NC Politics

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.

The elections director of Mecklenburg County speaks to WFAE as his staff prepares to send out thousands of absentee ballots next week. The N.C. ballots were supposed to hit the mail two weeks ago, but were delayed as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sued to get his name taken off of them.

Immigrant advocates say community health workers will be instrumental in disseminating accurate information about North Carolina House Bill 10, NC Health News reports.

In 2016, Donald Trump won North Carolina by 3.7 percentage points, or 173,000 votes. Polls in North Carolina show the race between Trump and Kamala Harris is now essentially tied. Will 2024 finally be the Democrats’ year?

Charlotte City Council recently voted to spend $91 million buying freight railroad tracks from Norfolk Southern. That’s a critical step toward building the Red Line commuter train to Lake Norman — a plan almost three decades in the making. Here’s what the council should do next.

In a hearing the day before absentee ballots are set to start getting sent out to North Carolina voters, a Wake County Superior Court judge will consider Robert F. Kennedy's demand to have his name removed.

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.

North Mecklenburg voters are getting a new political mailer. Republicans are playing that game, too, however. The N.C. Republican Party is sending hard-hitting mailers — nasty mailers — about two Democratic state House candidates in swing Mecklenburg districts.

A few weeks after his We the People Party fought hard for his name to be added to North Carolina's ballot, Robert F. Kennedy is now suing for removal.

While you might assume incorrectly that the Office of State Treasurer is where tax revenue gets processed, it’s actually a key position that oversees pension fund investments for state retirees and manages the state employees’ healthcare plan.