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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
First Drip First Drip (4/1/15): Homeless count drops, the art thief who wasn't, more
Posted By Kimberly Lawson on Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 7:41 AM
The results of a survey seeking out the number of people experiencing homelessness in a single night in Mecklenburg County are out. In five years, the total has dropped 36 percent, with a count decreasing from 807 to 516.
This Charlotte man proved he was no real criminal. A 26-year-old is locked up for trying to steal three painting from the District Attorney's office in the middle of the day.
A bill moving through the General Assembly pokes at slow-pokes: If passed, drivers who are driving under the speed limit in the left lane would be fined $200. North Carolina is one of five states that does not reserve the left lane for passing.
Oh Arkansas. Has Indiana taught you nothing? Arkansas's Religious Freedom Restoration Act heads to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. According to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Hutchinson "has said repeatedly he will sign the measure into law despite opponents who have called it discriminatory." Indiana's governor, on the other hand, has announced a fix is coming to clarifying its law.
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