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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Columbia University says federal immigration agents entered a residence hall under the guise of searching for a missing person and then arrested Ellie Aghayeva, a student from Azerbaijan.
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