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This Week In NC Politics: Obamacare Repeal, Redistricting, And Summer Reading

WUNC | By Jeff Tiberii

Published July 21, 2017 at 10:14 AM EDT

exterior of the NC State Legislature — On this week in NC politics, Obamacare, redistricting and

This week in state politics, a plan to repeal Obamacare fizzled in the U.S. Senate. What impact, if any, will that have on North Carolina's congressional delegation?

Also, Gov. Roy Cooper pledged that Democrats would turn over redistricting if they regain control of the Legislature in 2020.

Mitch Kokai, of the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, of NC Policy Watch, join WUNC's Jeff Tiberii to discuss the week's news.

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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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