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NC News Roundup: Absentee ballots set to go out; recreational marijuana in NC; perspectives on school violence

Cindy Hinkle reaches for a stack of ballots as election workers prepare to mail out absentee ballot requests at the Wake County Board of Elections office in Raleigh on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022.
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File photo. Election preparation at Wake County Board of Elections office, 2022.

On the North Carolina News Roundup…

The Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ballot hokey pokey has concluded. We think! What’s going on with those absentee ballots set to go out Friday?

Later, new test scores for K-12 public school students are setting off another debate over how to improve outcomes for our young people.

Meanwhile, are state lawmakers closing in on a deal for more school voucher funding?

In Asheville, nurses have authorized a strike. We’ll get an update on the labor disagreement at HCA-owned Mission Hospital.

All that and a notable announcement from a never-Trumper is made at Duke University.

Join Jeff Tiberii and a panel of reporters for context and analysis of the week's news.

Guests

Dawn Vaughan, Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer

Bryan Anderson, freelance reporter, creator of the “Anderson Alerts” newsletter

Zachery Eanes, reporter, Axios Raleigh

Lilly Knoepp, senior regional reporter, Blue Ridge Public Radio (BPR)

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.