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WRAL Capitol Bureau Chief Laura Leslie, state government reporters Travis Fain and Bryan Anderson and other members of the NC Capitol team discuss North Carolina politics and state government doings.
Episode | Date |
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NC mask ban debate, AI porn, video gambling
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May 17, 2024 |
Primary runoff preview, April surprise, mask ban
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May 10, 2024 |
Antisemitism, millions for vouchers, a bourbon-soaked soiree
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May 03, 2024 |
2024 legislative session kicks off, Bernie Sanders investigation highlights NC
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Apr 26, 2024 |
Budget news, Balanced Nutrition, and sports gambling pays off
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Apr 19, 2024 |
Japanese, Ukrainian leaders look to NC, plus 2024 budget sneak peek
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Apr 12, 2024 |
Teacher turnover, the daycare cliff and weight-loss drugs
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Apr 05, 2024 |
State school superintendent race keeps NC in national headlines
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Mar 22, 2024 |
Post-election surprises and fights, plus WRAL polling
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Mar 15, 2024 |
WRAL and 99.9 The Fan present: The long road to legal sports betting in North Carolina
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Mar 14, 2024 |
Election upsets, Chamber concerns and runoffs
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Mar 08, 2024 |
Primary countdown, sports betting, and who's on the legislative hot seat
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Mar 01, 2024 |
Primary money, Leandro redux, historic capitol records
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Feb 23, 2024 |
Biden's visit and the battle over home insurance rate hikes
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Jan 19, 2024 |
HOAs, gerrymandering and the campaign trail
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Jan 13, 2024 |
Who won 2023 in NC politics?
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Dec 22, 2023 |
NC campaign filing closes, with some surprises
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Dec 15, 2023 |
Campaign filing season, and an exit at UNC
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Dec 08, 2023 |
Medicaid expands, governor picks new state auditor
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Dec 01, 2023 |
Beth Wood vehicle saga drives on
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Nov 10, 2023 |
We have maps, now for the lawsuits
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Oct 27, 2023 |
New maps, old fights: Redistricting heats up again in North Carolina
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Oct 20, 2023 |
A week of veto overrides, lawsuits and division over war in Israel
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Oct 13, 2023 |
Congress in disarray? Of course there's a North Carolina connection
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Oct 06, 2023 |
$30B budget, Medicaid expansion will be law after exhausting, secretive process
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Sep 22, 2023 |
State budget talks fall apart
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Sep 15, 2023 |
Casino debate delays budget with Medicaid hanging in the balance
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Sep 08, 2023 |
Make or break time for NC gambling bills
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Sep 01, 2023 |
A budget timeline we believe?
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Aug 25, 2023 |
Veto overrides, election bills and a stalled budget
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Aug 18, 2023 |
NC budget delays, third-party bids and concealed weapons
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Aug 12, 2023 |
Casinos! NC lawmakers weigh massive increase in legalized gambling
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Jul 21, 2023 |
The state budget? Don't hold your breath
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Jul 14, 2023 |
An abortion lawsuit, two US Supreme Court decisions, multiple LGBTQ bills and medical marijuana. Whew.
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Jun 30, 2023 |
House speaker's affair, movement on voting, abortion, anti-trans bills
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Jun 23, 2023 |
'Jumbo jet' election bills, budget talks slow, and a preview of 2024
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Jun 16, 2023 |
NC Republicans rally with a twice indicted Trump; budget negotiations continue
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Jun 09, 2023 |
Home stretch looms for gambling bill, medical marijuana
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Jun 02, 2023 |
Republican reckoning, Blue Cross battle, Cooper’s crusade
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May 26, 2023 |
An abortion override and a Senate budget
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May 19, 2023 |
More Mark Robinson, and an abortion veto looms
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May 12, 2023 |
Abortion bill flies through NC House, Senate
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May 06, 2023 |
Power struggles, drag shows, school vouchers and consensus on an abortion bill?
