/tags/child-tax-credit Child Tax Credit en-US Copyright Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-04-08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty Payments from the child tax credit were closing the gaps on child hunger and poverty. But Congress failed to renew it. Now families who need it most have already slipped back into financial trouble. Fri, 08 Apr 2022 09:00:00 GMT /2022-04-08/the-child-tax-credit-was-a-lifeline-now-some-families-are-falling-back-into-poverty Sarah McCammon, Lauren Hodges, Sarah Handel /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-07-16/an-unprecedented-investment-in-americas-youth Parents across the country began receiving monthly payments from the federal government this week. Meanwhile, the North Carolina legislature considers legislation about critical race theory and medical marijuana. Host Jeff Tiberii reviews the week in politics with Mitch Kokai of the John Locke Foundation and Rob Schofield from NC Policy Watch. Fri, 16 Jul 2021 18:56:48 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2021-07-16/an-unprecedented-investment-in-americas-youth Jeff Tiberii