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@nytimes “You don’t have to live near Chemours or DuPont or 3M to have exposure to these things. It is in the water. It is in our food. It’s in our homes and in our house dust. And depending where you live, it may be in our air.” #PFAS #ncpolhttps://t.co/4p9qQQKrxZ— ProgressNC (@Progress_NC) October 25, 2021 We're going to do things a little different this time, featuring
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is officially the highest-ranking Republican official in state government. It’s expected that he will run for governor in 2024.
An energy bill moves quickly, while budget negotiations plod along. Host Jeff Tiberii looks at the week in state politics with Rob Schofield with the progressive NC Policy Watch and Becki Gray from the conservative John Locke Foundation.
Jefferson Griffin is an ambitious politician who, despite being one of the youngest and least experienced judges on the Court of Appeals, is already planning a run for a Supreme Court seat in the near future.
State senators took a small, but positive step last week when they advanced Senate Bill 711 â a proposal to legalize medical cannabis/marijuana. As numerous witnesses â including military veterans struggling with PTSD and other service-related illnesses, as well as others battling the ravages of cancer and chemotherapy â made clear in often emotional testimony during a pair of public hearings, itâs absurd that suffering North Carolinians are denied an effective therapy thatâs legal in the overwhelming majority of states. Lawmakers of both parties deserve some credit f...