Chris Miller
Producer, Charlotte Talks With Mike CollinsA veteran of Charlotte radio news, Chris joined the "Charlotte Talks" staff in January 2016, but has been listening to WFAE since discovering the station as a high schooler.
Chris is a native of the Charlotte area. His love of radio began when Hurricane Hugo hit Charlotte on his 7th birthday. He still has the Fisher-Price radio his family listened to as they rode out the storm.
During his career, Chris has won numerous awards for his coverage of some of the biggest stories Charlotte has seen, from ice storms and political conventions, to a mayoral corruption scandal and Charlotte's struggles through the Great Recession.
Have an idea for the show? Email him at cmiller@wfae.org and follow him on Twitter: @MillerTimeCLT
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A guilty verdict in Minnesota reverberates in Charlotte. North Carolina's COVID-19 mandates on gatherings could be on the way out, while fewer people in the Charlotte area getting a COVID vaccine. And a compromise is floated for Charlotte's 2040 Plan. Guest host Erik Spanberg and our roundtable of reporters look at those stories and more.
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Arts funding in Charlotte is a political hot potato from time to time, and it’s being tossed around again as the City Council considers changes in its budget allocation to the Arts & Science Council.
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Donald Trump is no less a force in Republican politics today than he was when he left the presidency — which he made clear Sunday in his return to the political stage at the CPAC convention.
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The department store writes a new chapter in its long history: Chapter 11. The bankruptcy filing is the latest to hit the retail sector, particularly mall-based stores such as Belk, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerated changes in shopping.
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All aboard on raising the transit tax? Not folks in northern Mecklenburg County, even as transit boosters promise new hope for commuter rail. Why is it a hard sell in that part of the county?
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Donald Trump remains 2-for-2 on impeachment acquittals following his second one by the U.S. Senate on Saturday. What impact will it have on American politics?
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On the February installment of "Mike and the Mayor," Vi Lyles discusses the latest on the proposed transportation sales tax increase, work on a nondiscrimination ordinance and the pushback City Council has received over the Greg Phipps appointment.
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Local LGBTQ protections have been approved across North Carolina in recent weeks, and Charlotte is about to get in on the action five years after the city touched off what became a national debate over LGBTQ rights.
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With the power shift in Washington comes a shift in the federal government's focus on COVID-19.
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The challenges facing the new president and the political landscape the old one leaves behind.