/tags/week-in-state-politics Week In State Politics en-US Copyright Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:10:51 GMT /politics/2023-06-23/sex-scandal-budget-negotiations-wisp-nc-politics Republican House Speaker Tim Moore was sued this week by the estranged husband of a woman who Moore acknowledges to having a sexual relationship with. How will the revelations practically impact what’s happening at the state legislature? Meanwhile, state lawmakers are considering a proposed constitutional amendment that would put a max on state spending by using a formula based on inflation and state population growth. Western Carolina Political Science Professor Chris Cooper and NC Free Enterprise Executive Director Anna Beavon Gravely discuss those stories, as well as a controversial bill now on the governor’s desk. Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:10:51 GMT /politics/2023-06-23/sex-scandal-budget-negotiations-wisp-nc-politics Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-31/will-anything-in-nc-politics-change-in-2021 2020 was an exhausting year for North Carolinians, and in the world of news and politics.Host Jeff Tiberii, Rob Schofield of NC Policy Watch and Becki… Thu, 31 Dec 2020 15:58:15 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-31/will-anything-in-nc-politics-change-in-2021 Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-22/journalists-reflect-on-2020 It was unprecedented, exhausting, unrelenting and — to at least one local reporter — bananas. The 2020 calendar will be remembered for a pandemic, racial… Tue, 22 Dec 2020 22:14:44 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-22/journalists-reflect-on-2020 Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-15/anatomy-of-a-governor What is the typical gubernatorial profile in North Carolina? Are there patterns in the background, upbringing or political composition of those who have… Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:03:20 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-12-15/anatomy-of-a-governor Jeff Tiberii, Charlie Shelton-Ormond /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-11-13/all-north-carolinas-votes-are-now-in County elections boards have finalized their official vote tallies. Still, on Friday the race to be chief justice of the state Supreme Court looked almost… Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:38:00 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-11-13/all-north-carolinas-votes-are-now-in Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-11-06/what-a-year-this-week-was Election Day brought little closure for our nation or our state in 2020.There will be counts and recounts and court filings and calls to concede before… Fri, 06 Nov 2020 23:28:31 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-11-06/what-a-year-this-week-was Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-30/predictions-for-a-quiet-election-day-in-north-carolina-with-races-too-close-to-call At least 4 million North Carolina voters won't be at the polls next Tuesday because they've already cast their ballots. And the U.S. Supreme Court ruled… Fri, 30 Oct 2020 22:24:15 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-30/predictions-for-a-quiet-election-day-in-north-carolina-with-races-too-close-to-call Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-23/closing-in-on-election-day With less than two weeks until November 3, more than two million people have already voted. In our review of the week in state politics, Democratic… Fri, 23 Oct 2020 21:46:51 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-23/closing-in-on-election-day Jeff Tiberii /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-20/a-return-to-record-setting-campaign-spending North Carolina is again home to the most expensive U.S. Senate race in the nation's history. During this 2020 election cycle, billions of dollars will… Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:11:43 GMT /podcast/tested-podcast/2020-10-20/a-return-to-record-setting-campaign-spending Jeff Tiberii /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-16/voters-surge-along-with-virus This week: North Carolina voters turned out in record numbers for the start of in-person early voting. Lines were made longer by social distancing — the… Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:31:26 GMT /podcast/podcast-wuncpolitics/2020-10-16/voters-surge-along-with-virus Jeff Tiberii