City Council signed off on a $3 million tax break incentive package for Frito-Lay, which has a facility in southwest Charlotte, to help the maker of the salty yet satisfying Fritos expand. $1.2 million will come from the city, the rest from the county. In return? Charlotte gets 35 more jobs.
State Senate will hear a bill today that, if approved, would give magistrates the right to bow out of issuing marriage licenses if they feel their religious rights are being infringed upon.
Both men and women teams in the CIAA basketball tournament begin today. Here’s the schedule of school pairings.
Alaska doesn’t look half bad now โ today marks the day recreational marijuana becomes legal.
This article appears in Feb 18-24, 2015.




Does anyone think that politicians will ever realize that no jobs are being created by this insane practice off bribing corporations to move them from one place to another?
Almost $86,000 per job. What a bargain.
Ferris, it’s a better return than we got from Obama’s Stimulus.