July 11, 2018
Numerous local elected officials – including every member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen – sign on to a letter calling on the federal government to abolish ICE.
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July 10, 2018: Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba
Diali Cissokho and Kaira Ba have a new album out, “Routes.” Diali came on Aaron’s “Live and Local” hour, along with John Westmoreland and Jonathan Henderson of Kaira Ba, to discuss the album and play two songs live in studio.
Read MoreJuly 10, 2018
WCHL news director Blake Hodge reports live from the Orange County Board of Elections meeting in Hillsborough – where board members deadlocked on whether to allow early voting on Sundays, and ultimately reached no decision at all.
Read MoreJuly 6, 2018
A UNC journalism student launches a study of LGBTQ youths in the criminal justice system; an ECU student launches a school-supply drive through the local YMCA.
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June 26, 2018: Refugee Support Center
The global refugee crisis is getting worse, and our federal government isn’t making it better. What’s going on, what do refugees face, and what can we do locally to help? Aaron Keck speaks with Flicka Bateman of the Refugee Support Center.
Read MoreJune 25, 2018: ACEs
Alexandra Morris of KidSCope joins Aaron to discuss a major public health breakthrough: the discovery of the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), and what can be done to address that impact.
Read MoreJune 21, 2018: Immigration
Aaron speaks with Lynn Calder, a Raleigh-based immigration attorney, about the ongoing family-separation crisis at the border and the larger legal issues faced by immigrants already living in the U.S. under the Trump administration.
Read MoreJune 18, 2018
Bill Petty reports live from Omaha, where the Tar Heels are about to get under way in the College World Series (if it’ll ever stop raining!).
Read MoreJune 13, 2018
As local officials hoped, the General Assembly’s “technical corrections” bill tweaked the new budget’s language to reopen the door for the Durham/Orange light rail project.
Read MoreJune 12, 2018
Officials break ground on the big renovation at Chapel Hill High School, and UNC coaches Mike Fox and Roy Williams address the media.
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