NewsWorthy for Oct. 17, 2024

Early in-person voting starts today in North Carolina. Charlotte’s regional transportation planning organization voted to advance a plan for toll lanes on I-77 in south Charlotte. Real estate agents are hoping last month’s rate cut by the Federal Reserve will ignite home sales, but so far that hasn’t happened in Charlotte. A state executive order has increased the maximum weekly unemployment benefits paid out in the aftermath of Helene. A constitutional amendment on this year’s ballot would change language regarding non-citizens voting in the state.