A Gerrymandering Punt, Election Changes, Eroding Transparency: The Latest in NC Politics

An episode of the BPR News Extended podcast titled "A Gerrymandering Punt, Election Changes, Eroding Transparency: The Latest in NC Politics" was published on June 20, 2018 and runs 17 minutes.

June 20, 2018 ·17m · BPR News Extended

Summary

Western Carolina University political scientist Chris Cooper spoke with BPR's Jeremy Loeb about the latest in North Carolina politics. This week saw a major U.S. Supreme Court "punt" on political gerrymandering, a flurry of election changes pushed by Republican state lawmakers amid a process that's drawn criticism for a lack of transparency, and the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents at the border draws a response from local politicians.

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