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This Week In NC Politics: HB2 Anniversary And The First Override Of A Cooper Veto

Dave DeWitt
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WUNC
Dave DeWitt

This week in state politics, a discussion of efforts to change HB2 and the first override of a Governor Cooper veto with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch.

This week in state politics, Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch discuss efforts to change HB2 on the occasion of its first anniversary. They also discuss the first override of a Governor Cooper veto- judicial elections in North Carolina will once again be partisan contests.

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