Nearly 260 mail-in ballots in Mecklenburg County have been rejected because voters failed to seal an envelope inside another envelope. Voting rights groups worry some voters won’t be able to cast replacement ballots.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Donald Trump comes to the Carolinas to stump for Michael Whatley and Darline Graham in their bids for the U.S. senate. Whatley trails Roy Cooper while Graham has a slim lead over Annie Andrews, high turnout so far in early voting, and more information revealed about CMPD officers who sent racist text messages.
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North Carolina’s healthcare system faces mounting questions about access to affordable care, hospital consolidation and rising costs. The State Health Plan moved the largest hospital system out of network; Duke Health is expanding into the region and Medicaid changes have prompted concerns from state officials.
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LOCAL NEWS
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The Lake Wylie Marine Commission withdrew its support for Charlotte’s proposed Interbasin Transfer Certificate, citing concerns that the lake would soon reach capacity.
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Across North Carolina, health systems are racing to build, expand and stake out new territory. What's driving the frenzy? And will patients be better off?
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A Charlotte photographer’s portraits highlight the humanity of the local Latino community. The project, “Latinx Portraits,” opens in east Charlotte on Saturday.
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Three Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board members who voted last month to retain former Superintendent Crystal Hill will make up the majority of the committee tasked with finding her successor.
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We’re getting another update on a story we’ve been following for a few months. The YMCA of Greater Charlotte announced over the summer that it plans to sell the Morrison Y in Ballantyne to a church for $42.5 million. Residents and Y members say they’re upset because the deal was handled behind closed doors and would mean losing a community space. For the latest, Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our BizWorthy segment.
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Some high school students at UNC School of the Arts will now have guaranteed admission to UNC-Chapel Hill. While the partnership is still in the early stages of development, officials are also exploring a possible student-exchange program between the universities and international study-abroad opportunities.
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While Jennifer Balkcom and Jamie Ager both come from Western NC farming families, the issues on which they are running are quite different.
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Six Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools will become community schools in the 2027-28 school year. The model aims to get families more involved in their local public schools.
NATION & WORLD
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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