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Education dominated the news this week — despite most schools being on summer break. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona visited Charlotte, and the CMS board held its first in-person meeting since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. That meeting saw a debate over how schools handle racism — and a protest outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center over how allegations of sexual assault were handled at Myers Park High.
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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.
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As people across the U.S. celebrate the Fourth of July, here at WFAE, we're also celebrating our 40th birthday. But that didn't stop our reporters from covering important stories this week. They include the political fallout over Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools hiring anti-racism author Ibram X. Kendi for a speech, a look at Black farmers waiting on debt relief, rising COVID-19 vaccination rates for Charlotte's Latino community and the growing fear of a wave of evictions once the CDC's moratorium ends.
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Some of the week's top stories: Charlotte City Council passes the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, it's unclear when Charlotte's elections will be held and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' summer school program starts off with low attendance.
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Some of this week's top stories from WFAE: Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are headed to formal mediation over a county budget that withholds millions of dollars from the district pending a detailed plan on improving educational outcomes for Black and Hispanic children, a planned (and since-canceled) event at Latta Plantation set for Juneteenth drew condemnation from public officials and a defense from the organizer, and lawmakers are closer to delaying municipal elections in some North Carolina cities because of delays in census data.
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Some of the week's top stories: The fight between Mecklenburg County and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools over funding continued with the county adopting a budget that temporarily withholds millions of dollars from the school district, a Guatemalan father in North Carolina shares how he got four of his children into the U.S., COVID-19 vaccine administration in the state stalls, and the waning pandemic leaves mask makers with more supply than demand.
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Some of the week's top stories: The Charlotte area looks back on the year since George Floyd was killed by police, North Carolina marks 1 million COVID-19 cases as residents mark the first holiday weekend with no major restrictions, and a three-part special examines the impact of the pandemic on a local elementary school.
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Some of the biggest stories of the week: A prosecutor decided not to file charges against deputies in the shooting death of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, there's controversy over a plan in Mecklenburg County's proposed budget, Charlotte's 2040 plan is closer to being passed, and we look at Bojangles Coliseum's history as its vaccine clinic is extended.
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Some of the week's top stories: North Carolina eases major coronavirus safety rules, the region grapples with a panicked rush on gas pumps, and an analysis finds arrests in Charlotte have declined at more than twice the national average over the last decade.
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This past week: The city of Charlotte released its budget for the upcoming year, focusing on how there's no tax hike and raises for most employees. It didn't specify the size of the raises for the mayor and City Council until late in the 422-page budget, however. The county's budget comes with a contingency for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, and Duke Energy found a way to avoid paying federal income taxes last year despite having more than $1 billion in profit. It's all something we could use Count von Count for — and we have some Sesame Street news, too.