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This Week In NC Politics: Municipal Elections, Another Veto, And The Atlantic Coast Pipeline

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii
Published October 13, 2017 at 1:46 PM EDT
This week in state politics, an analysis of Gov. Roy Cooper's first State of the State address.
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This week in state politics, an analysis of Gov. Roy Cooper's first State of the State address.

This week in North Carolina politics, while lawmakers are back in their districts, there were plenty of political developments in North Carolina this week. Municipal elections took place in a number of cities on Tuesday, Governor Roy Cooper issued another veto, and his administration pumped the brakes on plans for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, join WUNC's Jeff Tiberii to discuss the week's news.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, about the week's political news.

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Jeff Tiberii first started posing questions to strangers after dinner at La Cantina Italiana, in Massachusetts, when he was two-years-old. Jeff grew up in Wayland, Ma., an avid fan of the Boston Celtics, and took summer vacations to Acadia National Park (ME) with his family. He graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and moved to North Carolina in 2006. His experience with NPR member stations WAER (Syracuse), WFDD (Winston-Salem) and now WUNC, dates back 15 years.
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