Local Government
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Council Quickies: Updates on Supportive Housing, New Transit Authority
Charlotte City Council met Monday night for an action review update on two topics the body had previously been briefed on, followed by a quick business meeting. On the Agenda: Supportive Housing Update Metropolitan Public Transportation Authority Update BofA Stadium Music Venue Supportive Housing Update Last week, we reported on…
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Center City Leaders Discuss Public Safety Measures in Uptown
City leaders held a press conference Wednesday to discuss initiatives being carried out by the Center City Public Safety Task Force, implemented in late July to address concerns about crime and safety in Uptown. The group is composed of leaders in business, local government, health care, CMPD and the nonprofit…
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Council Quickies: Noble’s Involvement Raises Concerns for Dream Center Proposal
Charlotte City Council gathered Monday night to review what was discussed during a day full of committee meetings but also to hear from city staff about new affordable housing proposals that could be funded by the city’s Housing Trust Fund. Those proposals included two supportive housing and shelter facilities, one…
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5 Things to Know: Local Leaders Respond to FOP’s National Guard Request
Local Leaders Respond to FOP’s National Guard Request The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #9, a union representing local police officers that does not speak for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department itself, released a formal notice on Thursday calling for Mayor Vi Lyles and Gov. Josh Stein to request federal…
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Sheriff’s Office Settles Lawsuit Over Forced Hijab Removal for Mugshots
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Thursday that their legal team reached a settlement with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) over the removal of a Muslim woman’s hijab for a booking photo at Mecklenburg County Detention Center Central (MCDCC). The deal includes a monetary settlement along with an…
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Council Quickies: Policing on the Light Rail
Charlotte City Council gathered Monday night for a public forum and business meeting. Much of the discussion revolved around safety and policing on the light rail on the one-month anniversary of Iryna Zarutska’s murder, which made national headlines in the weeks that followed. With many public forum speakers addressing crime…
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Council Quickies: High-Rise Hotel Proposed in South End
Charlotte City Council held a quick zoning meeting on Monday night, coming in under the two-hour mark. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able to present their plans, residents are able…
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How Iryna Zarutska’s Killing Sparked a National Outrage
It happened at a slow boil. The first reports of Iryna Zarutska’s tragic murder came from a police report in which the victim was not named, nor were many details provided. “On Friday, August 22, shortly before 10 p.m., officers responded to an Assault with a Deadly Weapon call for…
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Election Results: Two Incumbents Fall in Council Primaries
The results are in from Tuesday’s primaries, giving a clearer picture at what the next Charlotte City Council will look like when members are sworn in on Dec. 1. While two of Tuesday’s winners will now officially join uncontested incumbents Malcolm Graham and Ed Driggs on the next council body,…
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ESSAY: How to Help Working-Class Communities Rise
Sometimes life is preparing us to become something and we don’t even know it. I spent my earliest years in New Jersey. When I was about 6 years old, I moved to Jamaica to live with my grandparents. If that wasn’t culture shock enough, I moved back to the US…
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Claims Over Conflicts of Interest Latest Point of Contention in D5 Race
A town hall debate between Charlotte City Council District 5 candidates Marjorie Molina and Juan Diego “JD” Mazuera Arias on Aug. 7 saw the opposing candidates expressing their differences on stage for over an hour without much contention. The final question of the debate asked each candidate to name what…
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Council Quickies: CATS Officials Address Safety on Public Transit
Charlotte City Council held committee discussions on Tuesday night, but rather than hear from board chairs, most of the meeting centered on a public safety presentation by CATS interim CEO Brent Cagle. The presentation came in the wake of the Aug. 22 murder of Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee…
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Council Quickies: CATS Safety, Affordable Housing and Historic Landmarks
Charlotte City Council held a quick public forum and business meeting on Monday night, continuing a new model that began this month in which council does not hear action review presentations before the meeting but rather discusses whatever issues are on their mind with the city manager and each other…
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A Guide to Charlotte City Council’s 2025 Primary Elections
Thursday marked the start of early voting for Charlotte-Mecklenburg’s 2025 primary elections, which are likely to be the deciding elections in many of this year’s races due to the heavy Democratic majority in the county. Find primary early voting times and locations around Charlotte on this map and calendar. Early…
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Council Quickies: Mission City Housing Proposal Faces Opposition
Charlotte City Council held its first monthly zoning meeting since returning from the summer recess on Monday night. Zoning meetings are split into two parts: zoning decisions, in which they vote on whether to approve or deny petitions; and hearings, during which developers are able to present their plans, residents…
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5 Things to Know: Colleagues Respond to Cunningham’s Anti-Immigrant Comments
Colleagues Respond to Cunningham’s Anti-Immigrant Comments Fellow lawmakers and party reps are speaking out against comments made by Democratic NC Rep. Carla Cunningham on the chamber floor on Tuesday before she voted to override Gov. Josh Stein’s veto of House Bill 318, known as The Criminal Illegal Alien Enforcement Act.…
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