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Keung Hui
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Keung Hui
@nckhui
I'm a K-12 education reporter for @newsobserver. I also tweet about history, baseball & science fiction. Retweets aren’t endorsements -- unless about @Yankees.
Raleigh, NC
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Jul 16, 2017
    #BREAKINGNEWS Watch Alex Kingston reacting at #RaleighSupercon to news that Jodie Whittaker is the 13th Doctor #doctorwho #DoctorWho13
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Nov 8, 2024
    Michele Morrow won 73 of North Carolina's 100 counties in race for superintendent of public instruction. But Mo Green won the election after getting the urban areas, incl. 83% of the vote in Durham, 60% in Forsyth, 65% in Guilford, 68% in Mecklenburg & 66% in Wake. #nced #ncpol
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Nov 19, 2024
    NC House votes 72-44 to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of HB10. Now goes to Senate. Once overridden, it would become law requiring sheriffs to cooperate w/ ICE & provides $463 million for private school voucher expansion. #nced #ncpol #ncga
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Aug 28, 2024
    GOP-backed Wake County school board candidate drops out. He’s now supporting the Democrat. Robert Morales Vergara says he withdrew “after much reflection and a deep disappointment with the leadership of the Wake GOP.” #wcpss #nced #ncpol #wakepol
    Wake County school board candidate Robert Morales Vergara speaks at the Western Wake Republican Club meeting in Cary. N.C., on Aug. 26. 2024. Two days later, he announced he was withdrawing from the race due to being “deeply disappointed” in Wake GOP leadership.
    GOP-backed Wake school board candidate drops out. He’s now supporting the Democrat.
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Sep 21, 2020
    NC Gov. Roy Cooper calls for raising teacher pay to nat'l avg, restoring extra pay for master's degrees & longevity pay, raising school funding & expanding Teaching Fellows Program, saying it's "appalling" no HBCUs are in program. #nced #ncpol
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Jun 16, 2020
    .@WCPSS school board unanimously votes to rename Daniels Middle School in Raleigh as Oberlin Middle School in honor of the Oberlin community founded by former slaves. Board cites Josephus Daniels' role in 1898 Wilmington Massacre for rescinding school name. #nced #ncpol #wakepol
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Jun 17, 2023
    North Carolina’s first Black-owned children’s bookstore opens with Juneteenth celebration. Every book is written by a Black author and read by the owners & their 2 children before it is put in the downtown Raleigh store. (Via @batkinson2501) #nced newsobserver.com/news/business/…
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Jun 29, 2021
    Elena Ashburn, speaking for NC Principal of the Year & Teacher of the Year winners, asks General Assembly to raise starting teacher salary to $40,000, increase each teacher salary step by 7% & increase min. salary for school support staff to $15 an hour. #nced #ncpol #ncga #wcpss
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Aug 3, 2024
    The best mom ever is now in Heaven. The timing was unexpected. I’m grateful I spent time with her recently and told her I loved her.
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Nov 20, 2024
    NC Senate votes 30-19 to override Gov. Cooper's veto to make HB10 law. It requires sheriffs to cooperate w/ ICE & provides an additional $463 million in private school vouchers to clear 54,000 student Opportunity Scholarship wait list. #nced #ncpol #ncga
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    May 21, 2021
    #BREAKINGNEWS Elena Ashburn of @NBroughtonHS has been named the 2021 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year. She’s the 1st Wake County principal to win since the award started being given in the early 1980s. #wcpss #nced
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Apr 24, 2024
    NC Gov. Roy Cooper asks for 8.5% raise and $1,500 retention bonus for teachers this year. He also wants to restore master's degree pay for teachers. Lawmakers have also talked about increasing teacher raises. (Via @dawnbvaughan) #nced #ncpol #ncga
    Gov. Roy Cooper talks about what is in his budget proposal during a press conference in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday, April 24, 2024.
    NC Gov. Cooper asks for 8.5% raises and bonuses for teachers, and Republicans respond
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Jan 6, 2025
    Federal judge sends Republican challenge of 60,000 ballots back to NC Supreme Court. The decision is a win for Jefferson Griffin. The Court’s GOP majority could now throw out the ballots to give Griffin win over Allison Riggs. (Via @kyle_ingram11) #ncpol
    North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs, a Democrat, and N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin, a Republican, face each other in the 2024 election for Supreme Court.
    Federal judge sends Republican challenge of 60,000 ballots back to NC Supreme Court
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    Keung Hui
    @nckhui
    Mar 24, 2021
    NC Gov. Roy Cooper calls for $2K bonus in May for educators, over next 2 years avg. 10% pay increase for teachers & principals & 7.5% increase for non-certified school employees, $1K bonus in Oct 21 & Oct 22 for educators, raise non-certified staff to $15 an hour. #nced #ncpol
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