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Charlotte is unusual among North Carolina municipalities in that candidates for City Council and mayor appear on the ballot with their political party next to their name. Raleigh, for instance, has a nonpartisan city election.
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The Charlotte Area Transit System is tapping the brakes on plans to convert to 100% electric buses by 2030. And the slowdown is raising concerns among council members and environmentalists that Charlotte might not be able to meet the city's climate goals.
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The next step is a public hearing on March 13. After that, council members could then vote to place the issue on the ballot for voters to decide this fall.
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The thesis is that a generation ago a small group of business leaders worked with politicians to shape the city. That model is gone.
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Dana Fenton, the city of Charlotte's liaison and lobbyist in Raleigh, told City Council members Tuesday that the city's current $13.5 billion transit plan has no chance with the General Assembly.
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The Charlotte City Council voted Monday in favor of amending the city's contract to buy electricity from a planned solar farm in Iredell County and absorb a 25% fee increase. The council also approved an economic development grant for a new lithium research center in northeast Charlotte.
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The City Council will hold a public hearing and vote Monday night on Charlotte's $7.2 million share of financial incentives for a proposed lithium research center in northeast Charlotte. The council also will vote on whether to accept a cost increase in electricity from a planned solar farm in Iredell County.
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Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles said she hopes Republican House Speaker Tim Moore will back the city's transit plan — even after Moore criticized it repeatedly this week.
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Now that the Mecklenburg district attorney has decided Charlotte City Council member James “Smuggie” Mitchell doesn’t actually own part of a local construction firm, that company has won a multimillion-dollar city contract.
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District Attorney Spencer Merriweather says he doesn't believe Charlotte council member James Mitchell still owns 25% of R.J. Leeper Construction, as Mitchell claimed.