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The Charlotte City Council has has delayed a vote on a $50 million contract to begin preliminary work on a new light rail line until results from the proposed arts-and-parks…
At Monday’s meeting, the Charlotte City Council will vote on a $50 million contract that would begin preliminary work on a 26-mile light rail line running from Matthews to Belmont.…
On Tuesday, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CMS) school board passed the “Municipal Concerns Act of 2018.” It is a stunningly brazen document. As Jim Morrill of the Charlotte Observer explains, What the…
The Charlotte/Mecklenburg public school system serves 140,000 kids. And that can make parents feel they’re constantly living with the possibility of redistricting, and that their children may fall between the…
Per the Charlotte Observer: After nearly two decades of discussion, the Charlotte Area Transit System has selected a route for the Silver Line – a proposed light-rail line running along…
Per the Charlotte Observer: The North Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles has denied Tesla Motors’ application to sell its electric cars at a new store near Charlotte. State law says…
The Limits of Local Government
That really is the underlying issue in this UPoR story describing the transit agency’s attempts to come up with a plan for a light rail line from Uptown Charlotte to…
The Insider’s Patrick Gannon has a column out on Bob Rucho, who recently announced that he won’t be seeking reelection next year. Gannon’s piece begins: If you pay attention to…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals has affirmed a trial court’s ruling against Matthews in a condemnation case involving use of the town’s eminent domain power.…
According to a North Carolina based real-estate company, Movoto, they have compiled a ranking of the top ten places to retire in North Carolina. They only chose cities with a…
A unanimous three-judge panel of the N.C. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower-court ruling against the Learning Center Charter School in its funding dispute with the Cherokee County school board.…