Host Dawn Vaughan talks to higher ed reporter Korie Dean about why North Carolina universities like UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke University and Davidson College have significantly increased their spending on lobbying in the first six months of Donald Trump’s second term amid federal funding cuts.

Host: Dawn Vaughan

Guest: Korie Dean

Producer: Kevin Keister

Executive Producer: Laura Brache

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