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Tom and Aaron discuss recent special elections in Wisconsin and Florida, with strong showings (and a key win) for Democrats.

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The annual "Running with the Angels" 5K is coming to Chapel Hill on Saturday, April 26, benefiting the Monet Richardson Community Foundation.

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Trending today: a left-footed kicker gets invited to the NFL combine for the first time in many years - joining a short but prestigious list.

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In today's news: while hundreds hold an anti-Trump rally in Chapel Hill, a court ruling in Raleigh puts 60,000 votes on the line.

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This Week:

James Wood is currently Professor of Latin American and modern world history at North Carolina A&T State University. He is the author of The Society of Equality: Popular Republicanism and Democracy in Santiago de Chile, 1818-1851 and the co-editor of Problems in Modern Latin American History: Sources and Interpretations, now in its fifth edition with Rowman and Littlefield. As a Fulbright scholar for Chile in 2016 he was a visiting professor at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago (where he observed Chilean student activism up close).

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Willis Whichard, lawyer, legislator, Supreme Court justice, and law school dean, is the author of “A Consequential Life: David Lowry Swain, Nineteenth-Century North Carolina, and Their University.” He talks about his new book and Swain, who was a lawyer, judge, governor, and university president.” Whichard, who himself has been a legislator, judge, supreme court justice, and law school dean explains Swain’s contributions to the university and the state.

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97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell helps close out the week by sharing the latest local news stories with listeners on Friday, April 4.

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Deborah Stroman calls in from Tampa to speak with 97.9 The Hill's Brighton McConnell ahead of the women's college basketball Final Four games.

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Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee speaks with 97.9 The Hill News Director Brighton McConnell on Friday, April 4.

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97.9 The Hill's Andrew Stuckey fills in for Aaron Keck with The Morning News. In This edition of the news, we learn that UNC Provost Chris Clemens will be stepping down in May. We hear from Chair of the Orange County Commissioners Jamezeetta Bedford on the county's 10-Year Capital Improvement Plan, we hear a story on Carrboro's plan for affordable housing, and more. In sports, the UNC Baseball Team gets a dramatic win against Duke to kick off a busy Tar Heel sports weekend, Women's Lacrosse hosts the number one team in the nation, and more.

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