Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson spoke out recently about the “challenges” his wife is facing amid a state agency’s probe of her nonprofit, saying he and former President Donald Trump are “being pushed to the edge through an unfair system.”
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Charlotte’s city manager proposes a property tax increase in his latest budget. Protests over the war in Gaza continue at UNC Charlotte. And the fate of North Carolina’s voter ID law is in the hands of a judge. Mike Collins and local journalists detail those stories and more.
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The story of Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, as told in the manuscript she left behind — which became the book, “By The Time You Read This." Her mother, April Simpkins, joins us to share her late daughter's story and her own.
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House Speaker Tim Moore says the bill is needed to respond to a rise in hate speech and attacks on Jewish people. If it becomes law, North Carolina would join other states in using a definition created by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance.
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Republican primary voters are headed back to the polls next Tuesday for a rare statewide runoff election for lieutenant governor and state auditor.
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A few dozen protesters marched on UNC Charlotte’s campus Tuesday night in support of Palestinians in Gaza. That’s after university officials removed several tents on campus earlier in the day and warned protesters against marching.
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It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. We are looking at three separate claims related to school safety that Michele Morrow made during a recent event in Cary.
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Many Duke Energy customers saw higher energy bills last year due to a sharp increase in natural gas prices, according to a new report by the Environmental Defense Fund. The report examined how price fluctuations impact ratepayers’ electrical bills to make a pitch for more renewable energy.
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North Carolina's Charter School Review Board approved dramatic expansion Monday for two Charlotte charter schools despite low test scores. That wasn't allowed until the law changed last year.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson sits in the guest's chair. Mike Collins, the host of “Charlotte Talks,” interviews Tommy about his new book, “Dogland.” It’s about the Westminster Dog Show and the bond between dogs and their people.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Pete Candler. He comes from a storied Southern family—one of his ancestors founded Coca-Cola—but Pete has written a new book about the secrets in his family’s history, and in the South’s history as well.
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