Early voting is open in Mecklenburg. What is on the ballot, how same-day registration works, what the transit tax funds, and how NC secures your vote, plus links to our 2025 race guides.
Council advanced stadium financing steps, leased a lay-down yard, and cleared a 4,400-seat, privately funded performance venue. No money moves until contracts are finalized and approvals are received.
Charlotte considers a 62-room non-congregate shelter with on-site care and a faith-based transitional campus. The council seeks guaranteed access to outreach, clear metrics, and contract guardrails.
A $3 million federal safety plan sparked a bigger question at City Council: should Charlotte keep paying consultants, or rebuild in-house capacity to deliver projects and keep the know-how.
When Tragedy Meets Timing Three weeks before one of Charlotte’s most consequential elections in a decade, a murder on the…
Federal shutdown hits Day 12, Charlotte debates National Guard deployment, and November elections loom. Here’s what voters need to know—and do—right now.
Charlotte’s police union asks leaders to request National Guard troops after a string of homicides and staffing shortages; officials push back, citing crime reductions and new transit patrols.
Charlotte’s FOP requested National Guard help while cutting teacher positions. A homicide, missing teen, and billionaire-funded venues reveal what the city values—and what it doesn’t.
At the Tuesday Forum, Vi Lyles and Rob Yates split on transit tax, converged on community policing, and faced Charlotte’s hardest fact: thousands of CMS students are without stable housing.
Charlotte’s transit leaders turned a tragedy into a communications disaster. Here’s the crisis management playbook they ignored—and what they should have said instead.
