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The North Carolina House on Wednesday overrode Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes of four bills requiring greater state cooperation with ICE and banning DEI in public schools and universities.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Steve Harrison/WFAEThis week, the Charlotte City Council appointed Rob Harrington as the next mayor and approved a pilot program to bring red-light cameras back. Meanwhile, the General Assembly overrode four of Gov. Josh Stein’s vetoes. The Hornets also traded away guard LaMelo Ball. We discuss it all on this week’s local news roundup. -
Palmer Magri/WFAEClasses are out at CMS for the summer, but tensions over education policy and administration linger. Superintendent Dr. Crystal Hill was put on paid leave while the board investigates administrative oversight matters. We’ll discuss the latest from CMS, look back at some of the significant events of the last school year, and examine the growing pushback against classroom technology.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Mecklenburg County pools participated in World’s Largest Swim Lesson day, a global event focused on water safety. -
The cost of the investigation into Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill won’t be clear until the investigation is finished. -
Damaged wetlands and streams, spills of drilling mud and a federal stop-work order have plagued the Ridgeline Expansion Project in Tennessee. -
A trailblazing N.C. tax credit has been extended to support farmers, environmentalists and land conservation efforts for another five years. Supporters hope the credit will encourage conservation. -
A long-unfinished high-rise in Fort Mill might soon be coming down. The 21-story Heritage Tower was built four decades ago as part of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Christian-themed amusement park, Heritage USA. The park closed in the late 1980s following bankruptcy and a sex scandal involving Jim Bakker. For more, WFAE's Marshall Terry is joined by the Charlotte Ledger’s Ashley Fahey for our segment BizWorthy. -
The bills ban DEI throughout state government and in public schools and stiffen immigration policies.
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