Lisa Worf

Businesses can begin applying for another round of Paycheck Protection Program loans this week. Only a small fraction of Black-owned businesses have received loans as part of the CARES act.

On Tuesday, Mecklenburg County's health director issued a new directive: utilize full-virtual options where possible. What does that mean for businesses that are still permitted to be open, though? The Charlotte Ledger's Tony Mecia talks about that and more in the latest business news in this week's BizWorthy.

Racial justice marches in the Alamance County town of Graham have put a spotlight on the county's legal system. Three news organizations have appealed to open access to the courts. Brooks Fuller is the director of the North Carolina Open Government Coalition, and joins WFAE's Lisa Worf to talk about that case.

Last week, North Carolina's Health Secretary Mandy Cohen said there have been more COVID-19 deaths in the state this year than there have been flu deaths in the last 10 years combined. Is that true?

As jury trials resume in North Carolina, courts are trying to figure out how to accommodate COVID-19 safety measures to keep court employees safe.

WFAE's "Work It" podcast debuts Friday. The podcast explores people's relationship with their jobs and how it shapes their view of the world. The hosts are Stephanie Hale and Jill Bjers, who pitched their idea through WFAE's Queen City PodQuest last year and won a chance to work with WFAE to develop the podcast.

Catawba College political scientist Michael Bitzer discusses Election Day results — and how many are still being tabulated, including president and U.S. Senate in North Carolina — with WFAE's "Morning Edition" co-host Lisa Worf.

More than half of registered voters in North Carolina have already cast their ballots as early voting wraps up Saturday. Absentee by-mail ballots are still coming in and the state can count them until Nov. 12 as long as they're postmarked by Election Day. Joining WFAE's "Morning Edition" co-host Lisa Worf as part of our weekly check-in is Mecklenburg County elections director Michael Dickerson.

In addition to the 8th U.S. House District race, the Charlotte area has another competitive congressional race. WFAE Morning Edition host Lisa Worf talks with politics reporter Steve Harrison about the 9th District.

Gov. Roy Cooper and his Republican opponent, Dan Forest, have different ideas about how education money should be apportioned, especially when it comes to vouchers. Is Cooper's claim that Forest wants even wealthy families to be able to use school vouchers correct? WFAL's Paul Specht joins WFAE's "Morning Edition" co-host Lisa Worf to discuss.