Ryan Pitkin

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

Charlotte City Council held a business meeting on Monday, preceded by an action review presentation from Rebecca Hefner with the city’s Housing and Neighborhood Services (HNS) department in which she presented her staff’s recommendations for how council could spend its record $100-million allocation for the Housing Trust Fund during last year’s budget vote.

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

NC Supreme Court Upholds Local Votes, Leaves Overseas Votes in QuestionThe saga of the country’s only remaining uncertified 2024 election is nearing a conclusion … but we’re not quite there yet. The NC Supreme Court made a major ruling late on Friday regarding who will occupy the seventh seat on the bench moving forward.

1 week ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

Republicans Repeatedly Delay Vote on DEI BillThe North Carolina Democratic Party called out their Republican counterparts for canceling a scheduled vote on House Bill 171, which would ban DEI policies and training sessions in all state government agencies, on Tuesday after dozens of protesters packed the House gallery to decry the bill.

2 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

When she moved from her home country of Colombia to Charlotte about five years ago, Valentina Castellanos knew she would like to work in the restaurant industry, but hadn’t quite figured out how she would do that. It was around that same time that her family members in Colombia bought a coffee farm.

2 weeks ago | qcnerve.com | Ryan Pitkin

CMPD on Thursday released its first-quarter crime stats from 2025, lauding a drop in crime compared to the same three-month period in 2024. According to the department, citywide crime fell 6% overall during the first quarter of the year, which ranges from Jan. 1 to March 31, including a 17% drop in violent crime and 4% decrease in property crime compared to the same period in 2024.