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The number of homeless residents in Mecklenburg County increased during the pandemic. Hope Vibes aims to help people experiencing homelessness with basic needs — like showering and washing clothes — through the Hope Tank.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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The Charlotte 2040 plan hits a snag as does a bill in Raleigh mandating the reopening of all schools. The governor vetoes it, and the legislature fails to override it. Those stories and more. -
David BoraksAfter a year that has been like a canary in the coal mine, the permanent planet-changing and life-altering consequences of unbridled climate change.
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Gaston County is making plans to replace some aging voting machines this year with help from a federal grant. Election officials hope to swap out 55 machines to aid voters with disabilities.
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Some active military members are resistant to inoculation while VA hospitals provide another avenue for the shot as demand outstrips supply.
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Linebacker Thomas Davis and tight end Greg Olsen are signing one-day contracts to retire as members of the Carolina Panthers.
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WFAE's "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks with The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia to break down Charlotte City Council's opposition to single-family-only zoning in the city's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Also in this week's BizWorthy: Some thoughts on how to return to the office from remote work, and what the Gastonia mayor thinks of Charlotte being labeled "gateway to Gastonia."
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Charlotte City Council member Braxton Winston has said that single-family zoning is racist. That has drawn a rebuke from one council member, Victoria Watlington.
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The For the People Act would dramatically overhaul the U.S. voting system and seek to limit the amount of dark money in politics. It is not expected to advance in the Senate.
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With new cases teetering at about 60,000 to 70,000 per day, new hyper-transmissible variants and state rollbacks of coronavirus restrictions, the CDC chief urges Americans to remain vigilant.
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The North Carolina House voted unanimously Wednesday to distribute another $1.7 billion in federal COVID-19 relief funds, with most going toward virus testing and prevention, public university campuses, child-care assistance and transportation projects.
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services called Wednesday on all K-12 public schools to offer in-person instruction “to the fullest extent possible" to the roughly 1.5 million students in the state.
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A popular Black-owned barbershop will be allowed to stay at SouthPark Mall for at least the next year after an outcry over news that its lease had been cut short less than two months after opening there.
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A new report says as many as two dozen wind farms could be built off the East Coast over the next 15 years. But North Carolina has work to do if it wants to compete for the estimated $140 billion in investment.
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FIRST 100 DAYS
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Moderate Democrats have demanded that the $1,400 stimulus checks be targeted at low- and moderate-income people. The change, if adopted, means the House will need to vote again on the package.
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Gov. Gina Raimondo, the first woman to lead Rhode Island, is cutting short a second term as governor to oversee an eclectic portfolio of U.S. Commerce Department agencies, including the Census Bureau.
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"It takes time to build out of the depths of cruelty that the administration before us established," DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
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The Senate will debate a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 bill and aim to pass it using a process that avoids a Republican filibuster. A battle over efforts to raise the minimum wage still splits Democrats.
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CORONAVIRUS
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NPRView NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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Catholic bishops say the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines did not use abortion-derived fetal cell lines, but that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine is acceptable, if it's the only available option.
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Officials said Wednesday that a coalition of health insurance providers will team up as part of a new "Vaccine Community Connectors" pilot program.
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Courtesy Atrium HealthMecklenburg County has one of the lowest vaccination rates among North Carolina’s 100 counties. As of Tuesday, 9.24% of Mecklenburg residents had received first doses of the vaccine. Why? It's a combination of factors, including that several large clinics in the county have drawn patients from outside the region.
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The Amplifier podcast is taking time to celebrate artists of color who’ve shaped Charlotte’s soundscape. And if you’re talking about Charlotte music, you have to talk about Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter-producer Anthony Hamilton.
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Photo by Amelia KirbySouthBound host Tommy Tomlinson interviews Robert Gipe, a novelist, illustrator and art teacher who helps his community in eastern Kentucky put on plays that talk about the big issues in the region.
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Old factory complexes across North Carolina are finding new lives. But in downtown Davidson, developers for years have tried to redevelop an aging cotton mill without success. That's because cancer-causing asbestos is buried on the site.
Charlotte Journalism Collaborative and BOOM Charlotte formed a partnership of journalists and artists to tell stories of COVID-19's impact on our communities.
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