The country – and North Carolina – is talking about reopening. But what will that look like? And how will we know it’s safe to reopen?

President Trump can't hold his Make America Great Again rallies with the coronavirus pandemic limiting social gatherings. But his nightly press conferences are still a way of getting air time.

Can the city of Charlotte cancel the RNC? And how have other national emergencies – like the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic – impacted our elections?

Former North Carolina Supreme Court justice Robert Orr was kicked out of the 2016 RNC for not supporting Donald Trump. Now he's planning a "shadow convention" in 2020 in Charlotte.

The RNC is supposed to have a huge economic impact on a city. But how much money is Charlotte set to gain (and lose) with the 2020 Republican National Convention? Judging by the 2012 DNC in Charlotte, it's hard to tell.

We do some compare-and-contrast between 2012, the last time Charlotte hosted a convention, and now as we’re preparing for the RNC.

How did Charlotte come to land the 2020 Republican National Convention?

It’s actually a 20-year journey, dating back to the late 1990s and two failed attempts to land national political conventions.

Let’s go back to what Charlotte was like 20 years ago.

  Charlotte’s preparing for 50,000 visitors this summer for the 2020 Republican National Convention. That brings up a number of questions: How did the little blue dot of Charlotte win the bid to host the big red conference of the RNC? How does a political convention even work? And how will it impact the city … Read More Read More