The Latest: Challenged North Carolina voter cited by Obama

President Barack Obama is citing voter challenges at the heart of an NAACP lawsuit as he urges people at a North Carolina rally to vote. While campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in Chapel Hill, Obama mentioned one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.

Futrell, Davis critical of budget

The state budget still awaiting Gov. Pat McCrory's signature doesn't do enough for education or state retirees, two area Democrats running for legislative office this fall said Friday. Brownie Futrell and Sam Davis also said the Republican-dominated Legislature also didn't do nearly enough to change House Bill 2, North Carolina's nationally controversial "bathroom law."