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Decades ago in west Charlotte, the state built a highway that disrupted an established, predominantly Black neighborhood. Since then, residents have dealt with noise, stormwater and debris from the road — without clear communication about who to contact for each issue. Residents are still asking for relief.

Mecklenburg County Commissioners voted Thursday to restore some of the funding cuts to community organizations in the county manager’s proposed budget.

UNC Charlotte officials are pushing back after a conservative group called Accuracy in Media published what they say is a video that shows the school is surreptitiously pursuing banned DEI policies.

As North Carolina legislative leaders negotiate a spending plan for the next two years, they’ll have less money to work with than expected.

Attorney General Jeff Jackson and seven other states have won a court ruling permanently barring robocall scammer John Spiller from operating in the telecommunications industry.

A conservative group released what appeared to be an undercover recording of a UNC Charlotte employee saying she was covertly continuing diversity, equity and inclusion work at the university. University officials deny the claim.

ICE activity in the Charlotte region has sparked fear among immigrants. However, the impact goes beyond individual arrests and deportations, local businesses are being hurt.

CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings releases details of his settlement with the city and says he will retire at the end of the year. Ardrey Kell parents want more transparency from CMS after the principal is suspended. The Trump administration is suing North Carolina over voter registration records, and the CIAA will not bring its basketball tournaments back to Charlotte.

Ardrey Kell Principal Jamie Brooks is retiring at the end of the month. Mecklenburg County Commissioners restore some of the the funding cuts made to community organizations in the county manager's proposed budget. CATS plans to terminate the leases of six businesses inside the main bus station uptown. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signs a new "revenge porn" bill into law.

Community advocates gathered outside the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center on Tuesday to call on state leaders to better fund public schools.

Ardrey Kell Principal Jamie Brooks said in a message to families that she’s retiring, effective June 1, after being suspended with pay earlier this month.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education made another round of new principal appointments earlier this week. It comes after news that two principals in the district have been suspended.