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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While most of the Mecklenburg delegation in the House voted for the bill, Democrats John Autry and Mary Belk voted no. -
We take a look at the Jan. 6 hearings and North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race. Followed by a talk about our lieutenant governor, Mark Robinson, who’s been in the news for a series of controversial comments.
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A 12-year-old girl at YMCA’s Camp Thunderbird near Charlotte was seriously injured last week after falling from the camp’s zipline.
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The Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund is paying for a commercial to convince GOP lawmakers in Raleigh to support Charlotte's proposed penny sales tax for transit.
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The Charlotte City Council voted Monday to spend $275 million improving the Spectrum Center and to build a new practice facility for the Charlotte Hornets. Council members also voted to spend $4.3 million on an engineering study for the third and final phase of the Gold Line streetcar.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System may have the Silver Line light rail share tracks with the Lynx Blue Line through uptown. That would save money and increase ridership, the transit system said.
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee is running an attack ad against Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Cheri Beasley.
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The city of Charlotte has proposed placing the city's main uptown bus station underground. Leaders say that would help create an entertainment district around the Spectrum Center.
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The politics of race, guns and North Carolina’s U.S. Senate race are the focus of this episode of Inside Politics: Election 2022.
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The city of Charlotte is proposing spending $215 million to improve the Spectrum Center, as well as $60 million to build a new stand-alone practice facility for the Charlotte Hornets. The 17-year-old arena was built for $265 million.
