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Charlotte Mayor Rob Harrington issued the first mayoral veto in at least a decade on Monday.
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Nick de la Canal/WFAE NewsAs Election Day for the midterms inches closer, the polling industry across the country is focused on getting accurate predictions about what will happen on Nov. 3. In recent years, midterm election polling has proven to be more accurate than presidential election polling. We discuss polling methodology, margin of error, how to interpret poll results and more. -
Fewer than 6% of American physicians identify as Black, but census data show roughly 12% of the U.S. population is Black. Some experts say that disparity is one reason communities of color tend to experience worse health outcomes in the U.S., including higher rates of high blood pressure, shorter life expectancy and higher risks during childbirth. A new book from a former ProPublica reporter links today’s inequalities to a long history of structural racism — part of which runs through North Carolina.
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Rivers overflowed their banks and some low-water crossings were inundated as Hurricane Isaias swept through western North Carolina. But forecasters say flooding was nowhere near the scale of Helene. -
Three North Carolina legal aid organizations are suing over lawmakers’ decision to redirect millions in IOLTA funding even as thousands in western North Carolina need services as they recover from Hurricane Helene. -
The results of the North Carolina Court of Appeals elections could determine whether Democrats have any voice at all on the state’s second-highest court. -
Respectful debate and disagreeing with someone without despising them can feel like a lost art these days. That’s why WFAE and the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Foundation are teaming up for Public Square: Charlotte’s Conversation Series. Former Davidson College President Carol Quillen will moderate the first conversation Oct. 29 at the Carolina Theatre. She joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry. -
Voters consider a property tax levy limit for the first time on the November ballot. -
With cost of diesel fuel hitting records, school districts across North Carolina are reckoning with how they’ll afford to keep buses going. -
The Trump administration has proposed several major changes to the 2030 census that could limit who is counted and what information is collected. Among the changes, any non-U.S. citizens without a green card would not be counted, and the census would no longer ask people about their race, ethnicity and sexual orientation. -
Mecklenburg County Commissioners are considering how to manage fast-moving e-bikes on county greenways.
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