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Mecklenburg County commissioners have cited low-performing schools and persistent racial gaps on test scores when they voted to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. They say they want to force CMS to produce a better school improvement plan. CMS leaders, meanwhile, have accused the county of mangling facts andtrying to take an oversight role that legally falls to the school board.
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Mecklenburg County officials said they expect to move more than 200 people to shelters or hotel rooms — exceeding original estimates of 150 —by the time homeless camps near uptown Charlotte are shut down Friday. And the question over whose responsibility it is to clear the camps turned contentious between the city of Charlotte and the county.
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Plans for a major redevelopment of two-blocks along North Tryon Street in uptown Charlotte have fallen apart after several partners involved couldn't…
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Mecklenburg County manager Dena Diorio has a buzzword when touting the quarter-cent sales tax: Transparency.In a recent meetings, Diorio has said -…
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Mecklenburg County officials say it will take about two years or more for all of the county’s 5,000 employees to complete required racial equity training.…
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Mecklenburg County Commissioners will consider conducting the next revaluation of residents’ property four years sooner than past re-appraisals at…
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Mecklenburg County's proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year would make significant increases in spending in most areas of the county budget:…
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Dr. Marcus Plescia has resigned as head of the Mecklenburg County Health Department, effective Aug. 4, capping off months of uncertainty about his future…
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Mecklenburg County Manager Dena Diorio says she's frustrated by accusations that the county tried to cover up big delays in telling women results of their…
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The Mecklenburg County Health Department is facing an independent review after county leaders say the department failed to notify 185 low-income women…