The county's frustration boils down to this: After being picked in 2016 — and signing a development agreement in 2018 — The Peebles Corporation hasn’t built a single Brooklyn Village apartment.

During Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones’ budget presentation last month, he presented a slide that showed how little the typical Charlotte household pays in property taxes and fees compared with other North Carolina cities.

Brown is a member of the Charlotte City Council, whose alleged scheme occurred just three years before her election.

Based on the interim city attorney's interpretation of North Carolina's open records laws, it’s worth theorizing how a different scenario could play out under the same reasoning.

Does Charlotte need its own “plumbers”? Democratic Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham is on board with the concept.

The near-unanimous vote was a message to Matthews Mayor John Higdon: Please stop talking and get with the program. But the bigger impact would be felt in east Charlotte.

Next year’s opportunity is favorable in part because Republican incumbent Thom Tillis is mistrusted by a significant part of the Republican base — and likely to face what could be a bruising primary.

The North Carolina GOP is considering changes that would allow the state party to explicitly back candidates during primary elections, under extraordinary circumstances.

What the numbers show — and what it could mean for North Carolina.

The promotion is fascinating on a few levels: For starters, Tariq Bokhari's new transit job coincides with Charlotte’s multibillion-dollar transit ambitions.