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Commentary Archives • NC NewslineNew state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive directorMembers of the North Carolina Board of Elections are sworn into office on May 7, 2025. (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
Fears about the trouble that lies ahead for North Carolina now that judges have okayed the scheme to give auditor Dave Boliek control over the state Board of Elections, were confirmed last week by the cruel and classless behavior of Boliek’s new right-wing appointees.
After firing longtime elections board executive director Karen Brinson Bell – a rigorously nonpartisan professional who worked miracles on a shoestring budget and won national acclaim for her work to help...2025-05-1201 min
The Bottom Line from NC NewslineNew state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive directorMembers of the North Carolina Board of Elections are sworn into office on May 7, 2025. (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
Fears about the trouble that lies ahead for North Carolina now that judges have okayed the scheme to give auditor Dave Boliek control over the state Board of Elections, were confirmed last week by the cruel and classless behavior of Boliek’s new right-wing appointees.
After firing longtime elections board executive director Karen Brinson Bell – a rigorously nonpartisan professional who worked miracles on a shoestring budget and won national acclaim for her work to help...2025-05-1201 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineNew state elections board embarrasses with shameful treatment of executive directorMembers of the North Carolina Board of Elections are sworn into office on May 7, 2025. (Photo: Lynn Bonner/NC Newsline)
Fears about the trouble that lies ahead for North Carolina now that judges have okayed the scheme to give auditor Dave Boliek control over the state Board of Elections, were confirmed last week by the cruel and classless behavior of Boliek’s new right-wing appointees.
After firing longtime elections board executive director Karen Brinson Bell – a rigorously nonpartisan professional who worked miracles on a shoestring budget and won national acclaim for her work to help...2025-05-1201 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineNobody voted to make Dave Boliek governorNorth Carolina state auditor Dave Boliek speaks to lawmakers about a bill that would give his office a new team to examine state spending and jobs on April 2, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
If you’re like the vast majority of North Carolina voters, the decision you made last November in the auditor’s race was pretty low on your list of priority contests.
Ah, but for Republican lawmakers looking for ways to seize more powers from Gov. Josh Stein, newly elected Republican auditor Dave Boliek has turned out to be a convenient tool...2025-05-0701 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineNobody voted to make Dave Boliek governorNorth Carolina state auditor Dave Boliek speaks to lawmakers about a bill that would give his office a new team to examine state spending and jobs on April 2, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
If you’re like the vast majority of North Carolina voters, the decision you made last November in the auditor’s race was pretty low on your list of priority contests.
Ah, but for Republican lawmakers looking for ways to seize more powers from Gov. Josh Stein, newly elected Republican auditor Dave Boliek has turned out to be a convenient tool...2025-05-0701 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineNobody voted to make Dave Boliek governorNorth Carolina state auditor Dave Boliek speaks to lawmakers about a bill that would give his office a new team to examine state spending and jobs on April 2, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
If you’re like the vast majority of North Carolina voters, the decision you made last November in the auditor’s race was pretty low on your list of priority contests.
Ah, but for Republican lawmakers looking for ways to seize more powers from Gov. Josh Stein, newly elected Republican auditor Dave Boliek has turned out to be a convenient tool...2025-05-0701 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineChaotic week at the legislature highlights NC’s flawed lawmaking processNorth Carolina senators on the chamber floor during debate on the state budget on April 16, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like many seemingly inexplicable practices that just sort of happened over time, designers of our state government could probably never have imagined something like “crossover week” at the North Carolina legislature.
“Crossover” is an artificial semi-annual deadline by which bills must be approved by at least one body – the Senate or the House – in order to remain eligible for passage that year. This year’s deadline is this Thursday May 8.
While the reasoning b...2025-05-0501 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineChaotic week at the legislature highlights NC’s flawed lawmaking processNorth Carolina senators on the chamber floor during debate on the state budget on April 16, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like many seemingly inexplicable practices that just sort of happened over time, designers of our state government could probably never have imagined something like “crossover week” at the North Carolina legislature.
“Crossover” is an artificial semi-annual deadline by which bills must be approved by at least one body – the Senate or the House – in order to remain eligible for passage that year. This year’s deadline is this Thursday May 8.
While the reasoning b...2025-05-0501 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineChaotic week at the legislature highlights NC’s flawed lawmaking processNorth Carolina senators on the chamber floor during debate on the state budget on April 16, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like many seemingly inexplicable practices that just sort of happened over time, designers of our state government could probably never have imagined something like “crossover week” at the North Carolina legislature.
“Crossover” is an artificial semi-annual deadline by which bills must be approved by at least one body – the Senate or the House – in order to remain eligible for passage that year. This year’s deadline is this Thursday May 8.
While the reasoning b...2025-05-0501 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineState leaders should heed experts in combating substance use disorder(Photo: Getty Images)
There are many factors that go into the overdose epidemic of opioids and other drugs that kill thousands of North Carolinians each year.
As a pair of law and medicine experts explained, however, in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, there are some increasingly successful strategies that deserve public support.
And topping the list is the urgent need for everyone – health care providers, law enforcement, elected officials – to recognize that substance use disorder – is just that: a medical disorder, not merely an addiction or personal weakness to be frowned upon.2025-04-3001 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineState leaders should heed experts in combating substance use disorder(Photo: Getty Images)
There are many factors that go into the overdose epidemic of opioids and other drugs that kill thousands of North Carolinians each year.
