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North Carolina's Charter Schools Review Board voted unanimously Monday to stop public funding for a financially troubled Kinston school. It's the second school the board has voted to close this spring.
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Funeral service held at Bojangles Coliseum for deputy U.S. marshal killed in east Charlotte shootoutA funeral service was held Monday for Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Weeks jr. at Bojangles Coliseum. Weeks was one of four law enforcement officers fatally wounded in a shootout in east Charlotte last week.
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The discussion with the students offers important insights about this year’s presidential race. It’s a small sample size, to be sure. But it gives a window into some of the challenges facing Democrats, who will need a strong youth vote if they hope to win North Carolina.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, a conversation about what’s at stake as the federal trial that will determine the fate of our state’s voter ID law gets underway.
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Charlotte City Council looks at ways to reduce juvenile crime. The Environmental Defense Fund examines natural gas price fluctuations to pitch more renewable energy. NC's photo ID voting requirement goes on trial. I-77 expansion costs continue to rise.
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Charlotte continues to mourn four law enforcement officers killed in a shootout here a week ago. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his "On My Mind" commentary, says that mourning comes with a duty.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department laid officer Joshua Eyer to rest Friday. Eyer was one of four officers who died in a shootout in east Charlotte on Monday.
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Crisis describes North Carolina’s mental health system. It is harder to access mental health care here than most other states, and that affects everyone — particularly the most vulnerable. Like inmates who are too sick to stand trial. They often wait months in custody for the treatment they need just to be well enough to go to court.
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For those living with severe mental illness, the chances of becoming homeless can be high. Once homeless, they’re more likely to end up behind bars. Going to jail can start a downward spiral. Many lose jobs or benefits — even health care. Some will cycle between jail and the streets for years — often for minor crimes like trespassing. Last week, WFAE — with support from the PBS series, "FRONTLINE" — examined the problem of inmates who wait in custody for months because they’re too sick to stand trial. This week we focus on inmates who cycle in and out of jail, serving what many in the court system call a “life sentence on the installment plan.”
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WFAE — with support from the PBS series, "FRONTLINE" — has been examining the problem of inmates living with mental illness. This week we focus on ways to help former inmates stay out of jail. And the ways the system fails to do that.
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WFAE’s "Fractured" series has reported on the struggles of inmates living with mental illness. But it isn’t just inmates who wait. On average, North Carolinians who go to an emergency room in crisis wait 16 days for a state psychiatric hospital bed.
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WFAE has been examining North Carolina’s broken mental health system, especially as it affects people in the criminal justice system. This week, we start to look at the impact this system has on others, such as children, who wait for weeks or months in hospital emergency departments because there’s simply no place for them to go. And people who head to emergency rooms in crisis, only to find the average wait for a state psychiatric hospital is more than two weeks.