{"podcast":{"title":"Charlotte Talks With Mike Collins","slug":"charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","podcast_index_feed_id":6469304,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/charlottetalksonwfae","website_url":"https://www.wfae.org/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins","image_url":"http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/wfae/files/201802/CTtheremix.jpg","author":"WFAE","episode_count":20,"summary":"Launched in April 1998, Charlotte Talks with Mike Collins has become the region's exclusive forum for the discussion of politics, arts, culture, social issues, literature, human interest, the environment and more. If something is of interest to the Charlotte region, listeners and leaders know the topic is bound to be discussed on Charlotte Talks. Follow along: @CharlotteTalks.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T06:27:18.279193+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304"},"episode":{"title":"Local News Roundup: State budget framework; Lyles resignation fallout; Charlotte City Council pulls support for I-77; CMS budget passes","slug":"local-news-roundup-state-budget-framework-lyles-resignation-fallout-charlotte-city-council-pulls-support-for-i-77-cms-budget-passes","published_at":"2026-05-15T15:13:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/local-news-roundup-state-budget-framework-lyles-resignation-fallout-charlotte-city-council-pulls-support-for-i-77-cms-budget-passes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304","url":"https://www.wfae.org/show/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins/2026-05-14/local-news-roundup-state-budget-framework-lyles-resignation-fallout-charlotte-city-council-pulls-support-for-i-77-cms-budget-passes","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s380/audio/2026/05/ctpod20260515.mp3","summary":"Legislative leaders break the impasse on the budget. That means state employees and teachers may finally get a raise. In the race to replace Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, calls have come for a Black person to fill that slot. Charlotte City Council withdraws its support for the I-77 toll lanes, and the CMS board approves its $2.1 billion budget.","meta_description":"Legislative leaders break the impasse on the budget. That means state employees and teachers may finally get a raise. In the race to replace Charlotte May…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3014,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/episodes/local-news-roundup-state-budget-framework-lyles-resignation-fallout-charlotte-city-council-pulls-support-for-i-77-cms-budget-passes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charlotte-talks-with-mike-collins-6469304/local-news-roundup-state-budget-framework-lyles-resignation-fallout-charlotte-city-council-pulls-support-for-i-77-cms-budget-passes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}