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New Year In North Carolina Politics: Lawsuits, Medicaid Expansion And Power Struggles

WUNC | By Laura Lee,
Jeff Tiberii, Frank Stasio
Published January 6, 2017 at 12:11 PM EST
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N.C. General Assembly

Late last year, the North Carolina General Assembly held a flurry of special sessions. Legislators passed laws stripping incoming Governor Roy Cooper of power, eliminating the State Board of Elections, and shifting power from the State Board of Education to incoming Republican School Superintendent Mark Johnson. All of those laws now face legal challenges in the courts. Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC Capitol bureau chief Jeff Tiberii about the latest.
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Laura Lee
Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.
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Jeff Tiberii
Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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