Steve Harrison
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A gerrymandering expert hired by the League of Conservation Voters said a congressional map that favors Republicans in nine of 14 U.S. House seats from North Carolina would happen more than 70% of the time.
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North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy Cohen expects more than 10,000 new daily COVID-19 infections in the state by January. She said she doesn't know how that will impact hospitalizations because the variant is believed to be less severe than the delta variant, which plagued the health care system this summer.
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Mecklenburg state Sen. Jeff Jackson dropped out of the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Thursday morning.
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Phillip Adams shot and killed six people in York County, South Carolina, in April, authorities said. The ex-NFL player's brain was tested for chronic encephalopathy, or CTE. On Tuesday, the county coroner's office and an expert from Boston University confirmed the diagnosis.
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The midterm primaries for North Carolina's U.S. Senate seat, 14 U.S. House seats and 170 legislative seats have been moved from March until May by the state Supreme Court due to voting map lawsuits.
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The North Carolina Supreme Court has delayed the state’s planned March 8 primary until May so state courts can review lawsuits claiming illegal gerrymandering.
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Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a light rail maintenance facility for the Charlotte Area Transit System on Thursday, touting the Biden administration's new $1.2 trillion infrastructure law.
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Stephanie Sneed challenged Carol Sawyer for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board four years ago and lost. Sneed is concerned after the school board voted for a new political map that removes Sneed's precinct from Sawyer's district. Sawyer is responsible for drawing the map.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools leaders say lives were at stake when they held back on in-person school last year. But some researchers say schools were safe.
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Analysis: Charlotte leaders want to redesign streets to save lives. At the current pace, that will take hundreds of years.