Jeff Tiberii
Capitol Bureau Chief/ Host, "WUNCPolitics Podcast"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 18 years.
He works in the Capitol Bureau at the NC General Assembly. Jeff started at WUNC as the Greensboro Bureau Chief, in September of 2011. He has reported on a range of topics, including higher education, the military, federal courts, politics, coal ash, aviation, the opioid epidemic, craft beer and college athletics.
His work has been heard on Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Weekend Edition, Marketplace, Here & Now, 1A and the BBC. His work has been recognized with seven regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, and he has been named the Radio Reporter of the Year by the Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas four different times. He loves to travel and would one day like to live and work abroad.
If you have a story, question or thought find him at JTiberii@WUNC.org or @J_tibs.
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It was, per usual, another bustling week in North Carolina Politics, complete with a surprise. NC Health News editor-in Chief Rose Hoban joins Western Carolina University Professor Chris Cooper. The group discusses a Republican override of an abortion veto, the latest spending blueprint, and what to make of Mike Morgan's unexpected announcement that he will not seek another term. -
This week on the political front, a jury found former President Donald Trump civilly liable for committing sexual abuse. Meanwhile a looming debt ceiling crisis lingers over more than just Washington. In Raleigh, the Gov. Roy Cooper will veto an abortion bill at a Saturday rally. Reporter Danielle Battaglia, strategist Aisha Dew, and longtime political operative Anna Beavon Gravely offer insights and analysis in our weekly review.
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Following months of internal, closed-door conversations, Republicans moved quickly to pass new abortion regulations this week. The bill will soon be vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper, and then likely overridden by Republicans in the legislature. This measure bans most abortions after 12 weeks. In our weekly review of state politics Dawn Vaughan of the News and Observer, and Chris Cooper, a Professor at Western Carolina University, offer analysis on the legislation.
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A bill moving quickly through the North Carolina legislature would permit the state's largest health insurer to transform away from being a true nonprofit. And legislative Republicans want to again expand the voucher program known as Opportunity Scholarships.
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This week, lawmakers voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that repeals the state's handgun permit requirement. Proponents of the bill say the permit is an outdated infringement on the second amendment, while opponents counter that the new law eliminates a common sense safeguard that keeps away guns from dangerous individuals.
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This week at the North Carolina General Assembly proposals related to pistol permitting, and immigration moved forward. At the same time, there has not yet been action on abortion, or a compromise on rural hospitals (see: Medicaid). Clark Riemer, chief of staff to Republican State House Representative Jason Saine, and Rob Schofield, director of the progressive N.C. Policy Watch, review what is, and isn't happening at the legislature.
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Anderson Clayton, the new Chair of the NC Democratic Party, speaks with WUNC's Jeff Tiberii about her surprise victory, her focus for 2024, and a personal topic of much discussion: her age.
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Clark Riemer, chief of staff to Rep. Jason Saine, and Rob Schofield, director of NC Policy Watch, review the week in North Carolina politics.
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An overview of North Carolina's delegation for the 118th Congress, which includes six new members out of a 16-member group
