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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The Charlotte City Council on Monday voted to defer voting on a plan on how to pick its 12 appointments to a new 27-member transit authority board. -
Supporters call the referendum a once-in-a-generation chance to expand rail and roads — though money doesn’t always stretch as far as envisioned. -
The U.S. House Judiciary subcommittee held a hearing in uptown Charlotte Monday, a month after the murder of Iryna Zarutska on the Lynx Blue Line train. -
In the month after 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska was murdered on the Lynx Blue Line, the Charlotte Area Transit System has scrambled to have more private security on trains — both to keep people safe and to make sure passengers have bought a ticket. -
In Charlotte, much of the revenue from a higher sales tax would fund upgrades for pedestrian safety, intersections and sidewalks — not just new or wider roads. -
The Charlotte City Council voted Monday for Professional Police Services, or PPS, to patrol areas in and around Charlotte Area Transit System property. -
If voters approve a higher sales tax in November, 20% of the money would go toward buses. The goals are to improve frequency, stops, safety — and expand microtransit after years of declining ridership. -
The Charlotte Area Transit System said its private security firm, PSS, is now fully staffed. -
The application period to serve on the transit authority board opens Wednesday, Sept. 17. -
Mazuera Arias gained one vote in the recount. He won the race by 34 votes.
