RALEIGH - North Carolina Supreme Court candidates Anita Earls and Sarah Stevens are presenting sharply different views of precedent, legislative power and judicial recusals ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
RALEIGH - FactCheck.org says a Republican super PAC ad in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race gives a misleading account of a backlog of untested sexual-assault evidence kits during Roy Cooper's time as attorney general.
GREENVILLE - A super PAC reported $131,107.63 in independent expenditures supporting Republican U.S. Rep. Greg Murphy in North Carolina's 3rd Congressional District. Reuters described it as the first outside spending on his behalf in the 2026 race.
ASHEVILLE - The Cook Political Report moved North Carolina's 11th Congressional District from Lean Republican to Toss Up in its Sept. 25 House ratings update, a change that places the open western North Carolina seat among the country's most competitive races.
RALEIGH - A new Opinion Diagnostics poll commissioned by Common Cause North Carolina shows Democrat Roy Cooper leading Republican Michael Whatley by 10 percentage points in the state's U.S. Senate race.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. - North Carolina State Auditor Dave Boliek says his office is examining financial transactions and alleged irregularities at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, while a separate district attorney request asks the SBI to open a criminal investigation.
RALEIGH - North Carolina’s top election official said Friday the state plans to use a federal citizenship-verification database for voter-list maintenance after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted restrictions that had blocked the expanded system.
RALEIGH - North Carolina voters will decide three proposed constitutional amendments Nov. 3 covering voter identification, the state income-tax ceiling and limits on local property-tax increases.
HIGH POINT - A High Point University poll finds Democrats leading Republicans 48%-44% on a statewide generic U.S. House ballot among likely North Carolina voters.
HIGH POINT - A new High Point University poll puts Democrats ahead on generic ballots for both chambers of the North Carolina General Assembly among likely voters.
RALEIGH - A new High Point University poll shows Democrat Anita Earls at 46% and Republican Sarah Stevens at 44% among likely voters in North Carolina’s 2026 Supreme Court race.
HIGH POINT - A new High Point University survey puts Democrat Roy Cooper at 50% and Republican Michael Whatley at 42% among likely North Carolina voters in the open U.S. Senate race.
