, faces a lawsuit arguing that because he voted in North Carolina in 2021 and 2022, he doesn't meet the state's residency requirement. (Axios)
