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With striking speed, the widespread debate around data centers has become a fault line in American communities, cutting across political parties and forging unexpected alliances.
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Candidate's websiteDr. Annie Andrews is a pediatrician and mother from Charleston. She is the Democratic candidate running for the open U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina. No Democrat has won a Senate seat in S.C. since 1998. She discusses her hopes to flip the seat. -
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill accused CMS board members of “extortion” and accused Chair Stephanie Sneed of secretly directing money to a controversial consultant. -
IPEX gives $500,000 to debris cleanup, and promises new research on floodplain issues, nearly two years after PVC pipe spilled into the French Broad River during Helene. -
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The owner of a popular bottle shop and bar in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood has pleaded guilty to nine felony counts of embezzling state property.
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