As a pair of law and medicine experts explained, however, in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, there are some increasingly successful strategies that deserve public support.
And topping the list is the urgent need for everyone – health care providers, law enforcement, elected officials – to recognize that substance use disorder – is just that: a medical disorder, not merely an addiction or personal weakness to be frowned upon.2025-04-3001 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineState leaders should heed experts in combating substance use disorder(Photo: Getty Images)
There are many factors that go into the overdose epidemic of opioids and other drugs that kill thousands of North Carolinians each year.
As a pair of law and medicine experts explained, however, in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, there are some increasingly successful strategies that deserve public support.
And topping the list is the urgent need for everyone – health care providers, law enforcement, elected officials – to recognize that substance use disorder – is just that: a medical disorder, not merely an addiction or personal weakness to be frowned upon.2025-04-3001 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineA simple step to prevent gun violence that all sides should be able to supportGetty Images/Luke Sharrett
North Carolinians are generally of two very different minds on the gun violence that plagues our society. While polls consistently show that most favor stronger laws to regulate firearms, a loud and determined minority opposes virtually any regulation.
Here, however, is at least one simple prevention step that all sides should be able to endorse: installing inside locks on the doors to college classrooms.
As NC State professor Walter Robinson explained in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, he and his faculty colleagues have repeatedly asked sc...2025-04-2901 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineA simple step to prevent gun violence that all sides should be able to supportGetty Images/Luke Sharrett
North Carolinians are generally of two very different minds on the gun violence that plagues our society. While polls consistently show that most favor stronger laws to regulate firearms, a loud and determined minority opposes virtually any regulation.
Here, however, is at least one simple prevention step that all sides should be able to endorse: installing inside locks on the doors to college classrooms.
As NC State professor Walter Robinson explained in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, he and his faculty colleagues have repeatedly asked sc...2025-04-2901 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineA simple step to prevent gun violence that all sides should be able to supportGetty Images/Luke Sharrett
North Carolinians are generally of two very different minds on the gun violence that plagues our society. While polls consistently show that most favor stronger laws to regulate firearms, a loud and determined minority opposes virtually any regulation.
Here, however, is at least one simple prevention step that all sides should be able to endorse: installing inside locks on the doors to college classrooms.
As NC State professor Walter Robinson explained in a recent NC Newsline op-ed, he and his faculty colleagues have repeatedly asked sc...2025-04-2901 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineFlood insurance failures in western NC highlight the need for reformsFlood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Flood insurance. It’s something that most people have heard of and that many probably have a notion they should look into as the climate warms and severe storms grow more frequent.
To their credit, some have done more than think about it. As NC Newsline’s Galen Bacharier reported this week, about 10 percent of businesses and five percent of homeowners in western North Carolina actually had flood insurance prior to Hurricane Helen...2025-04-2401 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineFlood insurance failures in western NC highlight the need for reformsFlood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Flood insurance. It’s something that most people have heard of and that many probably have a notion they should look into as the climate warms and severe storms grow more frequent.
To their credit, some have done more than think about it. As NC Newsline’s Galen Bacharier reported this week, about 10 percent of businesses and five percent of homeowners in western North Carolina actually had flood insurance prior to Hurricane Helen...2025-04-2401 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineFlood insurance failures in western NC highlight the need for reformsFlood debris piles left in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene in Bat Cave, North Carolina. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images)
Flood insurance. It’s something that most people have heard of and that many probably have a notion they should look into as the climate warms and severe storms grow more frequent.
To their credit, some have done more than think about it. As NC Newsline’s Galen Bacharier reported this week, about 10 percent of businesses and five percent of homeowners in western North Carolina actually had flood insurance prior to Hurricane Helen...2025-04-2401 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineThe NC Senate’s head-in-the-sand budget proposalNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) holds a press conference on Senate Republicans' budget proposal on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
There are many shortcomings in the new proposed state budget approved by the North Carolina Senate last week – the inadequate pay raises for teachers and state employees, the failure to invest in numerous core public services that have been reeling from staffing shortages, the giveaways to unaccountable special interests.
But if there’s an overarching flaw that lies at the heart of the proposal, it is the...2025-04-2101 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineThe NC Senate’s head-in-the-sand budget proposalNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) holds a press conference on Senate Republicans' budget proposal on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
There are many shortcomings in the new proposed state budget approved by the North Carolina Senate last week – the inadequate pay raises for teachers and state employees, the failure to invest in numerous core public services that have been reeling from staffing shortages, the giveaways to unaccountable special interests.
But if there’s an overarching flaw that lies at the heart of the proposal, it is the...2025-04-2101 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineThe NC Senate’s head-in-the-sand budget proposalNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) holds a press conference on Senate Republicans' budget proposal on Monday, April 14, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
There are many shortcomings in the new proposed state budget approved by the North Carolina Senate last week – the inadequate pay raises for teachers and state employees, the failure to invest in numerous core public services that have been reeling from staffing shortages, the giveaways to unaccountable special interests.
