After decades of discussion, Mecklenburg County Commissioners will have the power to let voters decide if they want to pay a 1% sales tax to create a transportation fund. NC […]
Charlotte’s long-awaited plan to overhaul the region’s transportation system appears poised to be on the ballot this year after making it through Raleigh. Gov. Josh Stein on Tuesday signed House […]
House Bill 948 — a proposal to allow a 1-cent countywide tax referendum to address transportation needs — has rolled through both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly and […]
On Thursday, June 26, Sustain Charlotte Founder and Executive Director Shannon Binns joined residential ratepayers and representatives of other organizations at the N.C. General Assembly to outline the damaging economic […]
Ratepayers and leaders of environmentally-focused nonprofits including two from Charlotte, rallied at the Capitol Thursday afternoon, calling for Gov. Josh Stein to veto Senate Bill 266. The bill, titled the […]
A Charlotte nonprofit traveled to Raleigh to call for Governor Josh Stein to veto an energy bill they say will cost ratepayers and the environment. The Power Bill Reduction Act […]
CHARLOTTE, NC — Sustain Charlotte is excited to confirm that House Bill 948 (the P.A.V.E. Act) has now passed both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly with strong bipartisan support […]
Plans to expand and improve Mecklenburg County’s transportation infrastructure are one step closer to becoming reality. State senators voted Wednesday afternoon to pass HB 948, legislation that would allow voters […]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – June 25, 2025 – Sustain Charlotte celebrates today’s 107-0 vote in the N.C. House of Representatives to advance the Parking Lot Reform & Modernization Act (HB 369). The bill now moves […]
Mecklenburg County’s transit tax referendum is a step closer to reality. The North Carolina House of Representatives voted 102-6 last week to approve the second reading of the PAVE Act, […]