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Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio proposed closing the 72-bed facility to save money and alleviate a staffing shortage that has impacted the main detention center uptown.
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The 2022 midterm elections will be the first of the Biden era. They're also the first since the 2020 census, which means there are new congressional and state legislative districts. There are two U.S. Senate races in the Carolinas as well. Stay up to date here.
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Charlotte officials are seeking comments online and at public meetings on a new transportation policy that among other things aims to reduce one-person car trips to half of all transportation trips by 2040. -
Republican North Carolina state Senate leader Phil Berger unveiled on Wednesday a package of health care access and insurance changes that include Medicaid expansion — something he opposed for a decade.
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Gov. Roy Cooper called for stricter gun laws, saying "we cannot normalize the mass murder of children," while Rep, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis warned against curbing gun rights, saying the country must focus on other ways to anticipate and preempt future attacks.
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Days after U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his primary race, a federal appeals court has overturned a judge’s decision that blocked an elections board from examining whether he should be disqualified.
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North Carolina Senate Republicans have unveiled a wide-ranging proposal they say would help parents stay informed about what their children are being taught and how they’re being treated by doctors. The measure also would tread into contentious LGBTQ matters that have caused divisive debate elsewhere.
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An ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate and former North Carolina Chief Justice Cheri Beasley claims she vacated the death sentence of a man who killed a teenager and threw out the indictment of a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child. Those claims leave out a lot of context, a fact-checker says.
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Mecklenburg County Commissioner Ella Scarborough has died. She was 75. Scarborough, a longtime executive at Duke Energy, was considered an icon in Charlotte politics.
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North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein says he's recovering from a “minor stroke” that prompted doctors to remove a small blood clot
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The election system shuddered in 2020 as Donald Trump sought to overturn the result. Now, election deniers and defenders have eyes on the nuts and bolts of the process itself.
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Georgia holds the political spotlight, as primary races take place in southern states this Tuesday. Here are nine contests we're keeping an eye on.
