Ding dong, he’s finally gone!
Commentary: The Pendulum Swings
It’s been a hair-raising week for the LGBTQ and progressive communities. We all sat and watched the election returns with anxiety and anticipation.
Charlotte Hepatitis A outbreak: 4,000 potentially exposed
4,000 people who ate at Hardee's near airport at risk for hepatitis A, county says; gay and bisexual men especially at risk
An estimated 4,000 people who ate at a Hardee’s restaurant on Little Rock Road in mid-June are at risk of contracting Hepatitis A, and should get a vaccination “as soon as possible.”
The mom’s boyfriend said her son might grow up to be gay. Now he’s accused of his murder.
In a courtroom usually set aside for the violence adults unleash on each other, the names of two dead children hung like ghosts. Then detail by wincing detail, a Mecklenburg prosecutor brought Drakeford Watts and Mariya Owens back to life as he told the public for the first time how they died.
‘A colliding set of challenges’ in fight against LGBTQ poverty
Local LGBTQ and HIV-positive communities facing affordable housing, poverty challenges
Local leaders have not focused on those with the highest need, primarily people and families and the lowest end of the economic spectrum.
Were students prevented from taking part in walkouts protesting gun violence?
The walkout was organized following the Parkland school shooting
Parents say officials of two North Carolina schools prevented students from joining thousands of others Wednesday in nationwide walkouts to protest gun violence.
HB2 ‘saddened and infuriated’ her, and it’s why she’s challenging the man behind it
"There’s nobody that’s a stronger advocate for their child than a mother."
Beth Monaghan, whose son is gay, is challenging Sen. Dan Bishop in the Republican primary.
Mecklenburg voters get new legislative districts – and more competition
Democrats will try to break the GOP "super-majorities" in the General Assembly
After a series of court decisions, legislative candidates are running in new districts, most drawn last year by GOP lawmakers.
New Mecklenburg HIV infections are rising. Will free drug program help stop new cases?
The medication will be available to those who members of vulnerable groups
Mecklenburg’s rate of 30.4 new HIV infections per 100,000 is more than twice the national average. At least 6,630 people in Mecklenburg County are living with HIV.
Charlotte teacher gets emotional when Ellen rewards her for kindness in the classroom
Her goal is to make everyone in her classroom feel equally smart and capable
Jordan Siragusa’s No. 1 rule in her classroom at Montclaire Elementary School is to be kind.
Court ruling adds even more uncertainty to North Carolina’s 2018 elections
Republican Senate Leader Phil Berger said lawmakers plan to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to stay the ruling and House Speaker Tim Moore vowed to appeal “to the highest court available.”
