Rob Harrington irons his handkerchiefs, reads every motion aloud, and has used the veto once. Ahead of Monday’s airport lease vote, a look at the man who brought order to city council.

Millennial and Gen Z voters swung hard to the left, just two years after swinging hard to the right. Democrats will have to deliver on promises to keep them in 2028.

Raki McGregor sat with me for five hours this spring, before Crystal Hill’s memo put his name at the center of the CMS contracting scandal. In October, he and his family sat down again.

He has 16 restaurants, a bakery he waited 40 years for, and a letter some people can’t forgive him for. Now one of Charlotte’s most successful chefs wants to build 32 houses for people with nowhere to live.

Chicago’s great park opened four years late and everyone forgot about the delay. Charlotte’s council is arguing over six weeks for its airport. … A morning walk, a bridge, and the faceless “they” who build cities.

A new UNC Charlotte survey finds a region that’s satisfied today and doubtful about tomorrow. What’s behind the gap, and the case for practicing optimism anyway.

9 Charlotteans in their 80s and 90s, and the parts their resumes leave out.

Don and Sally Olin spent a decade helping Charlotte families care for their aging parents. Then they became the clients. On growing old in a young city, and who catches you.

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The CMS board fired Superintendent Crystal Hill 5-4. Then it released a report that found no improper conduct. A column on a chaotic night at the government center.