This Week In NC Politics: Is There A Way To Bring People Back To The Middle?

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii

Published October 27, 2017 at 10:33 AM EDT

This week in state politics, an analysis of Gov. Roy Cooper's first State of the State address.

This week in North Carolina politics, a discussion on the latest state redistricting developments, a state lawmaker who is officially changing parties from Republican to Democrat, and a look at whether any leaders can bring people back to the middle.Mitch Kokai, of the conservative John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, join WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii to discuss the week in state and national politics.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Mitch Kokai, of the conservative John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, about the week in state and national politics.

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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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