The two presidential frontrunners for 2024 are getting up in years as are many members of Congress. Mike Collins speaks with reporters from Insider's "Red, White, and Gray" series to look at what impact this may be having on how we’re governed.

Gov. Roy Cooper visits Charlotte on his road trip declaring a state of emergency in public education. Newly named Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill starts her tenure with a lot on her plate including a contentious meeting on school boundaries. Tempers also flared at City Council this week. And Charlotte Area Transit System puts its chief of rail operations on leave. Our roundtable of reporters covers those and other stories.

Mike Collins is joined by leaders of the No Labels movement in politics, Pat McCrory and Dr. Ben Chavis. They explain the movement, why it started, why they’re involved and what they hope to accomplish.

Gov. Cooper says “it’s time to declare a state of emergency for public education” in North Carolina. He’s hitting the road to talk to citizens about what he views as harmful proposals in the legislature which would increase access to Opportunity Scholarships and impact teacher pay. Many see these Republican moves as efforts to crush public education. A look at what the governor is hoping to achieve.

County Manager Dena Diorio has told county commissioners that we cannot remain revenue-neutral after this most recent property revaluation. She is predicting that, in order to fund everything on the county’s wish list, 91% of homeowners will end up paying more in property taxes. Since this directly affects you, we’ve invited Diorio to take us through the proposed county budget.

Some who contracted COVID-19 continue to suffer from long COVID. We learn more about it, its impact and how it’s treated.

The General Assembly overrides the governor’s veto and abortion restrictions tighten. Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio releases the proposed County Budget. And Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools could have a new Superintendent by the end of the week. Those stories and more on the local news roundup on Charlotte Talks.

On the next Charlotte Talks... the potential impact of artificial intelligence on education. It’s here, growing quickly and its appearance in the classroom is inevitable. We look at the pros and cons.

Mike Collins and guests take a closer look at a law aimed at prohibiting members of Congress from profiting from information they know before most of the rest of us. The STOCK Act, on this hour of Charlotte Talks.

Mike Collins and our panel of guests discuss the impact of the end of Title 42 at our southern border and in the Charlotte area.