The latest in culture wars: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bans 'Banned Book Week,' saying it might violate North Carolina's parents' rights bill.
NEWS BRIEFS
Join us for an evening of celebration as WFAE commemorates 25 years of "Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins." This milestone event reflects on Charlotte Talks' impact on the community and its importance in local journalism.
Don't miss your chance to meet Mike Collins and the rest of the Charlotte Talks team.
Don't miss your chance to meet Mike Collins and the rest of the Charlotte Talks team.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Pressures increase to change how the Charlotte Area Transit System is managed. Another discussion at Charlotte City Council about public urination and defecation in uptown. And a local civil rights leader dies. Those stories and more.
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We look at the efforts of Habitat for Humanity Charlotte region to increase the supply of affordable housing, and examine its contributions past and present.
Learn how WFAE is working to ensure its audience, staff, on-air voices, news sources, vendors and work culture reflect the diversity of our community.
This will be the first year voters are required to show a photo ID to vote. Learn about ID requirements and candidates with WFAE's 2023 Voter Guide.
LOCAL NEWS
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North Carolina’s new state budget will become law next week, and several provisions would give the legislature more authority over community colleges and the court system.
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Twenty-three percent of all jobs at state agencies across North Carolina are vacant. That’s a record high and double the number of vacant spots from a decade ago. And those open positions are having an adverse effect on businesses. That’s something Ren Larson wrote about for The Assembly and she joins "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry to discuss.
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Duke Energy recently celebrated a big birthday for one of its oldest workhorses — Mountain Island Hydroelectric Station in Gaston County, northwest of Charlotte. The dam and power station were built 100 years ago. But don't call it a historical relic. It was renewable energy before electricity's fossil-fuel era and it's expected to keep generating long after Duke closes its last coal-fired power plant in 2035.
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Anson County will not get a casino this year after House Republicans last week essentially killed the proposal. The Anson County manager says he hopes for another "roll of the dice" later.
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A large Habitat for Humanity community build started by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalyn returns to Charlotte after a long absence. The project will build 27 affordable homes in the West Boulevard corridor.
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The GOP-led North Carolina General Assembly just completed a run of public comment sessions on the drawing of new Congressional and state legislative district maps.
NATION & WORLD
LATEST PODCAST EPISODES
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Kate Medley, a photographer who spent years roaming the South to take pictures of gas station food, and the people and places that serve it. Her photos are collected in a new book called “Thank You Please Come Again.”
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Nat Glover, who in 1995 was elected sheriff of Jacksonville, Florida, becoming the first Black sheriff in Florida since Reconstruction. He’s written a new memoir about how he earned his way there, and about the terrifying moment that defined his childhood.
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
INSIDE WFAE
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