The North Carolina Board of Elections hearing that will look at campaign finance questions swirling around former Gov. Mike Easley begins at 11 a.m. Earlier this morning, Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson previewed the hearing for WPTF’s Scott Fitzgerald. You can hear it right here. Or, log on to www.wptf.com. Click on “On Demand,” and then “North Carolina’s Morning News.”

To follow the hearings, be sure to check in with The Locker Room, where Rick and others will be live-blogging the hearings. It’s an ideal way to keep track of who’s going in and out and who’s saying what.