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City councilman Malcolm Graham was one of five Democrats who voted Monday night to recriminalize public urination, sleeping on park benches and panhandling from the median of a road. He says his vote was rooted in concern for his constituents' safety in uptown.
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With little progress on transit after almost five years, city staff at a City Council retreat outline "roads-first" ideas — but how different would a revised plan really be? Not very.
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After years of empty floors, ghostly parking decks and tumbleweed-esque sidewalks, the city of Charlotte’s economic development staff are prepping City Council members to give some kind of public assistance for uptown office tower owners. Last Monday, economic development director Tracy Dodson invited former Ballantyne real estate executive Ned Curran to talk about how work-from-home has crippled the office market.
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It's been five years since the Charlotte City Council set a goal of eliminating the use of fossil fuels in city vehicles and buildings by the end of this decade. The city is inching toward that, by adding electric vehicles and rooftop solar panels, improving energy efficiency and planning two solar farms. But officials acknowledge they won't make it, and local climate activists are pushing back.
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In October, the City Council voted unanimously to spend $30 million to support a plan to build an indoor sports complex and outdoor sports field on a nearly 30-acre part of the Eastland Mall site.
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Decades after serving a federal prison sentence, Tiawana Brown this week became the newest member of the Charlotte City Council. In her first interview with WFAE since taking office, she discusses her time in prison and her priorities for her first term.
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The Charlotte City Council started its new term last night, and in a surprise decision, council members elected Dante Anderson, a relative newcomer, as mayor pro tem.
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Some Charlotte City Council members continue to have second thoughts about the elimination single-family zoning in Charlotte, nearly six months after the new ordinance took effect.
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In Charlotte's District 6 City Council race, incumbent Republican Tariq Bokhari held off a challenge from Democrat Stephanie Hand, in a rematch that was Charlotte's only competitive council race.
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Early voting results released when the polls closed today show who is winning the races for Charlotte City Council, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board race and the $2.5 billion school construction bonds issue.