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Payments to providers have been reduced amid political gridlock, threatening care for North Carolinians.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Courtesy of Kimberly OwensEarly voting starts Thursday in Charlotte’s municipal elections. The only competitive race on the city council is in District 6, formerly represented by Tariq Bokhari, who stepped down. Now his wife, Krista, is running as a Republican against Democrat Kimberly Owens, who has been in Charlotte for more than 30 years, but this is her first time running for office. We sit down for a conversation about why she wants this job and more. -
DAVID BORAKS/WFAENorth Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis pushes back on Attorney General Pam Bondi, telling her he’s struggling to make sense of National Guard Deployments. Charlotte hires a new city attorney. Charlotte City Council’s Transportation and Planning Committee opts not to advance part of the process for forming a new transit authority. And a big proposal from Tepper Sports.
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Signi Goldman, a psychiatrist and owner of Concierge Medicine and Psychiatry in Asheville, began including ketamine in psychotherapy sessions in 2017 to help patients with severe depression. -
A proposal at the state legislature would enable employees to save automatically through payroll deductions, helping close the state’s retirement savings gap. -
Parent groups concerned by books in NC school libraries that may not fit their idea of US values. Academic experts seek more nuanced approach. -
Robert Dawkins of Action NC on the pitfalls of the proposed sales tax increase to pay for transit and transportation -
A $100,000 fee attached to new H1-B visa applications by the Trump administration is causing concerns for international students in Charlotte and employers looking to hire foreign workers.
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South Carolina's measles outbreak is confirmed to be in Spartanburg County. Proposed environmental rollbacks may be key to Duke Energy's plans to delay retirements at three coal-fired powerplants. A new street outreach program in Charlotte aims to break barriers to mental health care. The Brooklyn Nightclub and Lounge surrenders its alcohol permits.
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