Weekly News Review - 8/12/11 Print
Weekly News Review
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.