But if there’s an overarching flaw that lies at the heart of the proposal, it is the...2025-04-2101 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineTrump cuts to public health are putting lives at riskA nurse administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to a patient in Utah. More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps that likely will lower vaccination rates. (George Frey/Getty Images)
If there is one American elected official who you’d think would make disease prevention among their highest priorities, it would be President Donald Trump. Just five years ago, Trump’s dreadful response to COVID-19 helped unleash one of the nation’s worst public health crises.
Tragically, however, by all indications, he hasn’t learned a...2025-04-1101 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineTrump cuts to public health are putting lives at riskA nurse administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to a patient in Utah. More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps that likely will lower vaccination rates. (George Frey/Getty Images)
If there is one American elected official who you’d think would make disease prevention among their highest priorities, it would be President Donald Trump. Just five years ago, Trump’s dreadful response to COVID-19 helped unleash one of the nation’s worst public health crises.
Tragically, however, by all indications, he hasn’t learned a...2025-04-1101 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineTrump cuts to public health are putting lives at riskA nurse administers a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to a patient in Utah. More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps that likely will lower vaccination rates. (George Frey/Getty Images)
If there is one American elected official who you’d think would make disease prevention among their highest priorities, it would be President Donald Trump. Just five years ago, Trump’s dreadful response to COVID-19 helped unleash one of the nation’s worst public health crises.
Tragically, however, by all indications, he hasn’t learned a...2025-04-1101 minHealth Archives • NC NewslineProf. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobsLeighton Ku, lead author and Director
of the Center for Health Policy Research
and professor of health policy and
management at GWU’s Milken Institute
School of Public Health (Courtesy photo)
As NC Newsline has reported at length recently, Republicans in Congress are seeking to enact massive and unprecedented cuts to two of the nation’s core social safety net programs — Medicaid and SNAP food assistance. And while it’s not hard to show how such cuts will impact the people in need who depend on those programs, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund and The G...2025-04-0717 min
News & ViewsProf. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobsLeighton Ku, lead author and Director
of the Center for Health Policy Research
and professor of health policy and
management at GWU’s Milken Institute
School of Public Health (Courtesy photo)
As NC Newsline has reported at length recently, Republicans in Congress are seeking to enact massive and unprecedented cuts to two of the nation’s core social safety net programs — Medicaid and SNAP food assistance. And while it’s not hard to show how such cuts will impact the people in need who depend on those programs, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund and The G...2025-04-0717 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineProf. Leighton Ku on how federal cuts to Medicaid and SNAP could trigger the loss of a million jobsLeighton Ku, lead author and Director
of the Center for Health Policy Research
and professor of health policy and
management at GWU’s Milken Institute
School of Public Health (Courtesy photo)
As NC Newsline has reported at length recently, Republicans in Congress are seeking to enact massive and unprecedented cuts to two of the nation’s core social safety net programs — Medicaid and SNAP food assistance. And while it’s not hard to show how such cuts will impact the people in need who depend on those programs, a new report from the Commonwealth Fund and The G...2025-04-0717 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineLatest ruling in Riggs-Griffin election dispute is an assault on democracyDemonstrators in downtown Raleigh declare Allison Riggs rightfully won the state Supreme Court race against Jefferson Griffin. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)It’s now been more than five months since North Carolina voters elected incumbent Justice Allison Riggs over challenger Jefferson Griffin to a state Supreme Court seat, but amazingly, Republican efforts to overturn the election continue.
Last Friday, a pair of GOP state Court of Appeals judges accepted Griffin’s ridiculous theory that sixty-five thousand registered North Carolina voters who complied with all voting rules, including providing a valid photo ID, must still none...2025-04-0701 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineLatest ruling in Riggs-Griffin election dispute is an assault on democracyDemonstrators in downtown Raleigh declare Allison Riggs rightfully won the state Supreme Court race against Jefferson Griffin. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)It’s now been more than five months since North Carolina voters elected incumbent Justice Allison Riggs over challenger Jefferson Griffin to a state Supreme Court seat, but amazingly, Republican efforts to overturn the election continue.
Last Friday, a pair of GOP state Court of Appeals judges accepted Griffin’s ridiculous theory that sixty-five thousand registered North Carolina voters who complied with all voting rules, including providing a valid photo ID, must still none...2025-04-0701 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineLatest ruling in Riggs-Griffin election dispute is an assault on democracyDemonstrators in downtown Raleigh declare Allison Riggs rightfully won the state Supreme Court race against Jefferson Griffin. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)It’s now been more than five months since North Carolina voters elected incumbent Justice Allison Riggs over challenger Jefferson Griffin to a state Supreme Court seat, but amazingly, Republican efforts to overturn the election continue.
Last Friday, a pair of GOP state Court of Appeals judges accepted Griffin’s ridiculous theory that sixty-five thousand registered North Carolina voters who complied with all voting rules, including providing a valid photo ID, must still none...2025-04-0701 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineLatest Jackson lawsuit illustrates folly of GOP effort to curb attorney general’s dutiesNorth Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson stands and claps during Gov. Josh Stein's State of the State address in the House chamber on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
As North Carolina’s top lawyer, Attorney General Jeff Jackson has many important jobs — handling important criminal prosecutions, protecting consumers, representing state agencies in litigation. But if there’s a duty that is clearly his Number One priority, it has to be defending North Carolinians from unlawful attacks on their rights and well-being.
