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A six-week budget standoff between Mecklenburg County commissioners and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board over $56 million is over. The county agreed to give the district the money — along with an extra $11 million.

The Charlotte City Council and mayor are likely to get four or five months added to their two-year terms because of U.S. Census Bureau delays in reporting data. The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board? Some will likely get an extra year to their four-year terms. Why the disparity?

This week marks 50 years since the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education case that required an end to school segregation in the area. We take a look back at the aftermath of that decision and its reversal.

Because of the delays with the census, the city of Charlotte and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools are unsure if their elections can be held in the fall as scheduled.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board meets Tuesday to hear plans for bringing students back to in-person classes next week. Superintendent Earnest Winston said Friday he's ready to recommend staying the course the board set in mid-January, but plenty of questions still remain.

The U.S. Census Bureau said Wednesday that the data used for redistricting may not be released until the end of July. That data will be used to draw districts, and could leave the city of Charlotte and Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board with a difficult choice: Press ahead with elections with old maps? Or delay elections until 2022?

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted Tuesday to return K-12 students to all-remote learning from Dec. 14 to Jan. 15. Officials say they hope the break from in-person classes provides some protection from community spread of COVID-19.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will open next month in a way that comes as a surprise to parents and teachers because it wasn't either of the options that…

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will provide the first public preview of reopening plans today, though there won't be a decision on which path to follow.The…

In this era of social distance and working from home, almost everyone has experienced bad moments in virtual meetings. If you're lucky, not many people…