Ann Doss Helms
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Superintendent Crystal Hill says her budget includes raises, a new way of allocating teachers and an infusion of cash from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools fund balance.
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Republican Dan Bishop explained his vote against Ukraine aid.
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Planning board cites new members and the need for further study in delaying a vote on restricting rentals like Airbnbs and VRBOs. -
Public schools across North Carolina are facing a range of financial challenges this spring. Growing charter school and private school enrollment threaten traditional public schools' state and local funding. Meanwhile federal COVID relief money is set to expire. Managing all of this are school district's chief financial officers. -
Great Smoky Cannabis Company opened its doors to medical marijuana card holders standing in line through drizzling rain on Saturday. Myrtle Driver Johnson, a Beloved Woman, an honorary distinction among the Eastern Band of Cherokee, made the first purchase. -
When Drew Kromer became chair of the Mecklenburg Democratic Party last year, he had ambitious goals. Kromer found an unlikely benefactor: Jeff Blum, a 77-year-old New Yorker with Massachusetts ties who is a longtime Democratic Party organizer. -
Picture this scenario: You’ve lost a loved one and inherited that person’s home. But while you are still grieving the loss, you’re informed the state is seizing that property you just inherited. It can happen if your loved one was on Medicaid, as one Charlotte family found out — the hard way. -
As the environment faces increasing pressures from the onset of climate change and industrial pollution, some say granting nature personhood status is the way forward.
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This week on SouthBound, host Tommy Tomlinson convenes a panel of three experts on Charlotte for his second SouthBound Live event about the future of the city. This time we’re talking about affordable housing, equity, and what we can learn from the city’s history. -
This week on SouthBound, we've got a live recording of a SouthBound panel discussion on the future of Charlotte. The panelists are Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Crystal Hill; Sil Ganzó, the founder of ourBRIDGE, which provides after-school programs for immigrant and refugee children; and John Searby, director of the Catawba Riverkeeper organization and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens.
Get behind-the-scenes insight and analysis about what’s happening in local and statewide politics from political reporter Steve Harrison.
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