And it’s in light of this obvious fact that Jackson should be...2025-04-0301 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineLatest Jackson lawsuit illustrates folly of GOP effort to curb attorney general’s dutiesNorth Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson stands and claps during Gov. Josh Stein's State of the State address in the House chamber on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
As North Carolina’s top lawyer, Attorney General Jeff Jackson has many important jobs — handling important criminal prosecutions, protecting consumers, representing state agencies in litigation. But if there’s a duty that is clearly his Number One priority, it has to be defending North Carolinians from unlawful attacks on their rights and well-being.
And it’s in light of this obvious fact that Jackson should be...2025-04-0301 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineLatest Jackson lawsuit illustrates folly of GOP effort to curb attorney general’s dutiesNorth Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson stands and claps during Gov. Josh Stein's State of the State address in the House chamber on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
As North Carolina’s top lawyer, Attorney General Jeff Jackson has many important jobs — handling important criminal prosecutions, protecting consumers, representing state agencies in litigation. But if there’s a duty that is clearly his Number One priority, it has to be defending North Carolinians from unlawful attacks on their rights and well-being.
And it’s in light of this obvious fact that Jackson should be...2025-04-0301 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineJust imagine what Trump-loyal Republicans would do if Gov. Stein did thisNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The hypocritical double standards at work on the modern political right these days are often enough to make your head spin. Just think what Fox News shouters would be saying right now if a Kamala Harris administration had committed an outrageous breach of national security like the one Trump’s defense team did recently by divulging details of planned military operation.
And the sam...2025-04-0201 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineJust imagine what Trump-loyal Republicans would do if Gov. Stein did thisNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The hypocritical double standards at work on the modern political right these days are often enough to make your head spin. Just think what Fox News shouters would be saying right now if a Kamala Harris administration had committed an outrageous breach of national security like the one Trump’s defense team did recently by divulging details of planned military operation.
And the sam...2025-04-0201 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineJust imagine what Trump-loyal Republicans would do if Gov. Stein did thisNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The hypocritical double standards at work on the modern political right these days are often enough to make your head spin. Just think what Fox News shouters would be saying right now if a Kamala Harris administration had committed an outrageous breach of national security like the one Trump’s defense team did recently by divulging details of planned military operation.
And the sam...2025-04-0201 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineCuts from Trump and Musk: cruelly making life more difficult for working parentsRep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) reads to children at Wanda’s Little Hands, an early childhood education center. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Among the many ways in which the ham-handed policies of President Trump and Elon Musk are making life more difficult for millions of average Americans, the attacks on early childhood education are among the worst.
Access to affordable child care is already a huge problem for American families — especially since the demise of COVID-era subsidies. The situation in North Carolina has grown so dire that even anti-tax crusaders in the state busin...2025-03-2501 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineCuts from Trump and Musk: cruelly making life more difficult for working parentsRep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) reads to children at Wanda’s Little Hands, an early childhood education center. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Among the many ways in which the ham-handed policies of President Trump and Elon Musk are making life more difficult for millions of average Americans, the attacks on early childhood education are among the worst.
Access to affordable child care is already a huge problem for American families — especially since the demise of COVID-era subsidies. The situation in North Carolina has grown so dire that even anti-tax crusaders in the state busin...2025-03-2501 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineCuts from Trump and Musk: cruelly making life more difficult for working parentsRep. Deborah Ross (D-NC 2) reads to children at Wanda’s Little Hands, an early childhood education center. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
Among the many ways in which the ham-handed policies of President Trump and Elon Musk are making life more difficult for millions of average Americans, the attacks on early childhood education are among the worst.
Access to affordable child care is already a huge problem for American families — especially since the demise of COVID-era subsidies. The situation in North Carolina has grown so dire that even anti-tax crusaders in the state busin...2025-03-2501 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineTechnology reporter Paige Gross on why state governments are eyeing cryptocurrency legislationStates Newsroom national technology reporter Paige Gross (Courtesy photo)
Cryptocurrency. The topic is much in the news these days, but as with so many topics related to financial and economic policy, it’s an area in which opinions are plentiful, but genuine knowledge is sometimes rather scarce. Fortunately for NC Newsline readers, a recent report by States Newsroom national technology reporter Paige Gross does a great job of explaining the subject and making sense of the policy debates that surround it, and recently, Gross was kind enough to join NC Newsline to review some of her...2025-03-1713 minNews & ViewsTechnology reporter Paige Gross on why state governments are eyeing cryptocurrency legislationStates Newsroom national technology reporter Paige Gross (Courtesy photo)
Cryptocurrency. The topic is much in the news these days, but as with so many topics related to financial and economic policy, it’s an area in which opinions are plentiful, but genuine knowledge is sometimes rather scarce. Fortunately for NC Newsline readers, a recent report by States Newsroom national technology reporter Paige Gross does a great job of explaining the subject and making sense of the policy debates that surround it, and recently, Gross was kind enough to join NC Newsline to review some of her...2025-03-1713 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineStein reaches for the center with State of the State addressNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like most Democrats, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein holds a dramatically different worldview from the Republicans who lead the state legislature — especially those who embrace the politics of President Donald Trump.
That said, Stein is also a realist who understands that there are many core issues on which most North Carolinians agree and wish fervently that their leaders would find common ground.
