Weekly News Review


Vetoes, Election Board decisions and another mayor for governor PDF Print E-mail
Weekly News Review
Friday, 06 September 2013 09:43

Paul Woolverton of the Fayetteville Observer and Bruce Ferrel of WPTF News join host Barlow Herget to review the Republican legislature's override of Republican Gov. Pat McCrory's two vetoes.  Did the legislature weaken their own governor?  The state Election Board gives a split decision on two Republican local boards' attempts to make voting more difficult for students.  It's Labor Day, but who's celebrating and Raleigh's former mayor weighs run for governor in 2016.

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Vetoes, MLK, Jr., abortion and Colin Powell in the news this week PDF Print E-mail
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Thursday, 29 August 2013 15:50

Governor McCrory  vetoes two bills and legislature returns to vote on an override while former Sec. of State Colin Powell gives the Governor an earful on the new elections law.  Gary Robertson of the AP and Bruce Ferrell of NC News Network join host Barlow Herget to look at these stories and the 50th anniversary remembrance of Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic Lincoln Memorial speech and lawsuit over anti-abortion law.

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Staff salaries, ACT scores make news this week PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 23 August 2013 13:21

Governor McCrory's young, ex-campaign staffers big state salary increases make headlines along with the state's lowest in the nation  ACT test scores.  Pat Gannon of The Insider joins host Barlow Herget to review those stories and which Republicans are not going to challenge U.S. Senator Kay Hagan in 2014.  The Governor wins praises for signing the legislature's bill to make hospital costs more transparent.

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Review looks at Voter ID law and fallout PDF Print E-mail
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Sunday, 18 August 2013 11:38

Two Curtis Media news veterans, Stephanie Hawco and Bruce Ferrell, join host Barlow Herget to review the week's news including Governor McCrory's signing of the controversial Voter ID law and the fallout not only in North Carolina but from national media, too.  The panel reviews the state's multi-millipn dollar settlements for two wrongly convicted and imprisoned men and the latest flare-up by conservative Republicans over the Common Core education project.

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A look back at the news week starts with Mountain Moral Monday PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 09 August 2013 09:32

Mark Barrett of the Ashville Citizen-Times and Stephanie Hawco of WPTF News join host Barlow Herget and discuss the surprising Mountain Moral Monday tht drew 8,000 protesters.  The panel also looks gun laws, the Common Core dispute between the Governor and Lt. Governor and the death of Civl Rights hero Julius Chambers.

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