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Friday marks one year since the tragic shootings that claimed the lives of nine parishioners at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston. The shootings were…

On the weekly local news roundup – the Charlotte city budget has been passed with no property tax hikes. Gun sales rise in the Queen City in the aftermath…

There have been more than 130 mass shootings in the U.S. since the start of this year in which 70 people died and 146 people were injured. Most of them…

American companies have used H-1B guest worker visas for decades to bring in foreign-born workers to fill skilled positions for which they couldn’t find…

African-Americans make up 35 percent of Charlotte’s population but represent 70 percent of the arrests. Nationwide, black drivers are stopped and searched…

Part 1We meet North Carolina’s Teacher of the Year Bobbie Cavnar, a British Literature teacher in the Gaston County Schools. He believes that teachers are…

It has been another unsettling year economically. 2016 began with economic caution and murmurings of a possible recession. But the stock market appeared…

The American middle class, the backbone of our economy, is collapsing. These are the workers, middle managers, small business owners who have fallen…

Using renewable energy reduces our reliance on fossil fuels but in North Carolina it is also big business. We rank third in the country for installed…

The use of social media has been exploding. Nearly two-thirds of American adults are now on a social networking site using them for many reasons including…

The recent shootings of two more African-American men by police combined with the shootings of police by an African-American man in Dallas have put the…

We know Charlotte is a banking town and we’ve spoken about the doors that designation may open for fintech – the marriage of banking and technology. Now,…

The national conversation about the relationship between law enforcement and minorities plays out at the local level. Governor McCrory signs a law…

Experts say one in five female undergraduates have experienced sexual assault while in college. Most of them have gone unreported for fear of retribution…

Recently, the Supreme Court deadlocked over President Obama’s immigration plan to shield millions of undocumented immigrants from deportation. It was…

Two departures: Ron Carlee talks about his tenure as Charlotte city manager and then flights from Charlotte to Cuba. We hear about what to expect upon…

Donald Trump rode the down escalator at Trump Tower a year ago to announce his candidacy for president. But ever since, his journey to the GOP Convention…

Joining Mike Collins on Charlotte Talks Friday, Governor Pat McCrory spoke out against the NBA's decision to move the 2017 All Star Game out of Charlotte.…

Schools aren’t in session yet but education hasn’t slowed down for the summer. The debate over student assignment is set to heat up as CMS prepares to…

Add to Charlotte’s popular “South End” and our growing “North End,” the “Historic West End.” As uptown continues to flow outside its boundaries, the area…