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The North Carolina House passed a bill Tuesday to require sheriffs to cooperate even more with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, not just holding immigrants when ICE issues a detainer.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Wes Waugh/ProvidedOn the next Charlotte Talks, a conversation with Brandon Jones, the Catawba Riverkeeper. Debris from Hurricane Helene — and the continuous cleanup effort from that storm. We'll also get an update on the environmental and physical impact on the river and what’s left to be done. Plus, water safety. -
Steve Harrison/WFAEOn the next Charlotte Talks, this week marks the 100th day of the second Trump administration — time Donald Trump has used to make good on many of his promises: deporting migrants, slashing government agencies, and taking aim at diversity initiatives. But he hasn’t reduced inflation. He hasn’t ended the war in Ukraine. And the markets are in turmoil. Public opinion is also down. We look at what’s transpired, and the impact here and worldwide.
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LOCAL NEWS
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This week, Paul Specht, of WRAL, and WFAE's Marshall Terry are fact-checking a claim related to Hurricane Helene relief for North Carolina. -
Tuesday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadliest attack on law enforcement officers in Charlotte's history, when four officers were killed while serving a warrant. -
Charlotte City Council voted Monday night on a timeline that calls for swearing in a replacement for Republican Tariq Bokhari in early June. Bokhari, who represented south Charlotte’s District 6, resigned this month for a job as deputy administrator of the Federal Transit Administration. Some council members pushed for an expedited timeline, including Ed Driggs, who said Bokhari texted him and asked the council to move as fast as possible.
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Grammy-winning artist Rhiannon Giddens brings Biscuits & Banjos, a music festival that features Black musicians on guitars, fiddles and banjos, history, dancing and more, to Durham, N.C. -
The Charlotte Hornets Sports & Entertainment unveiled updated plans for the next phase of their renovation project at Spectrum Center on Monday. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools says it is working to finalize placements for families who registered for pre-K earlier this year by Wednesday after a delay.
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Host Tommy Tomlinson's guest on this week’s SouthBound is Tom Acitelli, who has a new book “The Golden Age of Beer,” that features a different beer style for every week of the year. Acitelli grew up in Charlotte and talks to Tommy about some of his favorite Southern beers. -
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Annelise Mennicke, a UNC Charlotte professor whose federal grant was canceled as part of the Trump administration’s cost-cutting program. And also because her research involved trans people.
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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