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A new mayor pro tem for City Council as the mayor and other City Council members are sworn in. Details emerge about the investigation into NC Senator Richard Burr’s stock sales and the Panthers’ season opener is Sunday. These stories and more with guest host Erik Spanberg and a panel of journalists.
Macy joins Charlotte Talks to discuss her new book "Raising Lazarus." It looks at the latest waves of the opioid epidemic and where the effort to hold those accountable stands. Macy also wrote "Dopesick," which was turned into a miniseries on Hulu.
School in session at CMS but plans on going back even earlier next year. State test scores are out. Stephen Curry becomes a Davidson graduate and is celebrated around the region. And, Duke Energy rates are rising 10% in western and central North Carolina. Mike Collins and a roundtable of reporters discuss those stories and more.
A federal judge reinstates North Carolina’s 20-week abortion ban while South Carolina’s Supreme Court stops a near-total abortion ban from going into effect. Charlotte F.C. decides on a headquarters location and the City Council moves closer to a possible social district. Mike Collins and local journalists break down these and other stories from the week's news.
How did we get to the Republican Party of today? Washington Post political columnist Dana Milbank draws a 25-year through-line from Newt Gingrich to Donald Trump in his book “The Destructionists.”