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A Charlotte company wants to redevelop the 130-year-old Linden Cotton Mill in downtown Davidson as offices, shops and maybe a brewery or restaurant. But the factory also once made asbestos products, and the five-acre site is contaminated. In Part 3 of WFAE's series Asbestos Town, environmental reporter David Boraks looks at the status of the redevelopment and concern in the historically African American neighborhood around it.

Wilhelmenia Rembert gets the Mecklenburg County Commission’s nod as a temporary replacement for Ella Scarborough. The plan to remake the Brookhill Village property falls apart, and Rock Hill, South Carolina, officials talk about why bonds have not been issued for the Panthers' headquarters project.

The social movement that followed the death of George Floyd last year was global. We were told we were witnessing an inflection point. But has anything really changed?

Charlotte City Council passes a $3.24 billion dollar budget for next year with no tax increase while raising city employees’ salaries. They also propose spending to improve Spectrum Center and to build a new Hornets practice facility. David Tepper's development company files for bankruptcy. And Charlotte FC fires its first coach just 14 games into the season.

Mike Collins is joined by the creators of two biographical looks at the remarkable life of Andrew Young: WBTV reporter and documentarian Steve Crump and author Ernie Suggs.

Mike Collins and experts look at the new maps for congressional and legislative districts just drawn by the General Assembly and how they are likely to impact our representation and politics.

The shake-up in the presidential race and the possibility that N.C. Gov. Roy Cooper could find himself in the race — Mike Collins discusses it all with local reporters and political representatives.

On the next Charlotte Talks, a final look at early voter turnout, what we can glean from polls, and how those polls are conducted.

The recent "No Kings" protests resulted in millions of people assembling around the country to take issue with the Trump administration. It’s a constitutional right for people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. But do these efforts change things? Do they work? A look at the history of protests.

Watch the moving performance from 19-year-old award-winner during the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

The Hickory Aviation Museum receives a new plane for its collection: A Harrier "jump jet."

Monday, May 27, 2019On the next Charlotte Talks, Mike delves into the science of meetings with two guests who have studied meetings extensively. They’re a…

Residents of Martin County, Ky., where President Johnson traveled to promote his War on Poverty in 1964, say they need jobs more than government aid.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Colin Fultz, owner of Kentucky Mist Distillery, about the flood damage in his town of Whitesburg, Ky.

How does a scene survive when disaster strikes its venues, music schools, rare instruments and priceless archives all at once? The musicians of flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky have a few answers.

GOP lawmakers on Thursday blasted Democratic immigration policies as coddling violent criminals. Democrats portrayed Trump's escalating migrant sweeps as a dangerous assault on civil liberties.

Some Republicans have indicated they will seek to object to the formal electoral vote count. There is a good chance it will become a spectacle, but next to no chance it will change the outcome.

The legislation would address the spike in hate crimes and violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. Democrats need GOP votes to advance the bill in the Senate this week.

Without the votes to block a Republican bill, Senate Democrats are trying to draw attention to the GOP's closed-door process for drafting health care legislation.

The chief justice, who is presiding over President Trump's Senate impeachment trial, has declined twice to ask a question from Sen. Rand Paul.