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Significant changes are coming to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

It was a relatively anticlimactic, non-controversial week at the General Assembly where lawmakers completed the biennial self-imposed exercise of crossover.

Thousands of teachers gathered outside the General Assembly this week to call on lawmakers to improve resources, funding, and student support.

This week on the podcast, our focus turns to two special congressional elections underway in the state. North Carolina's Ninth District was marred in an absentee election fraud scandal and November's apparent winner was never certified.

North Carolina House majority leader John Bell IV (R-Wayne) joins this edition of the podcast to discuss recent legislation, the current power dynamic with the Governor, and a special Congressional election. He also looks ahead to another major teacher rally planned for next month, and even offers his all-time hunting foursome.

The latest proposal to close the health care gap was introduced at the legislature this week.

North Carolina politics is the focus of a federal investigation into corruption. Four men, including the chair of the state Republican Party, were arrested this week for conspiring to bribe the state insurance commissioner.

North Carolina's congressional maps are partisan gerrymanders, but does that make them illegal?

Marcia Morey is a two-term House lawmaker from Durham County. The Democrat is a former judge, Olympian, and NCAA investigator.

David Lewis is one of the most influential lawmakers at the North Carolina General Assembly. The nine-term Republican and House Rules chair from Harnett County joins the podcast to discuss a range of topics.

Joining Jeff Tiberii on the politics podcast this week are Rob Schofield of the N.C. Justice Center and Becki Gray of the John Locke Foundation.

Mark Meadows, special congressional elections, and hands-free driving are all fair game on this week's podcast.

Congressman David Price returns to the podcast to discuss some of what is playing out in the political landscape.

Chuck McGrady sits down for a conversation about some of the notable legislation he is pursuing this year at the North Carolina General Assembly.

NPR Political Correspondent Don Gonyea is already on the 2020 campaign trail.

The effects of the opioid epidemic extend from small North Carolina communities, to countries around the world.

With the North Carolina legislature convening at the end of the month, this episode of the WUNCPolitics Podcast checks in on some of what is happening elsewhere.

A new legislature was sworn in this week and there are plenty of new elected officials. A total of 38 legislators are new to their posts and two of them join this week's podcast.

Rob Christensen has reported on, written about, and observed North Carolina politics for 45 years.

WUNC Data Reporter Jason de Bruyn joins this edition of the WUNCPolitics podcast.

North Carolina is again drawing the attention of the country for a rare political story.

There was plenty of North Carolina political news in Raleigh, and points beyond this week.

The 2018 midterm election is complete, and Jonathan Kappler provides a debrief on this episode of the podcast.

This week's WUNCPolitics Podcast takes a deep dive into a topic that's a decade in the making.

Former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Bob Orr is the guest on this week's episode of the WUNCPolitics Podcast.