GOP lawmakers approved a redistricting plan, which led to Republican gains. The Board of Commissioners went from a Democratic majority to entirely Republican.

Brockman's release comes just days after his resignation.

The move comes several weeks after trustees voted to keep the children’s book “Call Me Max,” about a transgender boy, in the kids’ section following a request that it be relocated.

For the first time in years, more child care programs in North Carolina closed than opened this August.