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On the next Charlotte Talks local news roundup, North Carolina’s budget passes and is signed, sealed and delivered. We dive into the details. Heat continues to plague much of the country including our state where heat indices soared to triple digits, leading to power outages. Plus, a new state law eliminates mandatory parking minimums for the majority of new developments. We examine the possible impact.
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Are e-bikes making Charlotte’s streets more dangerous? A Charlotte City Council member is pushing the city to study the issue as residents raise concerns about reckless riders, excessive speed and streets designed around cars. -
Gov. Josh Stein vetoed a bill that would ban homeless camping and public sleeping across the state. House Bill 437, vetoed today, could let private citizens sue local government if they allow camping on public property. -
Cabarrus, Buncombe schools face federal probe over allegations of transgender use of bathrooms, locker rooms. Legal precedent appears dubious. -
The budget is North Carolina's first since 2023. It fully funds the state's Medicaid rebase and includes significant investments in state employees. -
A decision could come by October on the proposal to add a toll lane in north Mecklenburg and south Iredell counties. -
Legislators left the 20-year initiative, which supported tens of thousands of community college students, out of the state budget. -
The General Assembly passed its long-awaited budget last week with bipartisan support — the first in more than two years. The $34 billion plan includes teacher pay raises and additional money for Hurricane Helene recovery, but it also contains a provision that would force Charlotte and other governments to repay money already spent on the rejected I-77 toll lanes. -
Republican leaders in the North Carolina General Assembly unveiled a full budget proposal a year late. Here are some of the topline items. -
Indivisible Charlotte’s pop-up protests have spread to dozens of intersections across the city, where many retired residents say they are standing in for people who cannot. -
The compromise bill emerged Thursday as one of the last major pieces of business of the legislative short session. It would bring North Carolina's hemp rules in conformity with a federal definition set to become effective in November.
