Officials from the North Carolina Department of Transportation joined local leaders Friday morning for a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the completion of the new I‑485 Express Lanes between Interstate 77 and U.S. 74 in south Charlotte. The toll lanes — spanning 18 miles — are scheduled to open Saturday morning.

As areas beyond Mecklenburg County boom, local government leaders are devising new strategies to manage growth — and fierce opposition from constituents.

We’ve got an update on job growth in Charlotte. The city ranked second only to New York City in job growth last year, according to the Labor Department. While most sectors added jobs, two saw declines. For more, Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined our Marshall Terry for BizWorthy.

The meeting of G20 finance leaders is scheduled for late August and early September.

Self-driving car company Waymo has started the process of bringing its cars to Charlotte streets, the company said Wednesday. An actual launch date for when riders can hail a Waymo hasn't been announced.

The selection of Asheville “reflects the Trump Administration’s commitment to the revitalization and resilience of western North Carolina,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.

Mecklenburg County Community Support Services has released the 2025 State of Housing Instability and Homelessness Report.The annual number of people who stayed in emergency shelters, safe havens, or transitional housing increased 6% from fiscal year 2024. As of June 2025, there were 2,404 people experiencing homelessness in Mecklenburg County, down 14% from last year. But the number of people experiencing homelessness for the first time in 2024 increased 11%.The report says more than 77% of the low-cost housing stock available in 2015 was lost by 2024. Several factors were involved, including redevelopment, a focus on construction of high-end housing, rising construction costs, and rental price increases.

A once-partly abandoned industrial site that's become one of Charlotte's hottest developments has a new part-owner. An Atlanta-based group has purchased a stake in Camp North End just north of uptown, now home to offices, restaurants and apartments. For more on what the change means, Ashley Fahey of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter joined WFAE’s Marshall Terry for our segment BizWorthy.

North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced a judgment Monday against David Jewel Satterfield and his Charlotte-based companies, A1 Towing Solutions and Automobile Recovery and Parking Enforcement, for racially targeting drivers, illegally booting and towing their vehicles, and price gouging.

The council reviewed the city's growth and infrastructure needs in a recent meeting.