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April 10, 2020 How To Prioritize Those In Need
Unemployment claims surpassed half a million, and various industries across North Carolina asked for help this week. The coronavirus outbreak took dozens more North Carolinians and led to a hot spot in Orange County. In their usual review of the week's political news, Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch , and Becki Gray, from the John Locke Foundation , address some recent pushback to the stay-at-home order, and share how they will celebrate the holiday weekend.
13 min
April 07, 2020 Congressman And Doctor: Greg Murphy On Remedies For The Coronavirus Ailing Our Health And Economy
Republican Greg Murphy represents eastern North Carolina's 3rd District in the U.S. House. He's also a urologist, and the only doctor on Capitol Hill still seeing patients.
24 min
April 07, 2020 Congressman And Doctor: Greg Murphy On Remedies For The Coronavirus Ailing Our Health And Economy
Republican Greg Murphy represents eastern North Carolina's 3rd District in the U.S. House. He's also a urologist, and the only doctor on Capitol Hill still seeing patients. He's been on social media in a lab coat or scrubs often lately to update constituents on the coronavirus outbreak. He's delivered a mea culpa about one claim: sunlight, he'd said, can kill the virus — several fact checks rated that false. On this edition of the WUNC Politics Podcast, Rep. Murphy talks social distancing, the
24 min
April 03, 2020 COVID-19 Spreads, And So Does Staggering Unemployment In North Carolina
North Carolina is rounding out its first week under a statewide stay-at-home order.
19 min
April 03, 2020 COVID-19 Spreads, And So Does Staggering Unemployment In North Carolina
North Carolina is rounding out its first week under a statewide stay-at-home order. Two years' worth of unemployment applications have suffocated the state agency charged with handling them. And the coronavirus pandemic has now reached into the state's nursing homes, prisons, and even the legislative building. Becki Gray of the conservative John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield of the progressive NC Policy Watch discuss what's transpired, what lawmakers should do to prepare for the inevitable
19 min
March 27, 2020 Governor Says Stay At Home, Lawmakers Ponder Their Coronavirus Response, And Some Silver Linings
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered North Carolinians to stay at home for thirty days starting 5 p.m. Monday, March 30. Healthcare providers worried about being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients cheered his decision. Businesses not necessarily.
27 min
March 27, 2020 Governor Says Stay At Home, Lawmakers Ponder Their Coronavirus Response, And Some Silver Linings
Gov. Roy Cooper ordered North Carolinians to stay at home for thirty days starting 5 p.m. Monday, March 30. Healthcare providers worried about being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients cheered his decision. Businesses not necessarily. Meanwhile, lawmakers this week began meeting, telephonically, to consider things like how to provide tax relief and get money to all the people who are suddenly out of work because of the coronavirus crisis. From a safe social distance, Rob Schofield of the
27 min
March 24, 2020 What It's Like To Lose On Super Tuesday
It's been three weeks since Super Tuesday. Dozens of winners in federal, state, and local races were celebrating that night. But the vast majority of candidates who were on North Carolina's packed primary ballots lost.
22 min
March 24, 2020 What It's Like To Lose On Super Tuesday
It's been three weeks since Super Tuesday. Dozens of winners in federal, state, and local races were celebrating that night. But the vast majority of candidates who were on North Carolina's packed primary ballots lost. Greg Gebhardt is an Iraq war veteran, once a staffer for powerful state House Rep. David Lewis, and father of three. He spent months traversing the state, raising and spending money to improve his name recognition in the crowded race to be the GOP nominee for lieutenant governor.
22 min
March 20, 2020 This Week In NC Politics: Richard Burr's Stock Dump And COVID-19
As a global pandemic continues to spread throughout the country, a prominent North Carolina politician landed in the crosshairs on Thursday. Richard Burr, the senior U.S. Senator from North Carolina, gave a grim warning about the virus to a private audience, while striking a different message in public. Reporting this week also revealed he made 33 transactions, dumping as much as $1.7 million in stock as COVID-19 prepared to wreak financial havoc.
23 min

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