Mayor Vi Lyles

A sharp look at Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles’ abrupt resignation, her transportation and housing legacy, uptown’s decline and what her exit means for the 2027 mayor’s race.

Charlotte City Council members and community leaders have questioned privately whether Vi Lyles will finish her fifth term as mayor.

The Charlotte City Council swore in three new members Monday: Kimberly Owens, JD Mazuera Arias and Joi Mayo.

The Charlotte City Council hired the law firm Cranfill Sumner to investigate City Council member Victoria Watlington's comments made in an email.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles on Tuesday easily won the Democratic primary, getting 71% of the vote against four opponents. That’s a rout. But the results also showed some softening of support compared to her three previous primaries, when she got 85%, 84% and 87%.

Brown and her two adult daughters were indicted in May for allegedly fraudulently receiving $124,000 in COVID-19 relief loans in 2021.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles is a heavy favorite to win reelection this fall.

About 170 people attended a workshop in Charlotte Thursday on how to apply for federal tax breaks and grants for clean energy projects to address climate change. It was the first of a nationwide series that parallels local visits by Biden administration officials to promote funding through the Inflation Reduction Act and the bipartisan infrastructure law.

On the February installment of "Mike and the Mayor," Vi Lyles discusses the latest on the proposed transportation sales tax increase, work on a nondiscrimination ordinance and the pushback City Council has received over the Greg Phipps appointment.

Mayor Vi Lyles starts the year presiding over a very busy Charlotte City Council faced with questions involving not only the city but council, itself. We’ll go through all that and get her reaction to what happened last week in Washington, D.C.