Rep. Tricia Cotham filed a bill with a couple significant differences than a similar transit bill in the NC Senate. In this November 2024 file photo, Cotham speaks at the General Assembly in Raleigh.

Rep. Tricia Cotham introduced a bill Thursday that would allow Mecklenburg County to put to a vote a sales tax increase to pay for road, rail and bus projects and establish a new public transit ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...

Tricia Cotham will likely serve her first full term as a Republican in the North Carolina House after appearing to win reelection in District 105. Why it matters: Cotham was elected in 2022 as a ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, filed a bill Thursday that would let Mecklenburg County put a sales tax referendum on the ballot this fall. If approved, voters would decide on a one-cent sales ...

Cotham represents a southeast Mecklenburg County seat. She won her seat as a Democrat in 2022 and then switched to the Republican Party the next year, giving the GOP a one-seat supermajority.

Rep. Tricia Cotham filed a bill with a couple significant differences than a similar transit bill in the NC Senate. In this November 2024 file photo, Cotham speaks at the General Assembly in Raleigh.

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, filed a bill that would let Mecklenburg County put a sales tax referendum on the ballot this fall.

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...

Rep. Tricia Cotham speaks about funding for private school vouchers prior to a vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a budget bill in the House at the General Assembly in Raleigh on Tuesday ...