With increased absentee voting and many voters choosing to hand in their ballots in-person due to concerns regarding the U.S. Postal Service, board of elections offices across the state are seeing a lot more business than usual.
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened an already unstable housing and homelessness problem in Mecklenburg County, and there is a 23,060-unit gap of rental units for extremely low-income households in Charlotte-Mecklenburg.
Mecklenburg County residents who need to access Department of Social Services support have additional options with a recent upgrade to its website app.
The need to work is contributing to higher incidents of COVID-19 infections in underserved communities in Charlotte, resulting in companies like Atrium Health and Novant Health trying to establish a more focused response to those communities.
The Republican candidate for the state superintendent of public instruction said that school districts should determine how to reopen not the state government.
Duke Energy Renewables created a $10,000 scholarship fund for individuals out of work due to the economic downturn to COVID-19 created, allowing them to train with Solar Energy International (SEI).