On July 1, the Charlotte Area Transit System stops being a city department and passes to the MPTA, a 27-member appointed board, along with a new one-cent tax meant to raise $19.4 billion over thirty years. Here is what changes, what stays the same, and the questions the board…
Jack Beckett·Jun 11, 2026
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education voted 7-2 to adopt Policy S-SFRS on student free speech. The most substantive speech about the policy came from a student who argued it would do the opposite of what it…
Jack Beckett·Jun 10, 2026
More than a dozen parents, students, teachers, and health professionals testified against renewing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' iReady contract at Tuesday's board meeting. Board chair Stephanie Sneed thanked them and…
Jack Beckett·Jun 10, 2026
Charlotte's city council voted unanimously Monday to pause all new data center and telecommunications facility approvals for 150 days, giving staff time to…
Jack Beckett·Jun 9, 2026
The Charlotte Knights completed a six-game sweep of the Durham Bulls on Sunday, a 12-5 finale that ran their win streak to six and dropped Durham to 0-9 against…
Jack Beckett·Jun 8, 2026
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business·Jun 3, 2026
WheelPrice, built by college friends, has spent three years making the enthusiast wheel trade less sketchy —…
government·Jun 3, 2026
Mecklenburg County's 2026-27 budget was a foregone conclusion — but adopting it still took the board most of an hour,…
government·Jun 3, 2026
A Charlotte City Council committee voted 4-1 to keep exploring a criminal-penalty option for repeat street-vending…
government·Jun 3, 2026
Denny Hamlin drove from the rear of the field to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan for the second straight week, his 63rd career Cup win tying the late…
John Speedway·Jun 7, 2026
Denny Hamlin was the last car out at Michigan — an hour after a practice tire failure sent his crew scrambling to rebuild the bottom of the car — and ran…
John Speedway·Jun 7, 2026
Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin have turned 2026 into a two-Toyota title fight — and they're carrying it into Michigan International Speedway, the track Ford has…
John Speedway·Jun 5, 2026
Cleetus McFarland — 4.75 million YouTube subscribers and a real racing résumé — is pulling double duty at Michigan on Saturday: grand marshal and driver in the…
John Speedway·Jun 5, 2026
Mecklenburg County's new budget raised 721 county workers to a living wage but left MEDIC's paramedics and EMTs out — their raise sits in restricted…
Jack Beckett·Jun 3, 2026
WheelPrice's founders previewed BBS's first-ever truck and SUV wheel for a NASCAR Sundays crowd — the first time the storied German manufacturer has built for…
Jack Beckett·Jun 3, 2026
At the MTC's final meeting, members praised interim CATS CEO Brent Cagle for steadying an agency in crisis since he…
government·Jun 2, 2026
Charlotte City Council voted 10-1 Monday to direct the city manager to give the Charlotte Fire Department the same 10…
government·Jun 2, 2026
The Metropolitan Transit Commission's final vote adopted the CATS Fare Modernization Program — tap-and-go payments,…