A...2025-03-1701 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineStein reaches for the center with State of the State addressNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like most Democrats, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein holds a dramatically different worldview from the Republicans who lead the state legislature — especially those who embrace the politics of President Donald Trump.
That said, Stein is also a realist who understands that there are many core issues on which most North Carolinians agree and wish fervently that their leaders would find common ground.
A...2025-03-1701 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineStein reaches for the center with State of the State addressNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his first State of the State address to the General Assembly at the Legislative Building in Raleigh on March 12, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
Like most Democrats, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein holds a dramatically different worldview from the Republicans who lead the state legislature — especially those who embrace the politics of President Donald Trump.
That said, Stein is also a realist who understands that there are many core issues on which most North Carolinians agree and wish fervently that their leaders would find common ground.
A...2025-03-1701 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineMusk’s “government efficiency” scam is something for NC lawmakers to avoidNorth Carolinians protest cuts to government services and the social safety net in the name of government efficiency. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
Efficiency in the delivery of government services is a good thing that should always be enthusiastically encouraged. It’s a concept that people on all sides of the political spectrum support.
That said, efficiency alone is no guarantee of good or adequate services. An understaffed and stressed-out team of teachers, (or DMV staffers, or prison guards) might be efficient as all get out, but if there simply aren’t enough hours...2025-03-0401 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineMusk’s “government efficiency” scam is something for NC lawmakers to avoidNorth Carolinians protest cuts to government services and the social safety net in the name of government efficiency. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
Efficiency in the delivery of government services is a good thing that should always be enthusiastically encouraged. It’s a concept that people on all sides of the political spectrum support.
That said, efficiency alone is no guarantee of good or adequate services. An understaffed and stressed-out team of teachers, (or DMV staffers, or prison guards) might be efficient as all get out, but if there simply aren’t enough hours...2025-03-0401 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineMusk’s “government efficiency” scam is something for NC lawmakers to avoidNorth Carolinians protest cuts to government services and the social safety net in the name of government efficiency. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
Efficiency in the delivery of government services is a good thing that should always be enthusiastically encouraged. It’s a concept that people on all sides of the political spectrum support.
That said, efficiency alone is no guarantee of good or adequate services. An understaffed and stressed-out team of teachers, (or DMV staffers, or prison guards) might be efficient as all get out, but if there simply aren’t enough hours...2025-03-0401 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineState Senate panders with wasteful “border protection” legislationNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) mingles on the Senate floor ahead of the legislative session's opening day on Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The first time most people hear about a bill introduced by North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger entitled the “Border Protection Act,” a lot of them think: “Wait — are South Carolina or Virginia up to something?”
And as silly as that sounds, it’s no sillier than the bill itself — which has nothing to do with state or national borders, but rather is the latest effor...2025-03-0301 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineState Senate panders with wasteful “border protection” legislationNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) mingles on the Senate floor ahead of the legislative session's opening day on Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The first time most people hear about a bill introduced by North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger entitled the “Border Protection Act,” a lot of them think: “Wait — are South Carolina or Virginia up to something?”
And as silly as that sounds, it’s no sillier than the bill itself — which has nothing to do with state or national borders, but rather is the latest effor...2025-03-0301 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineState Senate panders with wasteful “border protection” legislationNorth Carolina Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) mingles on the Senate floor ahead of the legislative session's opening day on Jan. 8, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
The first time most people hear about a bill introduced by North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger entitled the “Border Protection Act,” a lot of them think: “Wait — are South Carolina or Virginia up to something?”
And as silly as that sounds, it’s no sillier than the bill itself — which has nothing to do with state or national borders, but rather is the latest effor...2025-03-0301 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineA dark anniversary for tyrannyDemonstrators gather in Raleigh on March 5, 2022 to show their support for Ukraine. (Photo by Clayton Henkel)
Today marks a dark day in recent world history. As Scott Peoples — a North Carolinian and U.S. 82nd Airborne veteran — wrote in a powerful essay for NC Newsline, today is the third anniversary of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine.
What’s more, as Peoples observes, it’s hard to know what’s worse: the horrible reality of Putin’s murderous invasion itself, or that President Donald Trump continues to betray our nation’s longstanding ro...2025-02-2401 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineA dark anniversary for tyrannyDemonstrators gather in Raleigh on March 5, 2022 to show their support for Ukraine. (Photo by Clayton Henkel)
Today marks a dark day in recent world history. As Scott Peoples — a North Carolinian and U.S. 82nd Airborne veteran — wrote in a powerful essay for NC Newsline, today is the third anniversary of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine.
What’s more, as Peoples observes, it’s hard to know what’s worse: the horrible reality of Putin’s murderous invasion itself, or that President Donald Trump continues to betray our nation’s longstanding ro...2025-02-2401 minCommentary Archives • NC NewslineA dark anniversary for tyrannyDemonstrators gather in Raleigh on March 5, 2022 to show their support for Ukraine. (Photo by Clayton Henkel)
Today marks a dark day in recent world history. As Scott Peoples — a North Carolinian and U.S. 82nd Airborne veteran — wrote in a powerful essay for NC Newsline, today is the third anniversary of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s criminal invasion of Ukraine.
