Charlotte

Local News Roundup: Early voting begins in Mecklenburg; Possible new life for the Red Line; Social District vote Monday; Mecklenburg Commissioners support Israel

Featured at WFAE /

Early in-person voting started this week in Charlotte, just a few weeks before Election Day on November 7. What races will bring you to the polls? Be sure to bring your ID. As President Biden visited Israel this week, Mecklenburg County Commissioners passed a resolution to support Israel and condemn terrorism. Charlotte City Council’s vote […]

Local News Roundup: Early voting begins in Mecklenburg; Possible new life for the Red Line; Social District vote Monday; Mecklenburg Commissioners support Israel Read More »

Local News Roundup: NC’s Patrick McHenry is interim Speaker of the House; CMPD and City Council talk ‘quality of life’ offenses; City works on response about CATS changes

Featured at WFAE /

In the aftermath of the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, North Carolina’s Patrick McHenry of Lincoln County, is now the interim House Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. We’ll talk about the role North Carolina’s delegates played in this week’s historical political vote. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police told City Council this week that it supports

Local News Roundup: NC’s Patrick McHenry is interim Speaker of the House; CMPD and City Council talk ‘quality of life’ offenses; City works on response about CATS changes Read More »

Local News Roundup: CMS complies with NC Parents’ Bill of Rights; Fentanyl overdoses are up; Mark Robinson speaks in Charlotte; Panthers prepare to host Detroit

Featured at WFAE /

This week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools became one of the first North Carolina school systems to comply with the new North Carolina Parents’ Bill of Rights. We’ll hear parent reactions and get an update on “back to school” since CMS starts classes on Monday. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says overdose deaths in Mecklenburg County have gone up 20%

Local News Roundup: CMS complies with NC Parents’ Bill of Rights; Fentanyl overdoses are up; Mark Robinson speaks in Charlotte; Panthers prepare to host Detroit Read More »

Local News Roundup: COVID-19 numbers rise; City Council recommends esports venue for Eastland Yards; CATS Gold Line changes; Beyoncé in Charlotte

Featured at WFAE /

COVID-19 numbers are on the rise in the area as cases and hospitalization numbers in the county are on a slight uptick. Charlotte City Council’s Economic Development Committee votes to back a proposal for a new proposal at the Eastland Mall site that would bring esports, a concert venue and soccer fields. We’ll bring you

Local News Roundup: COVID-19 numbers rise; City Council recommends esports venue for Eastland Yards; CATS Gold Line changes; Beyoncé in Charlotte Read More »

Local News Roundup: Elyse Dashew will not seek another term as CMS Board Chair; City Council rejects zoning petitions in a rare move; LYNX Blue Line repair price tag doubles

Featured at WFAE /

The Charlotte Area Transit System’s new price tag for repairs to the LYNX Blue Line is nearly $60 million. That’s almost double the original estimated cost discussed this spring. In addition, that work will take longer. Mayor Vi Lyles cast a rare tiebreaking vote Monday night at City Council. After a testy discussion and several

Local News Roundup: Elyse Dashew will not seek another term as CMS Board Chair; City Council rejects zoning petitions in a rare move; LYNX Blue Line repair price tag doubles Read More »

Local News Roundup: CATS Bus driver strike averted; naming rights proposed to generate money for city; pioneering judge Shirley Fulton dies at 71

Featured at WFAE /

A strike by Charlotte Area Transit System bus drivers is averted and discussions begin regarding a new deal with the drivers’ union this week. In addition, CATS will look for a new company to run the bus system. We’ll dig into details and hear what Interim CATS CEO Brent Cagle said to city council’s transportation

Local News Roundup: CATS Bus driver strike averted; naming rights proposed to generate money for city; pioneering judge Shirley Fulton dies at 71 Read More »

The fight over faith in politics: Which faith? Whose values?

Featured at Roll Call /

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a Colorado church early this summer, one of that state’s Republican representatives, House member Lauren Boebert, spoke, as she always does, with definitive conviction: “The church is supposed to direct the government. The government is not supposed to direct the church. … I’m tired of this separation of church and state

The fight over faith in politics: Which faith? Whose values? Read More »

Local News Roundup: Bomb threats and lockdowns at schools throughout the region; Actors Theatre to close; Gaston County Schools payroll problem continues; CATS drivers vote on agreement

Featured at WFAE /

CATS drivers vote on a new contract this week that would get them “significant pay raises”. The tentative agreement could make a positive change for the drivers and the problems CATS has been experiencing with a bus driver shortage for the last several months. We’ll dig into the details of the first vote. Actors Theatre

Local News Roundup: Bomb threats and lockdowns at schools throughout the region; Actors Theatre to close; Gaston County Schools payroll problem continues; CATS drivers vote on agreement Read More »

Local News Roundup: Charlotte weighs housing initiatives; COVID cases could rise again

Featured at WFAE /

A local expert says that cases of COVID-19 in North Carolina will increase in the next few weeks. We talk about the prediction and what doctors are saying. The Charlotte City Council is working on plans to provide more affordable housing in the city. We take a look at several projects on the table, and what kind

Local News Roundup: Charlotte weighs housing initiatives; COVID cases could rise again Read More »

EQUALibrium: A public conversation on race and equity in Charlotte

Featured at WFAE /

Eight years ago in 2014, Charlotte ranked 50 out of 50 of the nation’s largest metro areas in an upward mobility study from Harvard and the University of California-Berkeley. . The “Land of Opportunity” study painted a bleak outlook for Charlotte’s poorest residents, but served as a wake up call for city officials and community

EQUALibrium: A public conversation on race and equity in Charlotte Read More »

Scroll to Top