Steve Harrison
Political ReporterSteve Harrison is WFAE's politics and government reporter. Prior to joining WFAE, Steve worked at the Charlotte Observer, where he started on the business desk, then covered politics extensively as the Observer’s lead city government reporter. Steve also spent 10 years with the Miami Herald. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, the Sporting News and Sports Illustrated.
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A Federal Transit Administration report gives some insight into the Gold Line’s financial challenges. The FTA’s most recent report for the Charlotte Area Transit System — covering fiscal year 2022 — has one eye-popping metric: how much it costs to move a passenger one mile.
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President Joe Biden’s campaign organized Wednesday's event a day after the Arizona Supreme Court allowed a long-dormant, pre-Civil War law that bans almost all abortions to go into effect.
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The head of the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association sent a letter to the Charlotte City Council Monday urging them not to consider using taxes dedicated for tourism to pay for things the group doesn’t consider tourism-specific.
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Charlotte-based Asana Partners is asking Mecklenburg County and the city of Charlotte for $19 million in property tax rebates. The money would help pay for them to convert the old Duke Energy headquarters into apartments and retail.
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Vice President Kamala Harris opened a new campaign office in Charlotte Thursday.
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Vice President Kamala Harris will open a campaign field office in uptown Charlotte Thursday.
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Charlotte has a goal of 50% tree canopy by 2050. But the city says many developers are cutting down more trees than are allowed.
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Between 2010 and 2020, the 25 counties in North Carolina that Joe Biden won gained nearly 649,000 people. The 75 counties that Donald Trump in 2020 won added about 240,000. But from 2020 to 2023, the 25 counties that Biden won gained 175,000 people. The 75 counties that Trump won gained 206,000 people.
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The city of Charlotte proposed Monday to only allow triplexes to be built on corner lots in residential neighborhoods.
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The March 5 primary was the first statewide test of North Carolina's voter ID law. Of the 1.8 million people who voted, 473 had their ballots not counted because of photo ID. That’s one rejected ballot for every 3,800 voters.