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Mecklenburg County is working with a consultant to develop an Environmental Justice Action Plan. The idea is to identify and work to end disparities in water and air pollution, food and housing. County officials are seeking public feedback at a series of public meetings this month and next.
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Mecklenburg County is seeing an increase in the number of confirmed cases of monkeypox.
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The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating the death of a 25-year-old who died while in custody at Jail Central Wednesday morning.
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Mecklenburg County officially loosened eligibility requirements for childcare subsidies Wednesday in order to help more families with children under age 12 deal with the cost of childcare.
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Former Carolina Panthers player Steve Smith has announced plans to establish a new behavioral health urgent care center in Charlotte in partnership with Mecklenburg County and Alliance Health.
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Mecklenburg County's proposed budget for the new fiscal year includes $12 million for a variety of housing and homelessness programs. That includes $2.5 million to help the Salvation Army buy a hotel and convert it into a homeless shelter.
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Mecklenburg County officials said they expect to move more than 200 people to shelters or hotel rooms — exceeding original estimates of 150 —by the time homeless camps near uptown Charlotte are shut down Friday. And the question over whose responsibility it is to clear the camps turned contentious between the city of Charlotte and the county.
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Mecklenburg County residents should assume more contagious variants of the coronavirus are already in the Charlotte area, county Public Health Director Gibbie Harris said Friday. One such strain from the U.K. was identified in the county last week.
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Joe Biden won every precinct in the city of Charlotte except two in the November election. Donald Trump won only 14 precincts in all of Mecklenburg County.
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A directive by Mecklenburg County's health director to slow the spread of COVID-19 has led many Charlotte museums, the library and recreation services to announce closures until at least Feb. 2.