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On the Local News Roundup: Mecklenburg County keeps its mask mandate in place. Vaccines for children 5 to 11 could be coming next week. Charlotte City Council begins looking for ways to finance the transit plan. Can you say one-cent sales tax? And CMS students get a surprise day off.
On the Local News Roundup: months after being suspended following complaints from students and parents about how allegations of sexual assault have been handled, the principal at Myers Park High School is reassigned. Charlotte City Council takes its first look at what will be a topic of conversation for many months — the Unified Development Ordinance — and the rate of nursing home staff vaccinations are reportedly low.
Tensions on City Council remain high over the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, while the disagreement over funding between Mecklenburg County commissioners and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools goes to mediation. Panthers owner David Tepper blows the top off any future stadium. And Gov. Roy Cooper offers more COVID-19 vaccine incentives.
The Republican Party of Virginia's State Convention vote in Chesterfield and Colonial Heights Outside The Meadow Event Park in Doswell on Saturday, the line of snaking cars carrying delegates coming to vote in the GOPâs state convention easily topped 100 â a flow that held steady for hours. It was one of 39 voting locations where Virginia Republicans cast ballots in the bitter and crowded nominating contests that will determine the partyâs statewide ballot â most importantly, its nominee for governor. Turnout estimates were in flux Saturday afternoon, but a whopping 54,000...
The Republican Party of Virginia's State Convention vote in Chesterfield and Colonial Heights RICHMONDâOutside the Meadow Event Park in Doswell on Saturday, the line of snaking cars carrying delegates coming to vote in the GOPâs state convention easily topped 100âa flow that held steady for hours. It was one of 39 voting locations where Virginia Republicans cast ballots in the bitter and crowded nominating contests that will determine the partyâs statewide ballotâmost importantly, its nominee for governor. Turnout estimates were in flux Saturday afternoon, but a whopp...