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CMS board elections aren’t on the ballot this year. But they are in plenty of other counties in the Charlotte area, and some have plenty of financial and partisan drama.
CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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PexelsArtificial intelligence has been making its way into this campaign cycle, with concerns about AI-generated campaign ads leading to confusion over content. Two-thirds of Americans are at least somewhat concerned about AI’s use in this year’s midterms. Thirty-one states have enacted some form of regulation for AI in political campaigning, but North Carolina has not. We discuss how AI is shaping our elections.
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LOCAL NEWS
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With Election Day just one week away, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Roy Cooper is making his final push to reach voters. -
In Mecklenburg County, turnout is about 45% higher than at the same point in the 2022 election, according to Election Director Michael Dickerson. He said he expects Election Day voting to go down as a result. -
Board member Anna London chairs the new four-person committee. She says members will draw from past superintendent searches to establish a process and timeline. -
City Council voted unanimously to extend the moratorium until October 18, 2027. District 6 representative Kimberly Owens said they had no other option. -
With the midterm elections a week away, President Donald Trump is set to return to South Carolina on Thursday to campaign for Republican Darline Graham. -
Florida-based Paradigm promised jobs from a battery plant in storm-battered Burnsville. With no progress, Yancey Co. wants acreage returned. -
Ken McCool considered himself an apolitical person for much of his life. That changed when his class at Providence High School was visited by a state politician: Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who had graduated from the school in 1997. She spoke to the class about her work in the legislature, igniting in McCool an interest in running for public office. -
Latino voters in Mecklenburg County have cast far more early ballots in this year’s midterm election than at the same point in 2022.
NATION & WORLD
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