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This week in NC politics: A divisive bill of rights and a lingering literacy test

瓜神app | By Jeff Tiberii

Published February 3, 2023 at 1:38 PM EST

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State lawmakers have again filed a Parents Bill of Rights, sparking the latest cultural dispute at the NC General Assembly.

Meanwhile, a leading conservative offers his support to repeal a vestige from the Jim Crow era.

, chief of staff to Rep. Jason Saine, and , director of NC Policy Watch, review the week in North Carolina politics.

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of 瓜神app's "Due South." Jeff joined 瓜神app in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and 瓜神app鈥檚 Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary 鈥淩ight Turn,鈥� launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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