Tuesday is the big day: Mecklenburg County voters will decide whether to approve raising the sales tax to fund a multibillion-dollar transportation plan. Transit Time has been covering the issue for years, and with Election Day fast approaching, here is an overview of the plan, followed by details of what it would do.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department will soon have a new police chief. CMPD on Friday named Estella Patterson, who was formerly the Raleigh Chief of Police, to lead the department. Patterson will now become the first female police chief in Charlotte’s history.

North Carolina lawmakers have finished the session they began in January, four months late. Republican leaders said last week they don’t plan to hold any more votes this year. If that’s the case, this session will go down as one of the General Assembly’s most unproductive, depending on the metrics you look at.

Mecklenburg residents will vote on Nov. 4 whether to increase the sales tax from 7.25% to 8.25% to pay for a multi-billion-dollar transportation plan.

Two of the six seats up for grabs in this year’s Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools board elections are guaranteed to have new faces.

Gaston County is asking the community to help support individuals and families whose access to food may be severely limited in the short term.The county says it will establish several collection sites for non-perishable food items beginning today at sites in Gastonia, including the county administration building, the Department of Social Services, Public Health, library and the Citizens Resource Center in Dallas.

The leader of North Carolina's Division of Motor Vehicles says he's hoping to open four new offices within months. The legislature recently approved funding for new DMV offices in Fuquay-Varina, the town of Garland in Sampson County, Cabarrus County and the town of Leland in Brunswick County.

Mecklenburg County voters will decide Nov. 4 whether to increase the sales tax from 7.25% to 8.25%.

While Virginia’s Republican governor announced plans this week to continue SNAP benefits in November using state funding, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein doesn’t have the power to make a similar move.

Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles launched the Mayor's Racial Equity Initiative in 2021. It focused on reducing racial disparities in four areas.