Coffee-fueled Mercury Local’s week: transit taxes, Ballantyne inflatables, Farmington arrests, and endless tinkering with site colors—all to keep our pages clean, quick, and findable.
Why we cover public forums: two minutes at the mic can trigger real fixes. How it fits our slow, privacy-first reporting and how you can take the mic next time.
We cover politics as if it matters, because it does. We’re a startup that will miss a comma now and then, but we will correct fast, cite sources, and keep voters at the center of every decision.
Mercury Local’s Election 2025 hub delivers ad-free, in-depth guides and voter resources—unlike QC News’s cluttered feeds. A sharper, cleaner way to follow Charlotte’s races.
Mercury Local uses AI for transcripts and data—not to impersonate reporters. Our Charlotte election coverage proves why presence, not packaging, makes local news matter.
The Observer’s owner describes targeted ads, cookies, and data sharing. Mercury Local rejects surveillance advertising. Here’s the privacy gap in Charlotte and why it matters to readers and businesses.
How The Charlotte Mercury’s Election 2025 hub pairs original reporting, explainers, and a privacy-first reading experience to help Charlotte voters move from scan to action—minus the noise.
Transit tax to the ballot, Brooklyn Village deal ends, oversight board scrutiny, Ballantyne features, and Farmington’s week of arrest logs. A clear, cheeky recap of what moved locally.
AI summaries are stealing traffic, digital ads are built on bad data, and publishers are left holding the bag. The Charlotte Mercury unpacks the collapse of the attention economy—and what comes next.
WBTV lists candidates. We explain how elections work. Here’s how Mercury Local brings depth, context, and a bit of backbone to Charlotte civic life.