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January 31, 2020 Impeachment Trial Rolls On, Biden Gets North Carolina Endorsements
While U.S. senators (and our airwaves) were occupied with an impeachment trial, former Vice President Joe Biden picked up a couple of endorsements from notable North Carolinians. Becki Gray of the conservative John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield of the progressive NC Policy Watch weigh in on the questions of witnesses and impeachable offenses and the significance of endorsements these days.
24 min
January 28, 2020 Erica Smith Says SHE Is The Frontrunner In The Democratic Senate Primary
State Sen. Erica Smith says she's the progressive, credentialed, electable choice, even if the Democratic Party establishment isn't backing her campaign for the U.S. Senate.
22 min
January 28, 2020 Erica Smith Says SHE Is The Frontrunner In The Democratic Senate Primary
State Sen. Erica Smith says she's the progressive, credentialed, electable choice, even if the Democratic Party establishment isn't backing her campaign for the U.S. Senate. On this edition of the WUNCPolitics Podcast, Smith talks about her fundraising and who she likes in the still-crowded presidential primary race. She also discusses what role race plays as she tries to become just the third black woman ever to earn a seat in the world's greatest deliberative body.
22 min
January 24, 2020 A Candidate Remarks On Abortion And Black Genocide, Another Accused Of Illegal Coordination
Republican candidate for governor (and current lieutenant governor) Dan Forest claimed that Planned Parenthood was created to, "destroy the entire black race," during a Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Then on Wednesday he compared abortion to slavery.
24 min
January 24, 2020 A Candidate Remarks On Abortion And Black Genocide, Another Accused Of Illegal Coordination
Republican candidate for governor (and current lieutenant governor) Dan Forest claimed that Planned Parenthood was created to, "destroy the entire black race," during a Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration. Then on Wednesday he compared abortion to slavery. This week in North Carolina politics also included an allegation of illegal coordination between a senate campaign and a friendly PAC, and a new order in a decades-old lawsuit over public education funding. Becki Gray of the conservative John
24 min
January 21, 2020 WBTV'S Investigator On How Public Records Make For Great TV
WBTV reporter Nick Ochsner doesn't hesitate to confront a subject who he feels is ducking his questions. He has a reputation for being quick to file a lawsuit when it seems officials aren't following public records laws.
26 min
January 21, 2020 WBTV'S Investigator On How Public Records Make For Great TV
WBTV reporter Nick Ochsner doesn't hesitate to confront a subject who he feels is ducking his questions. He has a reputation for being quick to file a lawsuit when it seems officials aren't following public records laws. On this edition of the WUNCPolitics Podcast, Ochsner explains his aggressive approach and whether being from a Gold Star family has influenced his reporting.
26 min
January 18, 2020 No State Budget Breakthrough, Senator Tillis Wants Debates
The North Carolina General Assembly convened for a single day this week. But no budget deal was brokered, and now we'll be without one at least until springtime.
23 min
January 18, 2020 No State Budget Breakthrough, Senator Tillis Wants Debates
The North Carolina General Assembly convened for a single day this week. But no budget deal was brokered, and now we'll be without one at least until springtime. Meanwhile, incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis has made an unusual request to debate his Democratic opponent in the 2020 general election. Rob Schofield of the progressive NC Policy Watch and Becki Gray of the conservative John Locke Foundation discuss all that and what concerns they have about the voting machines being booted up
23 min
January 10, 2020 State Superintendent Makes Istation Purchase, Billionaire Candidates Spend Big
The state superintendent made a $928,000 emergency purchase that stoked the fight with the state board of education over what tool schools should be using to evaluate reading skills.
16 min

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