The Charlotte Mercury drops paywalls and adopts a Creative Commons BY-ND 4.0 license, betting that open reuse drives reach, trust, and civic engagement, while sponsors keep the lights on.
Waxhaw’s Kotto Paul gets 15 years after steering a $17 million loan fraud that snagged 17 banks and eight allies, federal judges say.
Gov. Josh Stein vetoes HB 96 after a late addition of a pet-shop clause; lawmakers spar over squatter relief and concerns about puppy mills in a session one vote shy of gaining override power.
Charlotte’s 2025 campaign season opens July 7 as every City Council seat—and the mayor’s gavel—go up for grabs. Filing runs only 12 days. Get in line or get left out.
Mecklenburg County liquor sales hit $71M, with tequila climbing and whiskey sinking. Tito’s still king.
SkyShow 2025 drew 12,000 to uptown Charlotte. CMPD reported no major incidents—unless you count the $5,000 in seized cash, guns, weed, and “drug paraphernalia.”
Mecklenburg’s March 2024 primary drew just 19 % of voters—about 13 % of residents—fueling the ideological edge that Bradley Tusk says is tearing national politics apart.
NC’s GOP delegation fires off fresh remarks on taxes, terror, and turf wars in Congress; here’s what they said and why it matters for Charlotte’s voters.
