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This Week In NC Politics: Failed Obamacare Repeal, NFL Protests, And Lawmakers Return To Raleigh

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

This week in North Carolina politics, the latest effort to repeal Obamacare stalled in Washington. What does that means for North Carolinians?

Also, we talk about the timing of President Trump's tweets last weekend about protests by NFL players while other news was going on at the national and international level. And North Carolina state lawmakers return to Raleigh next week. What should we expect?

Becki Gray, 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 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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