ELECTIONS GUIDE: Full Voters and Election Guide FAQ: Know Before You Go to Polls NC Overview SC Overview
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Drive through one Charlotte neighborhood this week and you may encounter a huge wall of pumpkins. The "Great Pumpkin Wall" is an annual tradition for families living in Elizabeth. And, this year, it celebrates its 20th anniversary.
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CHARLOTTE TALKS WITH MIKE COLLINS
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Anthony Crider/Wikimedia CommonsA look at what it means to be a fascist, whether candidates for president meet that definition, and what the language means for the future of our democracy. -
By now, you’ve probably boned up on all the candidates in this election, but how much do you know about the constitutional amendment or the three bond referenda you’ll be voting on? The constitutional amendment doesn’t appear to be controversial, but it is. And the referenda may or may not put transportation and road improvements on a fast track.
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LOCAL NEWS
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Residents in nearby Lancaster, York and Chester counties will decide whether to approve nearly $1 billion in bonds combined across three school districts’ ballot referendums. -
The multimillion-dollar project will focus on the Town of Nags Head and could improve the area’s storm response. -
The Cartner Christmas Tree Farm was chosen by the White House for being the grand champions of a national competition. Located in western North Carolina, the farm experienced some damage to its trees by Helene. -
North Carolina is now halfway through the early, in-person voting period, which ends at 3 p.m. on Nov. 2. About 40% of the expected voters have already cast ballots. Here’s what stands out so far. -
After-school activities will still be suspended Monday and Tuesday. -
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed the state’s second Helene relief package into law Friday. The $604 million bill includes funding to help schools and colleges recover from the storm.
NATION & WORLD
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Landon Bryant is a social media star who explains the South to the rest of the world in a way that gets Southerners nodding and laughing. -
This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson talks to Patrick Davis, host of the new series “Southern Songwriters With Patrick Davis” on public TV stations nationwide. Davis brings in some of Nashville’s best to share songs and stories, and mixes in history from his home state of South Carolina.
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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