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School vouchers and border security are the focus of a special legislative session beginning this week in the Texas Statehouse. Both are key issues for the state's Republican governor.

Monday’s announcement, which surprised some of the Community Reparations Commission’s 25 members, came less than a year after the Charlotte-based consultant started the role.

More changes are coming to uptown Charlotte. Duke Energy announced this week it’s found buyers for two of its buildings and those buyers have plans for the properties. And the city of Belmont gets some landscaping help from goats. For more, "Morning Edition" host Marshall Terry talks to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter for our segment BizWorthy.

WUNC's Rusty Jacobs observes the county canvass, the painstaking process that results in the final tally of votes

Paxton, who has been suspended, faced 16 articles of impeachment tied to allegations that he abused his office to protect a political donor. The Senate vote reinstates Paxton as attorney general.

Several veteran Democrats in the state legislature are facing challengers from inside their party in next month’s primary. Their opponents are criticizing them for crossing party lines to vote with Republicans.

In February, Mecklenburg County declared the homeless encampment near uptown known as Tent City a health risk. More than 200 people were made to vacate. Many residents were offered housing for 90 days, but issues around homelessness and affordable housing are far from over. Now a Charlotte artist is recreating a version of Tent City to raise awareness and to make sure the residents of the encampment are not forgotten.

The city of Charlotte has promoted a poll from the National Resources Defense Council that shows residents of the six Mecklenburg County towns support the city's $8 to $12 billion transportation plan. But the city said it doesn't have the full script of the poll and won't ask for it — even though the questions asked in a poll can make a big difference in the responses received.

Mahogany Mermaids upend decades of stereotypes by teaching Black adults to swim, but Charlotte’s minority youth swim team is fighting to stay afloat.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents announced they have reached a deal to form a new governing coalition, paving the way for the ouster of the longtime Israeli leader. The dramatic announcement by opposition leader Yair Lapid and his main coalition partner, Naftali Bennett, came shortly before a midnight deadline and prevented the country from plunging into what would have been its fifth consecutive election in just over two years.

The arrival of Charlotte FC and its academy provide a fresh look at how young athletes grow up in the world of professional soccer. Academy leadership and area youth coaches say it will shape Charlotte's soccer scene in years to come.

About two weeks after the death of George Floyd, artists filled a stretch of South Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte with vibrant, kaleidoscopic letters spelling out "Black Lives Matter." Nearly a year later, the mural is fading, but artists who worked on the mural say its legacy will endure for years.

Some of the week's biggest stories: Mecklenburg County and CMS move on from their dispute over $56 million, Nikole Hannah-Jones moves on from UNC, and Mecklenburg's health director plans to move on to retirement after leading COVID-19 efforts.

There's a lot going on in Charlotte this weekend, including the Stargazer Music Festival, the Queen City Summer Festival, a comedy spotlight, a poetry slam and much, much more.

A Republican-backed energy reform bill that passed the North Carolina House of Representatives early Thursday is facing opposition from the governor, environmentalists and some businesses.

North Carolina has recently developed a dubious reputation: as a regional destination for adults who want to marry children. State lawmakers are nearing passage of a bill that could dampen the state’s appeal as the go-to place to bring child brides.

In the early days of "Sesame Street," Hickory residents Arthur and Marie Hunt were living in Brooklyn when someone approached them in a restaurant and asked if their daughters, Beverly and Pamela, could be on the revered children's television show. The Hunt sisters were on "Sesame Street" for five years, and the family was left with lasting memories.

A nifty studio, open to all but curated for artists of color, is open just outside of uptown Charlotte in Camp North End. DUPP&SWAT is certainly making its mark in the complex, but founder Davita Galloway is making her own mark in the city.

Hurricane Ida has come ashore in Louisiana, with the eye of one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the U.S. coming arriving near the barrier island of Grand Isle with winds of 150 mph. Ida’s landfall on Sunday came on the same date Hurricane Katrina ravaged Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier, about 40 miles west of where Category 3 Katrina first struck land.

In the past few weeks, South Carolina has set records for COVID-19 hospitalizations and new cases have approached peak levels of last winter. Classes, schools and entire districts have gone virtual, leaving parents frustrated and teachers quitting weeks into the school year.