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Friday, 19 August 2011 06:00 |
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The three branches of government, legislature, executive and judicial, are all coming together in argument over budget cuts to early childhood education programs, Reporters Scott Mooneyham of the Capital Press Association, and SGRToday.com's Josh Ellis join host Barlow Herget to sort out the stories. And Republican Rep. Stephen LaRoque, a critic of people's reliance on government programs, defends his six-figure compensation from a non-profit he heads that administers loans financed by - you guessed it - government money. |
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Friday, 12 August 2011 11:34 |
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Author and N&O political columnist Rob Christensen and WPTF News managing editor Bruce Ferrell join host Barlow Herget to talk about North Carolina's hard right political turn and Governor "Battling Bev" Perdue's latest fight with Republican legislators over funding for pre-kindergarten children. The panel also checks the cards on whether Las Vegas style gambling will bring more jobs to Cherokee's casino and whether embattled UNC-CH Chancellor Holden Thorp will hold 'em or fold 'em in his contest with disgruntled UNC football fans over the firing of Coach Butch Davis. |
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Thursday, 04 August 2011 23:00 |
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The state receives recommendations including compensation for victims of the state's discredited eugenics program. Republican Rep. Steven LaRoque is good at telling people to quit taking government handouts and at calling for cutbacks on government spending, and he apparently is also good at living the high life off government grant money. What's the fallout in North Carolina politics from the ugly federal debt-ceiling negotiations? UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp hears from UNC Vox Populi over the football program that's stirred ACC reaction to respond. Hear more about all these stories on SGRToday.com's Weekly News Review. |
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Thursday, 28 July 2011 23:00 |
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The legislature keeps making news this week with several successful override votes on Governor Perdue's vetoes. Hear what happened on how the Republican controlled House persuaded conservative Democrats to vote to override bills on medical malpractice lawsuits, abortion restrictions, and environmental regulations. And which veto held up on a straight party vote. Laura Leslie of WRAL-TV and WPTF News' Mike Davis join host Barlow Herget to discuss this story as well as the controversial and new redistricting map. The panel also takes on the most talked-about story this week, how and why UNC-CH Football Coach Butch Davis was fired. |
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Thursday, 21 July 2011 23:00 |
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What's the hot topic in the capital this week? Redistricting, and that's what Mark Binker of the Greensboro News Record and Josh Ellis of SGRToday.com discuss with host Barlow Herget on the Weekly News Review. Who's drawing up the news legislative and Congressional districts? And what do the maps mean for Democrats who could go from and 8-5 majority in congressional seats to a 3-10 minority? The panel also discusses Superior Court Judge Howard Manning's ruling on the legislative budget's treatment of early childhood education such as More at Four which is no more in the new budget. |
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