This week on the Friday News Roundup…
The PGA has been here all week– officials have praised Quail Hollow and the red carpet treatment Charlotte has given the Championship. Despite the rain, we’re rumored to be getting good grades from PGA leadership as a host city.
This week, the Citizens Review Board looked in on CMPD’s internal exoneration of the officer who shot Keith Lamont Scott nearly a year ago, spending days of testimony behind closed doors.
The budget has been approved for CMS with teacher and principal salary raises topping the list of highlights. What did and didn’t make it into this year’s plan?
Governor Cooper was in town this week to announce the expansion of Allstate Insurance Company to Charlotte, which will bring 2250 jobs to the Queen City.
Mike Collins and our panel of Roundup Reporters fill us in on those stories and the rest of the week’s top local stories.
Guests:
Tom Bullock, WFAE Reporter.
Katie Peralta, Reporter for The Charlotte Observer.
Erik Spanberg, senior staff writer at the Charlotte Business Journal.
Mary C.Curtis, columnist at Roll Call and a contributor to other publications including WCCB News Rising and NBCBLK.
