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This Week In NC Politics: Judicial Musings And Off-Shore Drilling

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

Judicial musings and off-shore drilling were among the array of North Carolina political topics that received attention this week.

Mitch Kokai, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, review that recent news, and also weigh-in on a piece by the Wall Street Journal exploring an economic divide in the state. Not discussed on this week’s forum – but mentioned – is a piece from the New York Times, noting the wariness of southern lawmakers to pursue divisive social policy, at least for now.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Mitch Kokai, 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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