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  • 2020 Shaping Up, $8 Billion Needed For Schools?, Backlash Over The 'Silent Sam' Settlement
    Rematches are shaping up for 2020 in some North Carolina legislative districts, while dozens of seats are still unopposed with a week to go for candidate filing. A new study came out saying the state needs to drastically increase spending on public schools — maybe by as much as $8 billion over eight years. The University of North Carolina agreed to give the Sons of Confederate Veterans the felled "Silent Sam" statue along with $2.5 million for upkeep. Now a civil rights law firm is going to
    22 min
  • Who's Excited For 2020? This Reporter Is
    We knew Republican U.S. Senator Thom Tillis was running for re-election, but he made a bit of news about impeachment when he filed. And Tillis is not running unopposed. News & Observer reporter Dawn Vaughan joins the WUNC Politics Podcast to talk about the races for senate, congress, and lieutenant governor in North Carolina, and why she thinks the potrayal of a female newspaper reporter in the new movie Richard Jewell is, "a bunch of crap!"
    22 min
  • Public Funding For A Hate Group?

    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faced criticism this week for its decision to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million, and hand over the Confederate monument Silent Sam which was erected during the Jim Crow era and loomed over the school’s campus until it was toppled in August, 2018.

    18 min
  • Public Funding For A Hate Group?
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faced criticism this week for its decision to pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans $2.5 million, and hand over the Confederate monument Silent Sam which was erected during the Jim Crow era and loomed over the school’s campus until it was toppled in August, 2018. Rob Schofield and Mitch Kokai discuss the development. Meanwhile, the state lottery commission is making a recommendation that runs counter to recent efforts by state lawmakers. Those
    19 min
  • A Guarantee For Nonpartisan Redistricting
    Darren Jackson wants to be the next Speaker of the North Carolina House. Jackson (D-Wake) is currently the Democratic leader in House. He says if Democrats can take back the chamber he will insist on redistricting reform at the General Assembly. In a wide ranging conversation, Jackson discusses candidate filing for the 2020 elections, which began Monday. And he addresses a friendship with David Lewis (R-Harnett) that soured after a controversial budget-override vote on September 11th.
    26 min
  • Medicaid Overhaul On Hold, Pipeline Deal Questioned Again, Post-Redistricting Exodus Begins
    Plans to overhaul North Carolina's Medicaid program are on an indefinite hold — another casualty of the budget impasse. A Republican-led investigation concluded Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper improperly handled negotiations over a mitigation fund related to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. And, on the heels of legislative redistricting, a five-term state senator has announced his retirement. Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch and Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation give their takes — from the
    23 min

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The “WUNC Politics Podcast” is a free-flowing discussion of what we're hearing in the back hallways of the General Assembly and on the campaign trail across North Carolina. 

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