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A fatal stabbing has officials concerned not only about crime but also its potential impact this incident might have on the transit vote in November. The CMS school year is underway, North Carolina's legislature is back in Raleigh, but won’t vote on a budget, and the Panthers have traded a star.

The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance this week kicked off a campaign to convince Mecklenburg County voters to increase the sales tax by 1 cent per dollar to pay for a multi-billion-dollar transportation plan.

The Charlotte Regional Business Alliance plans to spend between $3 million and $3.5 million on campaign.

Activist Rev. William Barber comes out against the transit plan, a District 3 City Council candidate drops out of the race, concerns over immigration enforcement highlight the last CMS board meeting before the start of school, and Charlotte Pride returns for its 25th year, though with diminished corporate support.

Mecklenburg County voters will decide in November whether to increase the sales tax to 8.25% to pay for a multibillion-dollar roads and transit plan.

Mecklenburg County commissioners vote on whether to increase the county-wide sales tax by 1 cent to fund the transit plan. North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein signs the mini budget, albeit reluctantly. Nancy Mace throws her hat in the ring for South Carolina governor. Plus, the Panthers open preseason play.

Mecklenburg commissioners voted 8-to-1 to place the tax on the ballot. The proposed tax increase would raise billions of dollars to build more roads, rail transit and more bus service.

Mecklenburg County commissioners are starting the process to place a referendum on a transit and transportation sales tax increase on the ballot this November. They’ve scheduled a special meeting for July 30 to finalize the referendum language and set an Aug. 6 hearing for residents to give their feedback.

Charlotte City Manager Marcus Jones had said he planned to use roughly $100 million of money dedicated for roads from a new sales tax increase to relieve pressure on the city's general fund.

A bill that would allow Mecklenburg County voters to decide on a sales tax increase has passed the North Carolina House. The additional one-percentage point tax would go to fund billions of dollars in road and transit improvements, including the Red Line commuter train to north Mecklenburg.