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This Week In NC Politics: A Mitigation Fund And Reaction To Another School Shooting

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii
Published February 16, 2018 at 11:04 AM EST
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.

State legislators have departed for an extended break, but unsurprisingly, the partisan spats are not quieting down.

This week in North Carolina politics saw disputes over the constitutionality and possible ethical issue stemming from a $57.8 million mitigation fund related to the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.

Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, and Becki Gray, of the John Locke Foundation, join WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii to discuss the fund, as well as reflect on two longtime lawmakers who will not seek re-election and the nation's inability to do anything about mass shootings.WUNC Capitol Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii talks with Rob Schofield and Becki Gray about the week's political news.

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Jeff Tiberii
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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