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Latino construction workers are more likely to die on the job in N.C. than their white or Black counterparts. That’s according to an analysis by the Charlotte Observer. The latest Census numbers show Latinos make up 27% of construction workers in the state, but account for 60% of construction workers who die on the job. The Observer's Ames Alexander joins WFAE's Marshall Terry to discuss.
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PixabayOn the next Charlotte Talks, COVID-19 continues to "FLiRT" with us. In fact, that is the name of the new variant making its way through the population. -
The author of the book "Who's Your Founding Father" joins guest host Erik Spanberg as we celebrate "MecDec Day." It's a day that commemorates the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence on May 20, 1775.
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The private family-owned chain store and gas station opened its first location in Dare County. -
Greg Lindberg, the former owner of Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Co., was found guilty by a federal jury on Thursday for a second time of bribing North Carolina’s insurance commissioner. -
Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio is recommending a budget that requires a 1.5-cent tax increase and fully covers increases requested by Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Central Piedmont Community College. The property tax increase would mean about $57 more a year for the owner of a median-priced home. It comes in a year when the city of Charlotte is also considering a 1.5-cent property tax increase. -
UNC-Chapel Hill to 'take action' against protesters who participated in recent campus demonstrationsUNC-Chapel Hill has already suspended about 15 students following a pro-Palestinian encampment late last month. Interim Chancellor Lee Roberts said the university is continuing to review other demonstrations and plans to “take action” against more protesters. -
With the 75-year-old Park Road Montessori School slated for demolition, two students are fighting to protect towering trees that represent the school's nature-oriented vision. -
Remember that Disney film "Up?" In it, an old man refuses to sell his aging house while modern development springs up around it. That situation is now playing out in real life in Charlotte’s Optimist Park neighborhood. More on this story, and others, on this week's BizWorthy.
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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. -
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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