North Carolina's Charter School Review Board approved dramatic expansion Monday for two Charlotte charter schools despite low test scores. That wasn't allowed until the law changed last year.
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It’s budget time — and with inflation, rising wages, and a desire to expand services, City Manager Marcus Jones says a tax hike is necessary. We'll go through the details with Jones and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles.
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Mike Collins and our panel of guests explore the future of adding toll lanes south of uptown on I-77 and the challenges that presents.
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The NAACP alleges that North Carolina's 2018 photo ID law discriminates against Black and Latino voters. A long-delayed federal lawsuit could decide the issue once and for all.
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North Carolina's Charter Schools Review Board voted unanimously Monday to stop public funding for a financially troubled Kinston school. It's the second school the board has voted to close this spring.
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With the whooping cough outbreak entering its second month, Henderson County remains vigilant in combating the spread of the infection.
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Nearly 800 faculty and staff members at UNC-Chapel Hill have signed an open letter calling on administrators to lift punishments on student protesters who participated in the pro-Palestinian demonstrations last week.
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The CEO of an online educational gaming company donated more than $40,000 combined to the North Carolina Republican Party. Around the same time, his company, Plasma Games, received $6.3 million in state funding to put its science platform in schools. Now, state education officials say more than half the funds are going unused by schools.
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Funeral service held at Bojangles Coliseum for deputy U.S. marshal killed in east Charlotte shootoutA funeral service was held Monday for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks jr. at Bojangles Coliseum. Weeks was one of four law enforcement officers fatally wounded in a shootout in east Charlotte last week.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson convenes a panel of three experts on Charlotte for his second SouthBound Live event about the future of the city. This time we’re talking about affordable housing, equity, and what we can learn from the city’s history.
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