North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed a bill into law that furthers a yearslong effort to expand transit in the ...

After decades of discussion, Mecklenburg County Commissioners will have the power to let voters decide if they want to pay a ...

Governor Josh Stein signs the P.A.V.E. Act, allowing a sales tax referendum for Mecklenburg County transit improvements.

Stein was joined by Rep. Tricia Cotham and Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles at the bill signing. County commissioners now must place ...

The Senate amended Cotham’s bill to try to address those concerns. Once it formally clears the Senate, the bill heads back to ...

Mike Bryant was sworn in as Mecklenburg County's new Manager, bringing three decades of public service experience.

Republican Rep. Tricia Cotham's bill for Mecklenburg County's long-sought 1% transportation sales tax was heard for the first time in the North Carolina General Assembly on Wednesday. Why it matters: ...

Mecklenburg County leaders want to put the transit referendum on the ballot this November. It would add a one percent sales ...

Mecklenburg County isn’t big enough to deliver the state of North Carolina for Democrats on its own. But it is big enough that its performance can be a bust or a boon.