North Carolina House lawmakers held a hearing Wednesday to question how millions of dollars in legal aid grants are distributed through a state program.

A coalition of business owners in downtown Winston-Salem raised the money that was needed to keep the cash-strapped Day Shelter at Bethesda Center for the Homeless open through the end of the year.

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders were poised Wednesday to complete a retooling of part of the state's U.S. House map in hopes of picking up an additional GOP seat and helping President Donald Trump retain majority control of the lower chamber of Congress in next year's midterm elections.

The state House is beginning the process of removing N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman from office. The High Point Democrat was arrested earlier this month and charged with sex crimes involving a 15-year-old.