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For most local governments, budget negotiations are underway, as elected officials hash out details, and figure out what that means for their bottom lines. In our latest edition of Ask a Journalist, WHQR’s Ben Schachtman and Kelly Kenoyer answer the question: what’s going on with local taxes?
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On today's show, Lucas Thomae from Carolina Public Press talks about 'wandering officers,' who are fired or resign under suspicion — only to pop up at another agency later. And a conversation with Republican State Auditor Dave Boliek about his vision for the office, applying AI to government audits, and his promise to keep politics out of the job.
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- No charges for fired NHCSO detective, DA says office could reconsider with stronger evidence
- Church World Services launches new campaign after last year's mass layoffs
- Living Hope Day Center changes lives, but now its future is uncertain
- The Endowment puts entrepreneurial ecosystem assessment on hold
- Living Hope Day Center in dire straits, seeks help from community
- Driver accused of severing child's leg in hit-and-run incident gets $31-million bond
- New Hanover County commissioners take next step in $320.5 million school bond process
- Sunday Edition: An Unusual Majority
- New Hanover County Schools Superintendent Dr. Chris Barnes on enrollment, upcoming budget
- Leland passes $50 million budget
- Quarterly Economic Update: Sticky inflation, high gas prices, and housing shifts toward a buyer's market
Culture / Arts / Inside HQR
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Beth Crookham & The People
- Commentary: "280th Anniversary of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's Defeat" Alan Sturrock
- Commentary: Gary Trawick "Lee's Surrender"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Cape Fear Swing Dance Society
- Commentary: Gary Trawick “Hope for the Future”
- Lanatria Brackett Ellis on her unique blend of fashion, entrepreneurship, and storytelling.
- "Neighboring: Using Art to Bring Communities Together"
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Susan Habas and Make A Difference Art Show
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Anna Lena Phillips Bell
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: Beth Ann Bryant-Richards
- Soup to Nuts Live! Featuring Kelly Zullo
- Around Town with Rhonda Bellamy: The cast of "To Kill A Mocking Bird"
Evenings on 92.7fm Classical HQR
National News
- Veterans and military families protest Iran war on Capitol Hill
- After 2 failed votes, Mike Johnson unveils new plan to extend key U.S. spy powers
- Congress wants to stop corporations from buying up too many single family homes
- Trump administration eases rules on some marijuana categories
- Here's how rescheduling medical cannabis might affect consumers
- Two widows share how a park bench brought them together
- 2 young people arrested in alleged plot to attack Houston synagogue
- U.S. soldier charged with using classified information to bet on Maduro's removal
- Trump administration moves to reschedule medical marijuana
- Stolen book of John Keats' love letters are returned to their rightful owner
State News
- FEMA works to clear “backlog” of reimbursements for NC, releases $260 million
- Influential Black Political Caucus member criticizes Charlotte City Council over I-77 toll lanes
- Last-minute state proposal would cut Forsyth officials’ terms to two years
- WS/FCS superintendent highlights progress at State of Education event
- Drought deepens across North Carolina, Charlotte region among hardest hit
- CMS Board to hold emergency meeting on modifying school calendar ahead of Raleigh protest
- Greensboro to host landlord meeting for new housing initiative
- As tourism season approaches, work intensifies to preserve and protect the state’s wild horses
- Drought brings river levels low, slows Hurricane Helene cleanup efforts
- NC House, Senate advance Medicaid compromise legislation
