Robin Hayes News

Rev. Mark Harris, the pastor of Charlotte's First Baptist Church, said Monday he's listening to those who want him to run for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination next year.

Gov. Pat McCrory's administration is warning that the state health care program for the poor will cost $135 million more than anticipated.

Republican state Rep. Larry Pittman apologized Wednesday to House Speaker Thom Tillis for questioning his conservative credentials at a recent tea party forum.

Newly appointed members of the State Board of Elections say they will start their tenure Wednesday with no marching orders as to who should serve as their most senior staff member or how to pursue a high-profile campaign finance investigation.

State elections officials are calling for an investigation of $235,000 in political donations to dozens of North Carolina candidates from an Oklahoma sweepstakes operator, contributions that they say may have violated state campaign finance laws.