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Each week, WCNC Charlotte's Ben Thompson moderates a conversation with newsmakers and community leaders about politics in Charlotte - and across North Carolina and South Carolina.

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Each week, WCNC Charlotte's Ben Thompson moderates a conversation with newsmakers and community leaders about politics in Charlotte - and across North Carolina and South Carolina.

    'Smooth sailing' expected as NC sports betting launches

    'Smooth sailing' expected as NC sports betting launches

    On WCNC's Flashpoint, operators and the state appear poised for Monday's rollout.

    • 20 min
    NC election director says new state law will delay Election Day results

    NC election director says new state law will delay Election Day results

    Political observers are used to watching election results come in at the close of polls at 7:30 p.m. but things will be different on Tuesday for North Carolina's Primary. It's all because a new state law prohibits election boards from tabulating early voting ballots until after polls close.

    • 20 min
    Renewed push for hate crimes legislation in SC

    Renewed push for hate crimes legislation in SC

    Nine years after the mass shooting at Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston killed nine Black parishioners, South Carolina still doesn't have any hate crime legislation on the books.
    "It's going to take strong leadership, people would backbone, willing to do what's right," State. Rep. Wendell Gilliard said on WCNC's Flashpoint.  

    • 20 min
    NC Attorney General Josh Stein warns against 'rehashing culture wars' in governor's race

    NC Attorney General Josh Stein warns against 'rehashing culture wars' in governor's race

    "It's not the way we should lead. We've actually been down this path before here in North Carolina, and we paid in immense economic costs," Stein, North Carolina Attorney General, said on WCNC's Flashpoint. 
    Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, who is also running for governor, suggested at a campaign event in Cary this month that transgender women should be arrested if they use women's restrooms. At an event in Greenville, Robinson they should "find a corner outside somewhere to go" to the bathroom.

    • 20 min
    City, state leaders working behind the scenes to find 'common ground' on transit plan

    City, state leaders working behind the scenes to find 'common ground' on transit plan

    Nearly four years after the Charlotte MOVES Task Force first recommended a multi-billion dollar transit plan to city council, casual observers might wonder if any progress has been made. 
    City and state leaders have occasionally made news by weighing in on the plan but, so far, the plan's promise of transit, trail and road expansion has made little public progress.
    "It's not that nothing has happened. I think we underestimated all the work that was going to be needed," Councilman Ed Driggs, who chairs the city's transportation, planning and development, said on WCNC Charlotte's Flashpoint.
    Read more here: Leaders working to find common ground on NC transit plan | wcnc.com

    • 20 min
    Group aims to increase Black voter turnout after 'precipitous drop'

    Group aims to increase Black voter turnout after 'precipitous drop'

    The Charlotte Black Voter Project is working to turn around a recent trend at the polls: A "precipitous drop" in Black voter turnout.
    "In 2023, you had over 200,000 Black registrants in Mecklenburg County and only 71,000 Black voters cast their ballot," Colette Forrest, the group's founder, said on WCNC's Flashpoint.  
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