Jennifer Roberts

News Briefs for 11.29.19

Beyond the Carolinas

Lainey Millen on November 29, 2019

News from across the globe for 11.29.19.

The most popular qnotes stories of 2017

Here are the stories that were the most trafficked of the year

Jeff Taylor / Social Media Editor on December 29, 2017

Here are the top 10 most popular stories of the year on qnotes’ website based on web traffic.

Vi Lyles, making history as new Charlotte mayor, aims to be an ‘instrument of change’

Outgoing mayor Jennifer Roberts said she was “proud to be at the center of a national discussion on inclusion and nondiscrimination."

The Charlotte Observer on December 5, 2017

“Yes, I am our first African-American woman mayor. I want to be known as the best mayor, to create opportunity for all of us.”

Jennifer Roberts offers candid look at her time as Charlotte mayor

Roberts was mayor of Charlotte during one of its most difficult periods

The Charlotte Observer on December 4, 2017

Outgoing Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts reflects on her handling of the Keith Scott shooting and protests, as well as LGBTQ rights and HB2.

Why a Republican has a shot at mayor in Democratic Charlotte for first time in years

Polls close at 7:30 p.m.

The Charlotte Observer on November 7, 2017

Republican candidate Kenny Smith has not ruled out using the mayoral veto against LGBTQ rights if elected.

Charlotte heads to the polls to pick its next mayor, the seventh one in eight years

What the LGBTQ community can expect from a Mayor Smith or a Mayor Lyles

Jeff Taylor / Social Media Editor on October 20, 2017

Democrat Vi Lyles and Republican Kenny Smith square off in the ring to determine who will be the next Charlotte, N.C. mayor.

NC Values Coalition releases anti-LGBTQ attack ad against mayoral candidate Vi Lyles

"Vi Lyles is Jennifer Roberts."

Jeff Taylor / Social Media Editor on October 19, 2017

The ad attacks Lyles for standing up for LGBTQ rights, and features violent, transphobic, and misleading imagery.

They often agree, so what makes Democrat Vi Lyles different from Mayor Roberts?

Lyles upset Mayor Roberts in the Democratic primary

The Charlotte Observer on October 15, 2017

Lyles’s opponent, Kenny Smith, is trying to cast her as a carbon copy of Mayor Roberts.

Is Republican candidate for Charlotte mayor Kenny Smith moving to the center?

The candidate has poor record on LGBTQ issues

The Charlotte Observer on October 13, 2017

Smith is asked if he would veto a non-discrimination ordinance offering LGBTQ protections.

City Council made changes to its public forum. But it’s still turning off TV cameras.

The change comes after a raucous City Council meeting a week after the police shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott

The Charlotte Observer on October 3, 2017

Advocates and community members worry about government transparency.

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