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The five finalists to become Charlotte's next mayor answered questions Thursday afternoon from City Council members, who are scheduled to make a final pick Monday to replace Mayor Vi Lyles, who is resigning June 30.

Cooper, North Carolina's U.S. Senate candidate, pretends Trump doesn't exist. He criticizes “the federal government” or “the administration.” And he blasts by name his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, who is Trump's hand-picked candidate.

The Charlotte City Council on Monday appointed attorney Robert Harrington to be the next mayor of Charlotte, replacing Vi Lyles, who is resigning on June 30.

Robert Harrington will become Charlotte's next mayor after the City Council voted Monday to appoint him to the role, replacing Mayor Vi Lyles, who is resigning next week.

Charlotte City Council member Malcolm Graham on Monday called for an independent study of alternatives to the existing toll lane plan for improving the Interstate 77 corridor.

The draft budget bill in Raleigh includes a provision that could require Charlotte and other local governments to pay the state for more than $60 million in design costs spent on the now-rejected Interstate 77 toll lanes.

The state budget bill that Republican lawmakers plan to pass this week includes a provision that could require Charlotte and other local governments

Even as Charlotte pushes back on new toll lanes for Interstate 77 South, the state is considering adding more express lanes to the north.

The controversy over the proposed toll lane on Interstate 77 in south Charlotte has been raging for seven months. And it's far from over.

Two North Carolina Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday voted to end aid to Israel, joining a growing contingent inside the party opposed to the country's war against Hamas in Gaza.