Federal prosecutors and the FBI confirm an "active investigation related to" Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. That makes four separate reviews of the district: the state auditor, the SBI, the State Board of Education, and now the federal government. We break down what their one-sentence statement leaves out, including when it started, and why federal law can reach a local school district at all. Nobody has been charged. Plus: lawmakers return to Raleigh Wednesday to take up the gas tax, and Republicans now say surplus and reserves would cover road funding. The Hornets host Brooklyn tonight, and Friday is the voter registration deadline. And a new Food Lion opens Wednesday morning in the old southeast Charlotte Harris Teeter, with gift cards for the first 100 customers.

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Sources this episode: WFAE, WBTV, WSOC, WCCB, Axios Charlotte, Spectrum News, WRAL, NC Newsroom, The Assembly, The Shelby Report, U.S. Code (18 U.S.C. 666)

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