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Residents in west Charlotte neighborhoods secured a major victory Wednesday night after the Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization board voted to rescind support for the controversial I‑77 expansion project.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Pixaby/marionbrunAmerican medicine is changing, transformed by breakthroughs in gene therapies, innovative approaches to behavioral health, the advent of retail medicine and artificial intelligence. Dr. Marschall Runge calls this “the great health care disruption,” but says that understanding what is happening is a way to make these changes work for everyone while lowering costs and barriers to care. -
JMTURNER/Wikimedia CommonsA bill is moving through the North Carolina General Assembly named after Dominique Moody. The 6-year-old died last year after being beaten and starved. Investigations found that the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services had received reports of abuse but failed to protect the child. We look at that failure, the role local reporting played in exposing it and what this bill would do to address it.
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LOCAL NEWS
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The city of Charlotte honored community leaders and international businesses Wednesday night at the 28th Mayor’s International Community Awards. -
Buyers venturing outside Mecklenburg now find fewer deals and tighter supply than in the past, as rising demand and development constraints push up prices. -
New legislation would require closed loop cooling systems for data centers, ban local incentives and examine the financial impact of NC's 2050 carbon dioxide net neutrality law. -
This weekend is the unofficial start of summer, and just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, Lake Lure is reopening. It had been closed since Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina almost two years ago. The Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter looked at what the reopening means for the area, which is heavily dependent on tourism. The Ledger’s Tony Mecia joins WFAE's Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy. -
Duke would be required to obtain a certificate of public necessity and convenience for new nuclear facilities before retiring baseload powerplants like coal- or natural gas-fired facilities. -
Two WNC communities among the hardest hit by Hurricane Helene will get new flood storage, restored wetlands and stabilized riverbanks along the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers.
NATION & WORLD
DAILY NEWS ROUNDUP
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The I-77 toll lane project is dead after the transportation planning board votes to rescind support. After approving a new congressional map, the S.C. Senate Judiciary Committee sends a districting bill to the floor. N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is accused of sending inappropriate texts to a former staffer. Campers arrive for this weekend's Coca-Cola 600.
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