Episodes
Sept. 8, 2023
Casino debate delays budget with Medicaid hanging in the balance
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
Sept. 1, 2023
Make or break time for NC gambling bills
House Republicans plan to gather behind closed doors Tuesday for a meeting that may go a long way toward deciding whether North Carolina's General Assembly authorizes four new casinos and legalizes video poker machines. Plus:...
Aug. 25, 2023
A budget timeline we believe?
It sounds like state lawmakers are hammering out final budget details ahead of a vote during the week of Sept. 11. What does that mean for Medicaid expansion? WRAL reporters Travis Fain and Brian Murphy get into it. Also: Mor...
Aug. 18, 2023
Veto overrides, election bills and a stalled budget
The North Carolina General Assembly continues to work in fits and starts, churning through veto overrides and a handful of other bills after weeks of calm. Now it looks we're in another dead period with few answers about the ...
Aug. 12, 2023
NC budget delays, third-party bids and concealed weapons
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
July 21, 2023
Casinos! NC lawmakers weigh massive increase in legalized gambling
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
July 14, 2023
The state budget? Don't hold your breath
With North Carolina lawmakers deadlocked, and vacations looming, it looks like a state budget vote won't come until at least August at the General Assembly. Meanwhile, not much is moving, but we keep hearing about a major pus...
June 30, 2023
An abortion lawsuit, two US Supreme Court decisions, multiple LGBTQ bills and medical marijuana. Whew.
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
June 23, 2023
House speaker's affair, movement on voting, abortion, anti-trans bills
Speaker of the House Tim Moore's love life — central to allegations in a new lawsuit against him — sucked a lot of the oxygen out of the room this week at the General Assembly. But the session kept on trucking. Republican law...
June 16, 2023
'Jumbo jet' election bills, budget talks slow, and a preview of 2024
The legislative session is rounding the final turn. Republican lawmakers moved a pair of major election bills forward. Lawmakers, meanwhile, are poised to pass a ban on transgender girls and women playing on female sports tea...
June 9, 2023
NC Republicans rally with a twice indicted Trump; budget negotiations continue
North Carolina Republicans are holding their state convention this weekend in Greensboro and will hear from three presidential candidates. President Joe Biden visited North Carolina Friday. Budget negotiators are taking the w...
June 2, 2023
Home stretch looms for gambling bill, medical marijuana
Plus: A new elections bill dropped this week, tinkering with state voting laws, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina got a big bipartisan vote on its reorganization bill.
May 26, 2023
Republican reckoning, Blue Cross battle, Cooper’s crusade
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
May 19, 2023
An abortion override and a Senate budget
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
May 12, 2023
More Mark Robinson, and an abortion veto looms
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
May 6, 2023
Abortion bill flies through NC House, Senate
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
April 21, 2023
Power struggles, drag shows, school vouchers and consensus on an abortion bill?
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
April 7, 2023
A party switch, a budget vote, anti-trans bills filed and new transportation taxes pitched
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
March 31, 2023
Lessons in leverage and political power
The week in North Carolina politics started off in bipartisan bliss with a bill signing ceremony on Medicaid expansion. Then Republicans shut off debate and used a handful of key Democratic absences to override Gov. Roy Coope...
March 24, 2023
Gun bill vetoed, Wood pleads guilty, Medicaid passes and gambling rolls
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL's NC Capitol team
March 16, 2023
Gov's budget DOA, a gun bill, race in schools and Medicaid nearly done
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
March 10, 2023
Busy week brings budget work and beaucoup bills
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
March 3, 2023
After all these years, Medicaid expansion moving
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team
Feb. 24, 2023
Moore's rammed vehicle, tax cuts, new Lindberg indictment, and Medicaid in the Senate
The week in North Carolina politics from WRAL’s NC Capitol team