Despite only being a part-time legislature, lawmakers are still sticking around the General Assembly with special sessions coming up in August and September. Is it time to start calling it a full-time legislature? The panel also discussed how a community newspaper is asking Gov. Roy Cooper to veto a bill that could put the paper out of business, Rev. William J. Barber II challenging a ban that keeps him from the Legislative Building, and what is happening between health care protesters and U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis.

We also pick a Headliner of the Week. Jordan Schrader of The News & Observer hosts, with Matthew Adams and Will Doran of the N&O, and Colin Campbell and Lauren Horsch of the N.C. Insider.

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