CHARLOTTE — Standing ovations, applause, the sounds of tambourines — and rainbow colors everywhere, on banners and flags and adorning the stoles around the shoulders of clergy celebrating the fact that same-sex marriage is now legal in North Carolina. In a city known for its churches, Holy Trinity Lutheran hosted an interfaith service that resembled […]
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Terrance Bates has full coverage ahead of the Patrick Cannon sentencing, with political contributor Mary C. Curtis, a Charlotte School of Law professor, and a former member of the FBI on the case and the investigation.
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CHARLOTTE, NC- Political Contributor Mary Curtis recaps former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon’s sentencing on federal corruption charges. Cannon will spend 44 months in prison and was fined $10,000.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — LIVING in a purple state can be exhausting, but it’s never boring. What we lack in entertainment value — it would be hard to beat our southern neighbor, where Representative Mark Sanford recently broke up with the Argentine “soul mate” he’d had an extramarital affair with while he was governor — we
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Voters got a chance to hear from all three U.S. Senate candidates in Thursday’s debate in Wilmington. Libertarian Sean Haugh stood alongside major party candidates Thom Tillis and Kay Hagan. WCCB political contributor Mary C. Curtis is helping us understand the tactics they brought used in the final debate. Curtis says Haugh is consistent with
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CHARLOTTE — When the headline is “Why the South is the worst place to live in the U.S.,” it’s an invitation to trash talk. But isn’t that what makes stories like this one in The Post so much fun? They are bound to unleash regional pride and get the blood flowing and the stereotypes flying in
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CHARLOTTE, NC – Watching debate between North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan and challenger Thom Tills with less than a month to go until the midterms. “Hagan and Tillis have very distinct and different opinions on opposite sides, and they make that very clear,” said WCCB Political Contributor Mary C. Curtis. The polls show a close
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CHARLOTTE, N.C- Political Contributor Mary Curtis highlights key points from the second Senate Debate. With less than a month to go, incumbent Senator Kay Hagan and Speaker of the House Thom Tillis clash on almost every issue ranging from national security to same sex marriage.
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Last week, voting-rights advocates hailed a legal victory—at least briefly—when a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit cleared the way for North Carolina voters to utilize same-day voter registration and out-of-precinct provisional balloting, both of which were eliminated in a revision of the state’s election law that was passed
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Senator Kay Hagan and Republican challenger Thom Tillis are ironing out key points of their argument ahead of their next debate Tuesday, October 6. The race is heating up with more political ads, but WCCB’s political contributor Mary C. Curtis says fact-check when you see them.
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