Charlotte leaders recently passed some of the most ambitious plans in recent memory. This should be the year they start acting on them. The Future 2040...

City leaders met behind closed doors to discuss negotiations with David Tepper to bring a Major League Soccer team to Charlotte in 2019. Driving the news:...

Editor’s note: Axios is using the name Stella as an alias to protect her safety from a troubling family situation.  Stella had just found an apartment...

Unsurprising to anyone who’s experienced traffic here recently, the Charlotte area was one of the fastest-growing parts of the state over the last...

The city’s economic development director wants the planning director to change several sections of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, according to memos...

Charlotte city manager Marcus Jones proposed a $2.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2022 that includes a small increase in fees for services like water and...

The recent effort to include a $15 minimum wage in the coronavirus relief bill ultimately failed. But states and cities still can and do set their own pay...

This story was last updated at 12:30pm on Thursday, March 11, to include quotes from state and local officials. North Carolina is in line to receive $9...

Latinos make up a growing share of Charlotte’s population, but the city has never had a Latino member on city council. Why it matters: More than 14% of...

Editor’s note: This story was update on Feb. 1. As of Jan. 1, 2021, the N.C. DMV is no longer issuing confederate flags on specialty license plates. The...

If you care about getting grocery stores in your neighborhood, having access to public transit, and seeing federal funding go to your schools, you should fill...

N.C. lawmakers are considering a new bill that would dismantle the state’s Prohibition-era monopoly on the sale of liquor. But Mecklenburg County...