Of the 20 people vying for three open seats on City Council, ten responded to our questions about reparations, budgets and their love of Asheville.
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When Asheville City Council voted unanimously in 2020 to establish reparations for Black citizens, the city made national headlines.
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OpenAI's Sam Altman says he shares the "red lines" set by rival Anthropic restricting how the military uses AI models, amid Anthropic's escalating feud with the Pentagon.
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The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low.
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