City attorney’s memo on proposed nondiscrimination ordinance

City Attorney Patrick Baker explained some of the finer points of Charlotte’s proposed nondiscrimination ordinance in a memo to council members. (Full story in…

Text of proposed Charlotte nondiscrimination ordinance

The city of Charlotte is following the lead of other N.C. cities and is considering an ordinance banning discrimination. The full article is in…

Full list of Charlotte companies receiving big PPP payments

Here’s the spreadsheet of Charlotte companies who were approved for Paycheck Protection Program payments of more than $150,000. The complete set of PPP data…

N.C. ABC Commission files on Sugar Creek Brewing ‘ice cream truck’ beer sales

Here’s the investigative file on Charlotte’s Sugar Creek Brewing Co., which investigators say was illegally selling beer off the back of a truck in…

Who received Mecklenburg County’s Covid relief loans?

Mecklenburg County awarded nearly $5M in loans to small businesses this spring. Here is the full list from the county of the 194 loan…

ABC disciplinary file on El Centenario

This report is from the N.C. ABC Commission, which on Oct. 3, 2020, suspended the alcohol permit for El Centenario, a bar in the…

ALE investigation report of Leather & Lace on North Tryon Street

This public record — the Alcohol Law Enforcement violation report of Leather & Lace — was mentioned in the Aug. 12, 2020, edition of…

Here are the 2,200+ Charlotte companies that took PPP loans of more than $150K

On Monday, July 6, the Small Business Administration released the database of the largest recipients of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.

Here is the…

Retail association recommendations for reopening

This document was mentioned in the May 5, 2020, edition of The Charlotte Ledger.

The N.C. Retail Merchants Association wrote a letter to Gov. Roy…

ALE report on Leather & Lace

The following public record was mentioned in the April 8, 2020, edition of The Charlotte Ledger. It is a report from Alcohol Law Enforcement…