Immigration and border security have taken center stage in this year's election with Republican candidates criticizing the border policy of President Joe Biden and Democrats. Though North Carolina is about 1,000 miles from the southern border, some lawmakers want to make it an issue here.

In this week's political fact check, we turn our attention to the race for North Carolina governor between Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson and Democratic Attorney General Josh Stein. The headline of a press release last week from the Stein campaign said, “Mark Robinson skips Board of Education vote on teacher bonuses to hold campaign event.” Paul Specht of WRAL joins WFAE's Morning Edition host Marshall Terry for more.

A recent social media post claimed the ballot this November in North Carolina has been created in a way to hurt former President Donald Trump.

Gov. Cooper announced last week that he was pulling out of consideration to be Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic ticket. In making the decision, Cooper reportedly said one reason was to prevent Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson from assuming control while Cooper was away campaigning. On this week's Fact Check, we looked into who has power when the governor leaves the state.

It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum spoke at the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro last month. He focused on energy policy and made a claim that Biden shut down natural gas export capacity.

When N.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Paul Newby replaced District Court Chief Judge Elizabeth Trosch in Mecklenburg County with another judge, some other judges and politicians were upset. They accused Newby, a Republican, of removing Trosch, a Democrat, without good reason. Paul Specht of WRAL joined WFAE's Marshall Terry for a fact-check on the issue.

It’s time now for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. A bill in the North Carolina General Assembly would limit the wearing of masks in public. But would it grant new freedoms to groups like the Ku Klux Klan?

It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. We are looking at three separate claims related to school safety that Michele Morrow made during a recent event in Cary.

Two Republicans face each other in a primary runoff later this month for the congressional seat in North Carolina’s 13th District, which covers part of the Raleigh area. One of the candidates, Kelly Daughtry, in a TV ad, has claimed that her opponent Brad Knott was a "lawyer for Joe Biden." WRAL's Paul Specht joined us for this week's Fact Check to discuss.

It’s time for a fact-check of North Carolina politics. President Biden joined Vice President Harris in Raleigh last week to promote his administration’s efforts to expand health care access. During his speech, Biden made a claim about Trump’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.