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This Week In NC Politics: A State Budget Impasse and Gerrymandering Trial

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File photo of the North Carolina Legislative building.
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As the state budget impasse continues without much news, there was an interesting policy at the North Carolina General Assembly this week regarding hemp.

Meanwhile, a partisan gerrymandering trial in state court saw testimony from an expert witness thrown out for being inaccurate. And, a House lawmaker who stalked his wife resigned his elected post.

Becki Gray, from the John Locke Foundation, and Rob Schofield, with NC Policy Watch, review the Week In State Politics.

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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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