On the next Charlotte Talks Local News Roundup:
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board voted this week to end its indoor mask mandate effective March 7. We’ll talk about what school board members and superintendent Earnest Winston had to say.
Redistricting is once again in the news as a three-judge panel decided the fate of the newly proposed political maps this week. We’ll discuss what the changes will mean for Charlotte and beyond.
Charlotte City council okays a pair of rezoning petitions that were the subject of debate earlier in the year.
Authorities have identified a suspect in the shooting death of Charlotte Area Transit System bus driver Ethan Rivera on Feb. 11. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police said the incident involved road rage and has sparked conversation about safety for bus drivers. We’ll give an update.
And three Charlotte area-athletes make a splash at the NBA All-Star Game and in the Daytona 500.
Mike Collins and our roundtable of reporters delve into those stories and all the week’s top local and regional news on the Charlotte Talks local news roundup.
Guests:
- Ann Doss Helms, WFAE Education Reporter
- Erik Spanberg, managing editor for the Charlotte Business Journal
- Nick Ochsner, WBTV’s Executive Producer for Investigations & Chief Investigative Reporter
- Mary C. Curtis, columnist for Rollcall.com, host of the Rollcall podcast “Equal Time”