What’s more, as Peoples observes, it’s hard to know what’s worse: the horrible reality of Putin’s murderous invasion itself, or that President Donald Trump continues to betray our nation’s longstanding ro...2025-02-2401 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineGov. Josh Stein: Popular with voters and talking common senseNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his inaugural address at the Capitol Building in Raleigh on Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
A new Meredith College poll shows North Carolina governor Josh Stein is off to solid start. Fifty-eight percent of North Carolina voters — including 54 percent of Republicans — approve of his performance thus far, while only 19% disapprove.
Stein’s ratings have been boosted by his energetic and bipartisan work to promote Hurricane Helene recovery.
What’s more, unlike President Trump, whose approval rating is already underwater, Stein has avoided unnecessary confrontation. Instead...2025-02-2101 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineGov. Josh Stein: Popular with voters and talking common senseNorth Carolina Gov. Josh Stein delivers his inaugural address at the Capitol Building in Raleigh on Jan. 11, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
A new Meredith College poll shows North Carolina governor Josh Stein is off to solid start. Fifty-eight percent of North Carolina voters — including 54 percent of Republicans — approve of his performance thus far, while only 19% disapprove.
Stein’s ratings have been boosted by his energetic and bipartisan work to promote Hurricane Helene recovery.
What’s more, unlike President Trump, whose approval rating is already underwater, Stein has avoided unnecessary confrontation. Instead...2025-02-2101 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineRecipe for curbing homelessness is not that complicatedThe alcove of a vacant building in downtown Raleigh provides temporary shelter for North Carolina's homeless population. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
New numbers show the U.S. has made some encouraging progress in recent years in curbing homelessness among military veterans.
Since 2009, the official count of homeless vets has fallen by more than half, and the reasons behind this trend are not hard to find.
Spurred on by lobbying from veterans groups like the American Legion, Congress has invested heavily in programs that aid struggling vets with affordable ho...2025-02-2001 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineRecipe for curbing homelessness is not that complicatedThe alcove of a vacant building in downtown Raleigh provides temporary shelter for North Carolina's homeless population. (Photo: Clayton Henkel/NC Newsline)
New numbers show the U.S. has made some encouraging progress in recent years in curbing homelessness among military veterans.
Since 2009, the official count of homeless vets has fallen by more than half, and the reasons behind this trend are not hard to find.
Spurred on by lobbying from veterans groups like the American Legion, Congress has invested heavily in programs that aid struggling vets with affordable ho...2025-02-2001 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineNC legislature should stay in its own laneAttorney General Jeff Jackson said he joined a legal challenge to the federal funding freeze out of concern for “widespread and immediate damage” to North Carolinians. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
After having successfully gerrymandered their way to complete control of the state legislature over the last 15 years, you’d think North Carolina Republican lawmakers would be sure enough of themselves to at least occasionally countenance other voices.
Unfortunately, you’d be wrong.
The latest ridiculous example: a bill introduced last week that would effectively prevent the state’s attorney general from doing...2025-02-1001 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineNC legislature should stay in its own laneAttorney General Jeff Jackson said he joined a legal challenge to the federal funding freeze out of concern for “widespread and immediate damage” to North Carolinians. (Photo: Brandon Kingdollar/NC Newsline)
After having successfully gerrymandered their way to complete control of the state legislature over the last 15 years, you’d think North Carolina Republican lawmakers would be sure enough of themselves to at least occasionally countenance other voices.
Unfortunately, you’d be wrong.
The latest ridiculous example: a bill introduced last week that would effectively prevent the state’s attorney general from doing...2025-02-1001 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineTerrorizing innocent schoolchildrenPhoto: Getty Images/istock
The Trump administration’s new and ham-handed anti-immigration policies are terrorizing innocent kids and disrupting our schools.
In numerous places, U.S. citizen children who’ve lived here their entire lives go to school each day fearing their non-citizen parents may not be at home when the school day ends.
As NC Newsline reported this week, teachers and parents in Cabarrus and Durham Counties say worries about the crackdown are causing big problems in their communities.
One Cabarrus County middle schooler even asked his teacher quote...2025-02-0601 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineTerrorizing innocent schoolchildrenPhoto: Getty Images/istock
The Trump administration’s new and ham-handed anti-immigration policies are terrorizing innocent kids and disrupting our schools.
In numerous places, U.S. citizen children who’ve lived here their entire lives go to school each day fearing their non-citizen parents may not be at home when the school day ends.
As NC Newsline reported this week, teachers and parents in Cabarrus and Durham Counties say worries about the crackdown are causing big problems in their communities.
One Cabarrus County middle schooler even asked his teacher quote...2025-02-0601 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineTerrorizing innocent schoolchildrenPhoto: Getty Images/istock
The Trump administration’s new and ham-handed anti-immigration policies are terrorizing innocent kids and disrupting our schools.
In numerous places, U.S. citizen children who’ve lived here their entire lives go to school each day fearing their non-citizen parents may not be at home when the school day ends.
As NC Newsline reported this week, teachers and parents in Cabarrus and Durham Counties say worries about the crackdown are causing big problems in their communities.
One Cabarrus County middle schooler even asked his teacher quote...2025-02-0601 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineNC conservative group embarrasses with fawning treatment of pardoned insurrectionistTrump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election. (Photo: Getty Images/Brent Stirton)
As 82nd Airborne veteran Scott Peoples put it in a recent op-ed for NC Newsline, President Trump’s decision to pardon participants in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection — even those who violently assaulted police officers — was a low point in the history of the American presidency.
