The N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a ruling against challengers of a repealed law affecting Mecklenburg County judges.
Published: Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022 @ 2:42 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
Beaufort County's Commissioners, by virtue of the Police Committee, began to investigate the possibilities of whether a county police force would be viable as a supplement to a smaller Sheriff's office.
Published: Tuesday, January 18th, 2022 @ 11:47 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools continues to come under fire for how it has handled allegations from students who say they were sexually assaulted on campus.
Published: Tuesday, November 16th, 2021 @ 2:50 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
Summer “Summertime” Kayla Renee Jefferson, 22, a resident of Washington, passed away unexpectedly on Tuesday, June. 8, 2021, in Mecklenburg County.
Published: Monday, June 14th, 2021 @ 11:32 am
By: Announcements
|
Governor Cooper Visits Mecklenburg County Vaccine Clinic Where Summer Cash Card Program Is in EffectMecklenburg County is one of four counties participating in NC DHHS $25 cash card vaccine incentive pilot program
Published: Sunday, June 13th, 2021 @ 1:05 am
By: Governor's Office
|
Credit Karma to add 600 new jobs and $13 million investment
Published: Thursday, June 3rd, 2021 @ 1:34 am
By: Governor's Office
|
As the Carolina Panthers prepare to switch from natural grass to FieldTurf this fall for the 2021 season, construction crews are now hard at work removing grass and soil from the playing surface in Bank of America Stadium.
Published: Wednesday, May 26th, 2021 @ 5:56 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
|
Visit emphasizes efforts to continue vaccination progress, expand reach in underserved communities
Published: Tuesday, May 11th, 2021 @ 1:25 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Robinhood will invest $11 million in Charlotte
Published: Tuesday, March 30th, 2021 @ 2:08 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
County boards of elections in Forsyth, Guilford and Mecklenburg counties will resume recounts on Monday in the North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice contest.
Published: Thursday, November 26th, 2020 @ 9:43 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
I spent several days with three students who are, by mandate from the governor and the Mecklenburg County school board, learning at home.
Published: Sunday, October 11th, 2020 @ 11:55 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
The following is a statement from Karen Brinson Bell, executive director of the North Carolina State Board of Elections
Published: Sunday, September 20th, 2020 @ 11:36 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Retirement Clearinghouse to invest over $4 million in Charlotte
Published: Friday, August 14th, 2020 @ 3:51 am
By: Governor's Office
|
In the course of covering Gov. Roy Cooper’s nightmare back to school plans, Civitas has been surveying and collecting responses from parents about the possibility of their children returning to school on a part-time basis
Published: Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 @ 1:04 pm
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Fast-Growing Healthcare Enterprise Will Invest More than $1 Billion in Mecklenburg County
Published: Wednesday, July 1st, 2020 @ 1:28 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Charlotte’s Arts & Science Council went to the people of Mecklenburg County last fall to get a quarter-cent sales tax increase.
Published: Sunday, June 21st, 2020 @ 8:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
It was a beautiful morning yesterday, and I got out on my bike to take a little spin.
Published: Monday, April 6th, 2020 @ 7:27 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|
On Thursday, February 27, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf will visit the Charlotte area to tour the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections facility and have a discussion with state and local elections officials on security of the 2020 election.
Published: Wednesday, February 26th, 2020 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Mecklenburg County voters on Tuesday rejected a local quarter cent sales tax hike sold as a way to raise funds for area art projects and parks.
Published: Sunday, November 17th, 2019 @ 6:45 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
A lot of attention in the aftermath of elections on November 5 focused on nationalizing voting trends in Virginia and Kentucky.
Published: Friday, November 15th, 2019 @ 10:34 am
By: Civitas Insitute
|
Mecklenburg County voters rejected a plan to raise the sales tax to fund arts and parks.
Published: Tuesday, November 12th, 2019 @ 1:15 am
By: Carolina Journal
|
Microsoft Corp. (NYSE: MSFT), a technology company, will create 430 new jobs in Mecklenburg County, Governor Roy Cooper announced today.
Published: Sunday, October 27th, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Twelve years ago, the General Assembly gave counties the option to ask residents if they wanted more government spending. The county commissioners’ response this year in Mecklenburg? Spend an extra $50 million on the arts and parks.
Published: Thursday, October 17th, 2019 @ 7:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
|
Earlier this evening, the Mecklenburg County GOP Executive Committee voted to fill the state Senate seat vacated by now-Congressman Dan Bishop with former state House Representative Rob Bryan.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2019 @ 4:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
Governor Roy Cooper signed a state disaster declaration for Catawba, Mecklenburg and surrounding counties
Published: Friday, July 5th, 2019 @ 1:06 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murder of Kevin Antonio Calderon Rodas, age 7, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Published: Monday, April 1st, 2019 @ 7:27 pm
By: Daniel Bunting
|
A Mecklenburg County grand jury on Monday indicted former state Rep. Rodney Moore of Charlotte on nine felony charges in connection with the filing of false campaign finance disclosure reports from 2011 to 2015.
Published: Wednesday, March 20th, 2019 @ 5:15 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
|
AvidXchange, a leading fintech provider of accounts payable (AP) and payment automation solutions for midsize companies, will expand its Charlotte headquarters, creating 1,229 jobs, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Wednesday, December 19th, 2018 @ 12:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
LendingTree, Inc., which operates the leading online loan marketplace, will expand its headquarters in Mecklenburg County, creating 436 new jobs by the end of 2023, Governor Roy Cooper announced today
Published: Friday, December 7th, 2018 @ 3:51 pm
By: Governor's Office
|
Natasha Marcus of Davidson hopes to help fellow Democrats break the Republicans' supermajority hold in the N.C. Senate, but to do so she has to foil incumbent Republican Jeffrey Tarte's bid for a fourth term in Senate District 41
Published: Thursday, November 1st, 2018 @ 1:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
North Carolina's two most-populous counties, Mecklenburg and Wake, are home to about 21 percent of the state's population and 28 percent of its jobs. Over the past four years, about 45 percent of the state's net new jobs were created in either Mecklenburg or Wake
Published: Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018 @ 10:48 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Everyone loves lists, and the internet age now has us addicted to them - the top-five greatest tennis grand-slam finals between left-handers, the top 10 best-looking spouses of celebrity chefs, etc.
Published: Monday, July 30th, 2018 @ 11:44 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
House Bill 514/Session Law 2018-3 would allow four Mecklenburg County municipalities – Cornelius, Huntersville, Matthews, and Mint Hill – to undertake the charter school application process and, if successful, operate charter schools with their jurisdictions
Published: Friday, June 8th, 2018 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
|
Democrats and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools officials are claiming a bill allowing municipalities to create charter schools would only lead to financial complications and legal conundrums
Published: Thursday, May 24th, 2018 @ 9:07 am
By: John Locke Foundation
|