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Jennifer Roberts has been Charlotte's mayor for 100 days. When she took office she laid out some ambitious initiatives including the expansion of LGBT…

On the Charlotte Talks weekly news roundup, the state legislature went into special session to deal with Charlotte’s LGBT ordinance and then took things a…

Student assignment has become a hot topic as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues the process of drawing new attendance zones for schools. The ongoing…

Growth is everywhere in Charlotte and nowhere is more apparent than in the SouthPark area. It has long been said that SouthPark will inevitably be like…

In the early '80s, Jim Martin was Mecklenburg County’s Republican congressman. He would go on to hold the governor’s office for eight years. It was a job…

On this week’s local news roundup, fall out continues from HB2. PayPal will not bring 400 jobs to Charlotte because of the law; one movie studio cancels…

In America, you are presumed innocent until convicted, but once convicted you are presumed to have committed the crime. But some recent investigations…

On the weekly local new roundup, reaction to Governor McCrory on Meet the Press and HB2. A court ruling in Virginia favoring a transgender teen may have…

On this week's Friday news roundup, the U.S. Department of Justice says that the bathroom parts of H.B. 2 violate federal law. We'll talk about what it…

When Tony Zeiss arrived at Central Piedmont Community College 23 years ago, it didn’t resemble the institution it is today and that is largely because of…

Thursday, May 26, 2016 You’ve heard about the incredibly long lines winding their way through security checkpoints at major airports. Summer travel is…

For public radio listeners around the country, Diane Rehm is a household name. She has a nationwide audience of millions and lots of loyal Charlotte…

This election year, there is an important Senate race in North Carolina. It pits the two-time Senator Richard Burr against former state legislator Deborah…

On this week’s local news roundup, protests break out before a CMS Board meeting about how teachers should handle transgender students. The board also…

On this local news roundup, the Mecklenburg Board of Elections cuts the total hours for early voting. Governor McCrory asks the Supreme Court to reinstate…

On the local news roundup, the N.C. State Highway Patrol shooting of an unarmed, hearing-impaired man – in his driveway – makes national news. We share…

The American electorate is becoming a house divided. Polarization has reached a level we haven’t seen in at least a generation, and a growing number of…

We’ve learned a lot about post traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, especially more recently from soldiers returning from combat, who face difficult…

We are preparing to elect our third-straight wartime president and that choice has particular significance for North Carolina. Not only are we a…

On January 15, 2009, US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing on the Hudson River. A bird strike took out both engines only three minutes into the…