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Duke Energy Carolinas has reached a new settlement with businesses, clean energy groups and trade associations in its ongoing rate case. The utility had received an outpouring of customer criticism over its request for steep rate hikes filed last fall.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Longleaf PoliticsPat McCrory is one of the most consequential and polarizing political figures in North Carolina history. From mayor of Charlotte to governor of North Carolina, McCrory spent nearly two decades shaping the city before a turbulent term as governor that transformed his career and public image. Journalist and columnist Andrew Dunn focuses on McCrory’s rise, reckoning and legacy in a new book, “The Change Agent.” -
Steve Harrison/WFAENorth Carolina’s hemp industry has largely been unregulated, but that may soon change, and this multi-billion-dollar sector of our state’s economy hangs in the balance. A federal law banning intoxicating hemp products is scheduled to go into effect in November and the General Assembly is considering its own prohibitions. A look at what this may mean for the industry and the 16,000 people working in it.
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LOCAL NEWS
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More than 1,500 service members are still missing from the Vietnam War, and families say time is running out to locate and recover their remains. -
Nearly two years after Hurricane Helene, recreation groups are adding new infrastructure along the French Broad as paddlers begin returning to the river. -
Darline Graham Nordone, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, said she plans to run for South Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat with President Donald Trump’s blessing. -
The Department of Homeland Security recently released information indicating that the total was 1,599. There are about 7.8 million registered voters in the state. -
It’s now at an average of 3.7% over the next two years. It’s up to the North Carolina Utilities Commission to decide whether or not to approve the proposal. -
After nearly two years of rallies, some Palestinian organizers in Charlotte are trying a new approach: sports and social events designed to raise money and reach people who wouldn't otherwise show up to a protest. -
One of the policy proposals tucked into the recently enacted 634-page budget bill involves child welfare issues. The “Dominique Moody Safety Act” is the legislature’s response to the death of six-year-old Dominique Moody from neglect and abuse. -
The program sends free, age-appropriate books to pre-K children. Now with more funding in the new state budget, 42 N.C. counties are reopening enrollment.
NATION & WORLD
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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