🗳️ Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance blamed undocumented workers for driving up housing costs and exacerbating the affordability crisisat a rally at Raleigh's Union Station Wednesday. (Axios)
🎤 Democratic candidate for governor Josh Stein said Tuesday he will not debate Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, just hours after Robinson challenged him to one. (The Assembly)
"A debate would only serve to legitimize him and provide a platform for his vile and dangerous rhetoric, and we won't be part of that."
— Kate Frauenfelder, a Stein spokeswoman
🗳 Gov. Roy Cooper is helping raise money for state Rep. Tricia Cotham's opponent, Nicole Sidman, by being the "special guest" at a Raleigh campaign reception Tuesday for her. (News & Observer)
📲 Michele Morrow, the Republican candidate for state superintendent, posted on X that LGBTQ+ "includes PEDOPH*L*A!!" (News & Observer)
🪑 The 17 new chairs around the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Government Center dais cost the city $36,441.31, including delivery. (WSOC)
🛤 Mecklenburg County commissioners voted 6-3 to support a one-cent sales tax increase for the Red Line commuter train and other transportation projects. (WBTV)
During the debate, commissioner Vilma Leake accused Chair George Dunlap of age discrimination and called him a "Black Trump." (Ledger)
🥤 Hip Hop Smoothies will open in Camp North End on Saturday, Sept. 21. (Axios)
