In 2023, Jessica Holmes @jessicaholmesnc.bsky.social became the first Black woman to serve on the NC Council of State. Jessica has also been a Lillian’s List Featured Candidate and Board Member! 🤩 #ElectBlackWomen #WomensHistoryMonth #ncpol

The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration shuttering seven of its 12 regional offices and laying off nearly half of its staff.

Measles continues to spread in West Texas and New Mexico, with more than 250 people infected — many unvaccinated school-age children. These maps and illustrations show the spread of the virus in the U.S., and how infections can run through a community.

Let me go fill my gas tank and buy some avocados 🥑

Things I’m doing all of 2025, sipping tea, minding my own business and peace - and, if I send this photo then “I’m not coming” and or “I’m not doing it.” No explanation needed as per @MichelleObama.

If they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.

Tremendous amounts of talent are lost to our society just because that talent wears a skirt.
Shirley Chisolm

Res ipsa loquitur, a chair for me and a chair for you. Let's rest, enjoy the holiday season, and then meet at the table.

My first post on Bluesky represents my last NC Council of State and LGC meetings as State Auditor, and the first Black woman to ever sit at the COS table. New beginnings 🦋 Photo Credit: Jacob Emmons, Carolina Journal