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Here we go: Senate Rules Committee will discuss Meck County’s transit referendum bill today. It’s Rep. Tricia Cotham’s PAVE Act

The transit bill says municipalities have to use the proceeds to supplement and not to replace existing local expenditures for road systems. Steve Harrison previously reported on claims by City Manager Marcus Jones that the sales tax increase would free up millions for other

NEW: U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis Thom Tillis is not running for re-election. It comes hours after Donald J. Trump said he would meet with potential primary challengers after Tillis cast a procedural vote against Trump's signature tax and spending bill.

🚨 A BIG DEAL....N.C. REP. CHUCK EDWARDS is saying a meeting with President Trump did not change his thinking on OBBB. N.C. problems are lingering....

'A gift from God:' The fall and rise of Tiawana Brown buff.ly/qfw6GUb

Part 2: Tiawana Brown helped female inmates. Prosecutors say she illegally helped herself buff.ly/tsMNb2P

It’s official. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles will seek a fifth term WSOCTV

CMPD says there will not be a press conference today about the Uptown mass shooting

Former Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts will not challenge Vi Lyles in the Democratic primary for mayor. She had considered the idea last week, but said she has too many existing commitments that "cannot take second place right now."

new: Charlotte City Council voted in closed session to hire Patrick Flanagan for $300/hr to investigate criticisms made by CM Victoria Watlington over a $305k settlement with CMPD chief Johnny Jennings. The city is setting up interviews now. Watlington said she will participate.

Council members voted in a closed session earlier this month to hire Patrick Flanagan of the law firm Cranfill Sumner to interview council members about Watlington’s criticisms. He’ll be paid $300 an hour. buff.ly/rxX9epU

Listen to today's NewsWorthy: Roy Cooper to run for U.S. Senate. Endangered N.C. species sees progress. Plans to restore John Coltrane’s childhood home stall. Food vendor complaints rise in Mecklenburg. buff.ly/GiWfxOI

Listen to today's NewsWorthy: Project 2025 architect launches bid to unseat Sen. Lindsey Graham. NTSB investigates fatal I-485 crash. Charlotte still has just one social district. UNC-Chapel Hill announces $70M in cuts. buff.ly/VUd4kyV

On Friday, formal announcements in the race for NC Senate, local Democrats help override Gov. Stein's vetoes, and the NTSB investigates an accident on I-485 that left six dead. Join Ely Portillo, alex sands, Erik Spanberg, and Ben Thompson at 9am on WFAE. wfae.org/show/charlotte…

Listen to today's NewsWorthy: N.C. Democrats, health care providers worry about Medicaid expansion. Radioactive wasps found at Savannah River site. How extreme heat affects pets. Remembering the 1774 Edenton Tea Party. buff.ly/t1AXX3R

The city is taking the position that although the details of its settlement with CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings have been made public, it cannot release the minutes of the closed door meeting in which council members approved the settlement. Full response to records request…

If Mecklenburg voters say yes, the general countywide sales tax would increase by 1 cent, to 8.25%. buff.ly/jf0R2xu

New: Meck Commissioners are done with The Peebles Corp. after it missed a July 28 deadline to raze the old Board of Ed. building uptown. All agreed in closed session Wed. to stop negotiating with Peebles over Brooklyn Village. Litigation likely ahead. wfae.org/politics/2025-…

Mecklenburg County says goodbye to Peebles and the Brooklyn Village plan.