Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles declined to say whether she supports Mecklenburg County's decision to withhold $56 million from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. The county wants CMS to present a detailed plan for closing achievement gaps between white and Asian students and Black and Hispanic students.
Mecklenburg County Sheriff was ready to offer vaccine to protesters if arrested
Preparing for arrests, vaccinations By Dedrick Russell | April 23, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT - Updated April 23 at 7:00 PM
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden was planning for protests to erupt in the streets of Charlotte after the Derek Chauvin verdict. He was also preparing for multiple arrests to take place. He planned to offer vaccinations to those arrested to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
Those arrested would have been isolated and offered the Moderna vaccine. Once released, they would get instructions on how to get the second shot.
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Cabarrus and Union counties have received state approval to cut ties with Cardinal Innovations Healthcare. Cardinal coordinates behavioral health care for Medicaid recipients in 20 North Carolina counties. At least four other counties Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Stanly and Orange have also taken steps to drop Cardinal.
Cabarrus and Union will switch to using a different agency, Partners Health Management, beginning Sept. 1, according to a joint press release issued by the counties and Partners on Friday.
Steve Morris, chair of the Cabarrus Board of Commissioners, said in the release that Partners will help advance what he called the county’s goal of a safe, healthy community that provides appropriate mental health services.”
Charlotte Ordinance to Follow
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. Mecklenburg County has passed the first non-discrimination resolution since House Bill 142 (HB142), which was created in response to House Bill 2 (HB2, also known as the “bathroom bill”). Instead of addressing the fallout from HB2, Gov. Roy Cooper signed into law the aforementioned HB142. This bill made it so that local governments (including the city of Charlotte) would be unable to regulate any sort of public accommodation or employment practice for any unprotected class. Beyond LGBTQ individuals, this ordinance also negatively affected veterans, unmarried adults and the elderly. After three-and-a-half years, the ordinance recently expired in December 2020.