On the next Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup: The list of candidates for Richard Burr’s U.S. Senate seat is growing, now including former mayor and local radio talk show host Pat McCrory. We’ll talk about the field of candidates that has assembled. This week, City Council provided details about how it plans to fund the arts in Charlotte after it […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — North Carolina’s latest law requiring voters to show a photo ID at the polls is now on trial. A panel of judges is hearing arguments in a lawsuit challenging the 2018 law. WCCB Political Contributor Mary C. Curtis discusses what’s at stake and the impact it could have. You can catch Mary C. Curtis
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CHARLOTTE, NC — President Joe Biden says all adults will be eligible to receive a covid-19 vaccine by April 19. The date is almost two weeks earlier than the previous deadline may first. The news comes as North Carolina makes vaccinations available to anyone 16 and older starting Wednesday, April 7. WCCB Political Contributor Mary C. Curtis has more.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Senate has passed the latest COVID relief bill. Next, it heads back to the House for approval, before it lands on President Biden’s desk. And the latest on COVID vaccination, as North and South Carolina enter new phases, while some states reopen without restrictions. Our political contributor, Mary C. Curtis, gives us her take in the
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — When radio ruled the airwaves “Chatty Hattie” Leeper became a prominent voice in Charlotte. She broke ground as the first black announcer in North Carolina in the 1950s. When Hattie Leeper was a young girl wondering, ‘How did they get inside that radio,’ as she listened to WGIV, 1600 on the dial, could she
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City Council okays a recommendation to rename Charlotte streets with white supremacist ties, but what those new names might be is up in the air. We’ll talk about the council discussion. Charlotte’s transit plan will need some tweaks if City Council wants to get the regional support it’s hoping for. We’ll update you about what’s
On the Local News Roundup, protesters angered by what they perceive to be a “stolen election,” engage in an act of insurrection, storming the Capitol in Washington. Four people die. The president continues to spread the lies that led to that event and some Republicans begin to distance themselves while others persist in cynical opportunism.
As the Electoral College formalizes the election of President-Elect Joe Biden and COVID-19 vaccines begin to rollout in NC and across the country, can we expect a turning point after what’s been a contentious year? We also discuss the growing trend of reparations in North Carolina with journalist Mary C. Curtis, Morrisville Town Councilman Steve
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CHARLOTTE. NC — The first COVID-19 vaccines, from Pfizer and approved by the FDA for emergency use, have been sent throughout the country, including North Carolina, where health care workers and residents of care facilities are tops of the list to receive the shot. A Moderna vaccine might get approval later this week. This is happening as the
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Friday, Dec. 11, 2020 On the next Charlotte Talks local news roundup … Gov. Roy Cooper imposes a statewide curfew of 10 p.m. beginning Friday as numbers for COVID-19 spike, and in Mecklenburg County, trends reach new highs. We’ll give a local and regional update on the coronavirus and what the new curfew means for businesses. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
