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Tuesday, March 24, 2015
First Drip First Drip (3/24/15): Dowd Y getting an upgrade, Utah OK's firing squad, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 8:48 AM
Officials say a passenger plane heading to Düsseldorf from Barcelona crashed in the French Alps this morning. At least 142 passengers and six crew-members were on board.
The biggest concern that came out of the City Council meeting last night as a task force presented strategies on how to make Charlotte more immigrant-friendly was how to pay for all that it takes to implement a municipal ID program. But there's some support. "We are not having children," said Claire Fallon, "And if you want social security to last you’re going to have to welcome these people who pay it."
The Dowd YMCA is getting an upgrade to the tune of $20 million.
As if the death penalty weren't controversial enough: Utah has OK'ed the return of a firing squad as backup should lethal drugs not be available.
A new report from Meredith College looks at the role of women in politics in North Carolina. Sadly, although women make up 54 percent of the voters in the state, they hold less than 25 percent of elected and appointed offices.
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