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Apr 21, 2023 |
A party switch, a budget vote, anti-trans bills filed and new transportation taxes pitched
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Apr 07, 2023 |
Lessons in leverage and political power
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Mar 31, 2023 |
Gun bill vetoed, Wood pleads guilty, Medicaid passes and gambling rolls
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Mar 24, 2023 |
Gov's budget DOA, a gun bill, race in schools and Medicaid nearly done
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Mar 16, 2023 |
Busy week brings budget work and beaucoup bills
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Mar 10, 2023 |
After all these years, Medicaid expansion moving
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Mar 03, 2023 |
Moore's rammed vehicle, tax cuts, new Lindberg indictment, and Medicaid in the Senate
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Feb 24, 2023 |
Gun bills and Medicaid expansion move. Are tax cuts coming soon?
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Feb 17, 2023 |
Long week with more to come
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Feb 10, 2023 |
Bills, bills, bills (and a lawsuit)
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Feb 03, 2023 |
Bills, rumors and more on state auditor’s crash
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Jan 29, 2023 |
The state auditor’s car crash, and an early start to the 2024 governor race
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Jan 20, 2023 |
Legislative session starts, House rules fight heats up, and the potential of a 13-week abortion bill
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Jan 13, 2023 |
Session looms, Duke Energy answers questions about blackouts and Burr investigation ends
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Jan 06, 2023 |
Voter ID, redistricting rulings come down, but the fight’s never over
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Dec 16, 2022 |
Two supreme courts and a surprise announcement
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Dec 09, 2022 |
Redistricting at SCOTUS preview; Tillis and LGBTQ and more
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Dec 03, 2022 |
NC Republicans weigh in on Trump’s big announcement
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Nov 18, 2022 |
The Wrap @NCCapitol: Post-election -- and pre-2023 session -- thoughts
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Nov 11, 2022 |
A big Leandro decision, a ruling on disability funding, and Cooper pushes on UNC governance
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Nov 04, 2022 |
Elections home stretch, Dems drop $$ into eastern NC race and the loss of a Senate story teller
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Oct 28, 2022 |
Debate: Should NC Republicans take more control?
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Oct 26, 2022 |
Special edition: A Wrap conversation with NC politics icon Gerry Cohen
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Oct 05, 2022 |
The Wrap begins to get you ready for the coming election
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Sep 23, 2022 |
Cooper administration called out on slow hurricane rebuild, and Folwell’s mulling a run for governor
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Sep 16, 2022 |
Another big economic development announcement for NC
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Sep 09, 2022 |
Campaign season heating up
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Sep 02, 2022 |
Election season never ends
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Aug 26, 2022 |
Green Party approved for 2022 ballots, and what changes for election observers state officials are seeking?
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Aug 12, 2022 |
Pro teams amp up pressure on legalized gambling, and how much will abortion move the needle in November?
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Aug 05, 2022 |
Another saga from the 2020 elections, and a lieutenant governor who’s ‘not very good at math’
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Jul 29, 2022 |
Abortion, contraception, and yet another interim to head NC community colleges
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Jul 22, 2022 |
Special edition: Interview with NC Senate leader Phil Berger
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Jul 09, 2022 |
Which bills passed, which stalled during the legislative session
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Jul 01, 2022 |
The budget, Medicaid expansion, a bigger tax cut and … milk chugging?
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Jun 17, 2022 |
Elections, guns and the Lt. Governor
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Jun 10, 2022 |
NC lawmakers consider legalizing medical marijuana, Parents' Bill of Rights legislation
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Jun 03, 2022 |
Two bills move forward in the NC Senate
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May 26, 2022 |
We're all election reporters
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May 20, 2022 |
Saturday is the last day of early voting in May 17 primary election
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May 13, 2022 |
Abortion, and the politics that follow
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May 06, 2022 |
GOP-funded ad calls Rep. Cawthorn a liar, early voting gets underway for May primary
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Apr 29, 2022 |
2 presidents, 1 debate, much more news
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Apr 15, 2022 |
The Trump bump comes to NC
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Apr 08, 2022 |
Cawthorn's week, VinFast news and the big game
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Apr 01, 2022 |
The Robinson abortion, the US Senate race, Trump’s visit and the election is closer than you think
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Mar 25, 2022 |
Meadows' voting, Daylight Saving and medical marijuana
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Mar 18, 2022 |
Session ends … mostly. And did Mark Meadows straight up commit voter fraud?
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Mar 11, 2022 |
Who's running where and a Russian vodka ban
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Mar 05, 2022 |
The new maps are here! The new maps are here!
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Feb 25, 2022 |
Maps, maps, Medicaid and masks. And maps.
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Feb 18, 2022 |