Stories by Jim Bradley
Some drivers concerned about potential toll lane cost
A proposal to add toll lanes on I-77 got a big boost this week after an endorsement from MUMPO, the regional transportation planning group. The state is moving forward with a plan that would add toll lanes for 25 miles on I-77 between uptown Charlotte and Mooresville. What no one ...
NC Attorney General fights against change of SBI control
A battle is brewing over control of North Carolina's State Bureau of Investigation. A budget proposal presented by Republicans in the N.C. Senate calls for transferring most of the SBI to the Department of Public Safety. For decades it has been part of the Department of Justice and has been ...
Family says mother's body left in parking lot for hours
The Rowan County Emergency Services Department is implementing new procedures after two men said their mother's body was left lying in a parking lot, in the rain, for hours after she died. David Smith said he was rushing his mother to the hospital late last month. When he noticed she ...
Judge upholds dismissal of DWI charge against Tim Newman
For a second time, a judge has dismissed DWI charges against Tim Newman. The former head of the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority was arrested in May 2012 and charged with drunken driving. State troopers said his blood-alcohol level was .14 percent, nearly twice the legal limit. A driver on Interstate ...
BGEA, Samaritan's Purse says they were targets of IRS
As allegations continue to swirl about whether the IRS targeted conservative groups for audits, a Charlotte evangelist said his religious charities were targeted too. Franklin Graham wrote a harsh letter to President Barack Obama on Tuesday suggesting audits of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan's Purse were political retribution ...
Proposal would lower legal alcohol limit for drivers
Drivers could face stricter limits on how much they can drink and still legally drive. The National Transportation Safety Board is recommending that all states, including North Carolina, drop the blood alcohol limit that constitutes drunk driving. Right now, drivers with a .08 blood alcohol concentration (BAC) can be charged ...
Whistleblower 9: Woman livid after private medical information exposed
A woman is livid after Channel 9 showed her some of her private medical information that had been exposed. A different woman found it in her bag after she had picked up a prescription for her son. Eyewitness News took the concerns of both women to the company and the ...
Rally in stock market has some thinking about retirement again
The sustained rally in the stock market has some workers thinking about retirement again. "I've had more people come to me lately and say, 'I'm serious about retirement now. Let me take a look. Would you run a projection for me?'" said financial planner Kelly Graves. "Two or three years ...
Economy continues to improve, creating hope for jobless
The number of people being laid off across the country is dropping. New claims for unemployment benefits dropped to their lowest level in five years last week. It's another bit of good news for an economy that has struggled to make consistent progress in creating jobs and lowering the unemployment ...
Protesters demonstrate in uptown outside BofA shareholders meeting
A year after shutting down streets outside the Bank of America stockholder meeting, only a few dozen protesters showed up in uptown Charlotte for the 2013 meeting. Charlotte's city manager declared the meeting an “extraordinary event,” giving police added powers to diffuse problems, but there was little to diffuse. A ...
9 Investigates: Needed changed in NC Ethics Commission operations
A state lawmaker is calling for changes in the way North Carolina's Ethics Commission is operating. That commission was established six years ago after a political scandal involving House Speaker Jim Black, but Eyewitness News discovered commissioners are not checking the accuracy of financial reports filed by elected leaders and ...
BBB: RXRelief card unlikely to help anyone with insurance
A new batch of cards has recently shown up in the mail in Charlotte. The cards promise big discounts at the drug store, but that claim is being challenged at one drug store and in complaints to the Better Business Bureau. Inside Pike's Pharmacy on Shamrock Drive, owner Jesse Pike ...
City manager’s budget recommendations call for property tax increase
After just a month on the job, Charlotte's city manager is taking a bold step with his first budget proposal. Ron Carlee is presenting his recommendations for next year's city budget to City Council members. It calls for a property tax increase of 7.25 percent. The money would pay for ...
City leaders consider strategy if airport authority created
Eyewitness News has learned city leaders are considering a strategy that could allow them to maintain control over millions of dollars' worth of projects at the airport even if state legislators succeed in creating a new airport authority to oversee it. Senate Bill 81, which has already been approved by ...
President Obama names Mayor Foxx as nominee for secretary of transportation
President Barack Obama ended months of speculation by naming Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx as his nominee to be the next secretary of transportation. In a White House announcement Monday afternoon, the president called Foxx "impressive" and a "friend" and pointed to Foxx's support of Charlotte's streetcar project, successful airport and ...
Airport study recommends independent authority as long-term solution
A consultant hired by Charlotte city leaders recommends Charlotte Douglas airport remain in the city's hands for now, but that could change down the road. "It is the hottest ticket in town -- reading this thing and going through it," councilman Andy Dulin said. The 60-page study, obtained by Eyewitness ...
Documents reveal that stadium upgrade was mayor's idea
Eyewitness News pushed for answers on Wednesday after finding out Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx made the first move on a controversial deal to upgrade Bank of America Stadium. Eyewitness News went through documents from secret meetings that explained how city leaders struck the deal. On Wednesday, Charlotte's Mayor told Eyewitness ...
Speedway steps up security following Boston bombings
On race days, the entire concourse at Charlotte Motor Speedway is teeming with race fans, and so, in the best of times it is a tough security assignment. After last week's Boston bombings, the speedway said fans should expect even more security and maybe longer lines to get inside. Long ...
NC senator wants to phase out state income tax
Just hours before the April 15 tax deadline expired, Eyewitness News found Harmony Casini holding a last-minute state income tax return that some North Carolina legislators want to phase out. "I like that -- the no filing any state taxes," Casini said. That's exactly what Sen. Bob Rucho (R-Mecklenburg) has ...
Charlotte native at Boston college ready for worst to be over
James Kennedy grew up in Charlotte and attends Boston's Emerson College. When Eyewitness News spoke with him by Skype on Friday, he just learned his campus was again on lockdown. "Honestly, the first thing I thought was, 'Not again,'" he said. Kennedy's dorm is two blocks from where the bombs ...
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