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Local Government
The Waxhaw Board of Commissioners on Sept. 8 unanimously approved a $447,000 year-end budget reclassification to close out FY2025-26, filled 12 advisory board vacancies, honored Captain Buddy Zill for 25 years of police service, and recognized two young athletes for Junior Olympics placements.
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Union County voters will decide three statewide constitutional amendments and a $200 million jail bond on Nov. 3, with early voting starting Oct. 15 at nine sites including three in the Waxhaws area.
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The Union County Sheriff's Office renewed its one-year policing contract with Wingate after the arrangement saved the town more than $100,000 and improved emergency response times, with the same small-town unit also serving Weddington, Marvin and Wesley Chapel.
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Waxhaw is one of only four Charlotte-area police departments offering downloadable Flock camera audit logs, a WBTV investigation found, as the town's board prepares to discuss the cameras at a Sept. 22 work session.
Local Government
The Union County Board of Elections has temporarily transferred Precinct 021 (Jackson VFD) voters to Hermon Baptist Church on Lancaster Highway in Waxhaw for the Nov. 3, 2026 General Election, with mailed notices required at least 30 days before the vote.
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The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization votes Wednesday, Sept. 23, on whether to restore support for the $4.3 billion I-77 South toll lane project, with a $69.5 million state penalty hanging over local governments that say no.
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Union County voters face a packed Nov. 3 ballot featuring a jail bond referendum, the U.S. Senate race, an NC Supreme Court contest and three constitutional amendments, with voter registration closing Oct. 9 and early voting starting Oct. 15.
Local Government
A state performance audit found North Carolina's Education Lottery transferred just 16% of revenue to public schools in fiscal year 2025, less than half the 38% goal, as digital instant games with high payout rates now dominate sales.
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Waxhaw-area voters must request absentee ballots by 5 p.m. Oct. 20 under new state rules that require sealed inner envelopes and restrict who can return a ballot, as a federal court fight over mail-in voting heads to the Supreme Court.
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Waxhaw's operating budget is running a structural deficit, and town staff restructured the timing of three capital projects totaling $3.1 million to avoid a cash-flow crunch during the lean first half of the fiscal year.
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Blu Innovation Aesthetics, a nurse practitioner-owned medical aesthetics and hair restoration practice, holds a ribbon cutting with Mayor Murray at 318 E. South Main St. on Friday, Sept. 11, becoming the latest health and wellness business to open in the Waxhaw area.
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An off-duty Waxhaw Police officer began directing peak-hour traffic at the Rehobeth Road and NC-75 intersection on Tuesday, Sept. 1, the first on-the-ground step in the town's agreement with Pulte Homes tied to the Preserve at Forest Creek subdivision.
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