Even many conservative Trump supporters were appalled.
Sadly, however, one prominent conservative voice in North Carolina — a group that calls itself independent and libertarian — has thrown in with the ri...2025-02-0501 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineNC conservative group embarrasses with fawning treatment of pardoned insurrectionistTrump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election. (Photo: Getty Images/Brent Stirton)
As 82nd Airborne veteran Scott Peoples put it in a recent op-ed for NC Newsline, President Trump’s decision to pardon participants in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection — even those who violently assaulted police officers — was a low point in the history of the American presidency.
Even many conservative Trump supporters were appalled.
Sadly, however, one prominent conservative voice in North Carolina — a group that calls itself independent and libertarian — has thrown in with the ri...2025-02-0501 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineNC conservative group embarrasses with fawning treatment of pardoned insurrectionistTrump Supporters Hold "Stop The Steal" Rally In DC Amid Ratification Of Presidential Election. (Photo: Getty Images/Brent Stirton)
As 82nd Airborne veteran Scott Peoples put it in a recent op-ed for NC Newsline, President Trump’s decision to pardon participants in the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection — even those who violently assaulted police officers — was a low point in the history of the American presidency.
Even many conservative Trump supporters were appalled.
Sadly, however, one prominent conservative voice in North Carolina — a group that calls itself independent and libertarian — has thrown in with the ri...2025-02-0501 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineStein, lawmakers should move quickly to tie off the work of Rebuild NCPryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, testifies in front of North Carolina lawmakers on the state of the hurricane homebuilding program on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
One of Gov. Josh Stein’s best actions since taking office was to make rebuilding hurricane ravaged western North Carolina a top priority, and putting a new office with new leaders in charge.
Unfortunately, as NC Newsline reported repeatedly in recent years, the state’s previous disaster recovery office — known as NCORR or Rebuild NC — chalked up a mostly abysmal record in responding to Hurricane...2025-02-0401 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineStein, lawmakers should move quickly to tie off the work of Rebuild NCPryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, testifies in front of North Carolina lawmakers on the state of the hurricane homebuilding program on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
One of Gov. Josh Stein’s best actions since taking office was to make rebuilding hurricane ravaged western North Carolina a top priority, and putting a new office with new leaders in charge.
Unfortunately, as NC Newsline reported repeatedly in recent years, the state’s previous disaster recovery office — known as NCORR or Rebuild NC — chalked up a mostly abysmal record in responding to Hurricane...2025-02-0401 minPodcasts Archives • NC NewslineStein, lawmakers should move quickly to tie off the work of Rebuild NCPryor Gibson, interim director of ReBuild NC, testifies in front of North Carolina lawmakers on the state of the hurricane homebuilding program on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
One of Gov. Josh Stein’s best actions since taking office was to make rebuilding hurricane ravaged western North Carolina a top priority, and putting a new office with new leaders in charge.
Unfortunately, as NC Newsline reported repeatedly in recent years, the state’s previous disaster recovery office — known as NCORR or Rebuild NC — chalked up a mostly abysmal record in responding to Hurricane...2025-02-0401 minNews & ViewsNatural Resources Defense Council’s Drew Ball on Trump’s plans to end wind energy projectsDrew Ball, Natural Resources Defense Council (Photo: Screengrab from NC Newsline interview)Wind energy. Whether it’s offshore or on land, wind energy is a booming and enormously promising industry that can play a big role in ending our heroin-like addiction to fossil fuels. What’s more, because of its geography, North Carolina is extremely well-positioned to benefit from its growth.
Tragically and bizarrely, however, the Trump administration is trying to halt wind energy development and recently, Newsline got a chance to learn how and what it will mean if they’re successful in a conversation with t...2025-02-0311 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineClimate change is making more and more of the nation uninsurablePACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: An aerial view of a fire truck (LOWER L) near homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 13, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Multiple wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds continue to burn across Los Angeles County, with some containment achieved. According to reports, 24 people have died with over 180,000 people under evacuation order or warning. Over 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged, while more than 35,000 acres have burned. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
For those Americans (like President Trump) w...2025-01-2201 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineClimate change is making more and more of the nation uninsurablePACIFIC PALISADES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: An aerial view of a fire truck (LOWER L) near homes destroyed in the Palisades Fire as wildfires cause damage and loss through the LA region on January 13, 2025 in Pacific Palisades, California. Multiple wildfires fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds continue to burn across Los Angeles County, with some containment achieved. According to reports, 24 people have died with over 180,000 people under evacuation order or warning. Over 12,000 structures have been destroyed or damaged, while more than 35,000 acres have burned. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
For those Americans (like President Trump) w...2025-01-2201 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineThe death penalty is slowly fading awayDemonstrators marched in front of the governor's mansion asking the governor to commute the death sentences of those on death row. (Photo: NC Newsline/Kel Lyons)
There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore.
As a growing cadre of experts has demonstrated, the death penalty is hugely and uniquely expensive to apply and doesn’t deter crime –indeed, there’s compelling evidence it spurs more of it.
