(Above: Photo by Erin Mizelle- The Honorable Loretta Copeland Biggs, left, becomes the first African American female appointed to the federal bench in North Carolina as a U.S. District Court
(pictured above: Dr. Aldona Wos, secretary of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.) Black legislators call for DHHS leader’s firing In response to recent problems with the state’s Medicaid
Gov. Pat McCrory has appointed Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin to the North Carolina Public Librarian Certification Commission. Sprinkle-Hamlin is the director of the Forsyth County Public Library system. A longtime librarian, Sprinkle-Hamlin
Wake Forest University School of Law Dean Blake D. Morant has been appointed to the Federal Judicial Center Foundation Board by U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.