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As plans for adding lanes to Interstate 77 south of uptown Charlotte get delayed, costs are surging past $3 billion.
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Gov. Roy Cooper releases his proposed budget. CATS looks for ways to make the Gold Line more reliable. CMS holds first-ever Spanish spelling bee. BizWorthy explains the tax implications of sports betting.
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If you’ve been placing online sports bets since FanDuel, DraftKings and the like went live in North Carolina last month, you might want to prepare for a bigger tax bill next year — even if you lose. That’s because of a quirk in the federal tax law, which The Ledger's Tony Mecia wrote about. He joined us for BizWorthy, where we discussed this story and others.
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The Carolina Panthers are back in action for another year of football and will feature a bevy of fresh faces this season.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, our own Tommy Tomlinson shares what he discovered on his three-year quest to find out if show dogs are happy.
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Mecklenburg Board of Elections dismisses allegations against Caleb Theodros. City Council approves revisions to the Sustainable Facilities Policy. Central Piedmont Community College offers new AI program. The fight between a Monroe restaurant and protesters reaches federal court.
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A fight between a Monroe restaurant and protesters who opposed the restaurant's all-age drag events has moved into a federal courtroom with each side filing lawsuits against the other.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools holds its first Spanish spelling bee to celebrate the importance of being bilingual and biliterate.
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Advocacy organizations are calling for greater safety measures on CATS, the local bus system. They announced a bus safety initiative at Monday night’s Charlotte City Council meeting and called on city officials to join them in riding several bus routes on May 4, to see what passengers experience daily.
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On the next Charlotte Talks, we’re joined by Amy Ray and Emily Saliers. You know them as The Indigo Girls. This highly successful duo is experiencing another peak in their career with one of their songs featured in Greta Gerwig’s hit film "Barbie." We talk about that and much more.
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The CMS school board public hearing takes center stage. State lawmakers begin their legislative session this week. Davidson College signs a 20-year solar deal. And Charlotte's proposed Red Line commuter rail may have some signs of life.