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Six takeaways from a heavy week at city hall: Stage 2 water restrictions, a unanimous data-center moratorium, a $4.5 billion budget hearing, the NC state-budget framework, the CMS budget reversal…
Jack Beckett·May 16, 2026
Charlotte City Council passed a non-binding resolution on I-77 South Monday night, then voted 6 to 5 to rescind its support for the toll-lane partnership.
Jack Beckett·May 13, 2026
Charlotte Water's mandatory Stage 2 restrictions take effect Friday, May 15. For Fourth Ward, the biggest direct impacts hit power washing, decorative water features, and the neighborhood's…
Jack Beckett·May 10, 2026
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will resign June 30. Fourth Ward sits in District 2, and Council Member Malcolm Graham, the council's Budget Committee chair, is on record this week about how the appointment…
Jack Beckett·May 8, 2026
Atrium and WakeMed announced a strategic combination Friday that would put Atrium in corporate control of Raleigh's hospital network. The story is statewide. The implications reach uptown.
Jack Beckett·May 1, 2026
Quick read for Fourth Ward residents: CMS denied Hill's $2.1B budget 8-1; Hill asked four times for direction at the dais, Sneed declined and adjourned. Revised budget due May 12.
Jack Beckett·Apr 29, 2026
Charlotte City Council deadlocked 5-5 Monday night on a public hearing for a data center moratorium. Mayor Lyles broke the tie no.
Jack Beckett·Apr 28, 2026
Charlotte Water's voluntary restrictions and the citywide burn ban both took effect this week. In Fourth Ward, the practical effect runs through HOAs and condo boards as much as individual units, and…
Jack Beckett·Apr 26, 2026
State Rep. Carla Cunningham re-registered Unaffiliated on Friday after losing her March primary by nearly 48 points. HD-106 is north of uptown (Fourth Ward sits in HD-100), but the property-tax bills…
Jack Beckett·Apr 25, 2026
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education voted 9-0 today to make May 1 a teacher workday rather than a school day. If you have a CMS student in Fourth Ward, here is the practical version of what…
Nell Thomas·Apr 24, 2026