What’s more and more importantly, stacks of evidence now confirm the death penalty has long been applied u...2025-01-0901 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineThe death penalty is slowly fading awayDemonstrators marched in front of the governor's mansion asking the governor to commute the death sentences of those on death row. (Photo: NC Newsline/Kel Lyons)
There are a lot of reasons that the death penalty is almost never imposed anymore.
As a growing cadre of experts has demonstrated, the death penalty is hugely and uniquely expensive to apply and doesn’t deter crime –indeed, there’s compelling evidence it spurs more of it.
What’s more and more importantly, stacks of evidence now confirm the death penalty has long been applied u...2025-01-0901 minNews & ViewsNewsline political reporter Galen Bacharier on Roy Cooper’s legacy and the new Stein administrationGalen Bacharier (File photo)
A new year is upon us and with it, some important changes in state government. As a result of the November election, North Carolina now has several new leaders serving on its Council of State – most notably a new governor.
After eight years in the governor’s mansion and nearly 40 in elected office, Roy Cooper has exited public service – at least for a while – and turned over the reins of state government to his successor, Gov. Josh Stein. But before he departed, Cooper took a bit of a victory lap to ce...2025-01-0612 minNews & ViewsState Senator Julie Mayfield on the ongoing recovery needs in western NCSen. Julie Mayfield (Photo: NCGA) The state legislature returned to Raleigh in late November for a post-election lame duck session, and while most observers had expected lawmakers to focus on overriding a gubernatorial veto of a bill to expand school vouchers and force sheriffs to cooperate with federal immigration officials, along with a third round of hurricane relief for western North Carolina, there was another big surprise in store.
While the override did take place, the aid in the relief bill was much smaller than expected and the proposal was loaded down with dozens of...2024-12-0213 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineMichele Morrow continues to embarrassMichele Morrow, Republican candidate for superintendent of public instruction, speaks at a campaign event on Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024 in Elon, North Carolina. After losing the race vowed to "fight harder than ever before to protect our children and save our schools." (Photo: Galen Bacharier/NC Newsline)
There will be a parade of extremists and lightly qualified politicos in the nominations and appointments that President-elect Donald Trump will advance over the coming days. Once again, Americans will have to endure a time in which important government functions are entrusted to individuals who don’t even support the mis...2024-11-1301 minThe Bottom Line from NC NewslineElection rhetoric is causing innocent people to feel their lives are on the lineNorth Carolina made significant progress in 2024 in expanding access to health care but important challenges remain. (Kieferpix/Getty Images)
The notion that hotly contested elections can foster stress and uncertainty is nothing new.
That said, this year’s election feels different and not for good reason.
Sadly, in several important areas, basic societal norms of simple decency that have long governed how we treat and refer to our fellow human beings — are being abandoned in favor of extreme and hateful stances that cause millions of good people to feel as if their...2024-11-0101 minElection 2024 Archives • NC NewslineCongressman Wiley Nickel on a new plan to end gerrymandering and his recent trip to UkraineU.S. Rep. Wiley Nickel (NC-13) (Courtesy photo) Thanks to new and gerrymandered congressional maps enacted last fall by the Republican-dominated state legislature, the outcomes to almost all of North Carolina’s fall congressional elections have been pre-decided. One lawmaker directly impacted by this is Triangle-area Democratic Congressman Wiley Nickel, who saw his formerly competitive district transformed into one that only a Republican can win.
To his credit, however, Nickel has resolved to make the term he’s serving in Congress an impactful one and last week, he sat down with Newsline to discuss several area...2024-04-2213 minElection 2024 Archives • NC NewslineAnn Webb of Common Cause NC on how the end of the three-day grace period is disenfranchising votersCommon Cause policy director Ann Webb (Courtesy photo)In 2009, as voting by mail, became more and more a part of North Carolina elections, lawmakers of both parties unanimously agreed that mailed ballots postmarked by Election Day would still be counted if they arrived at county boards of elections within three days afterward.
Under a new law passed by Republican majorities at the North Carolina legislature last year, however, the grace period was ended – even though official election results aren’t tallied and posted until several days after the election.
The result: a lot of m...2024-04-0815 minLGBTQ issues Archives • NC NewslineKendra Johnson discusses LGBTQ rights and her long and successful stint at Equality NCKendra Johnson, Equality NCFor the last five-and-a-half years, few people have been busier and more visible in the fight for human and civil rights in our state than Equality NC executive director, Kendra Johnson. Whether she was responding directly to the political right’s repeated and cynical attacks on LGBTQ people or championing a host of other causes to lift up vulnerable North Carolinians – from voting rights to healthcare access to public education – Johnson has made a big and positive mark on the state.
Recently, however, Johnson announced that she’ll soon be leaving Equality...2023-12-1113 min
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The Newsline ReviewMarch 14, 2020 -- It's All Shutting Down...What is The Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of this week's most important news.
Joe Biden dominates the national Democratic stage, Harvey Weinstein is sentenced for sexual abuse, and Corona virus shuts down classes at BYU (and my graduation).
Featuring special guests: Director of Public Policy of YWCA Erin Jemison and Newsline reporter Ashley Pasley2020-03-1420 minThe Newsline ReviewMarch 7, 2020 -- A Super Duper Super Tuesday!What is The Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of this week's most important news.
Bernie Sanders wins big in Utah, but will that be enough to get him to the Democratic Presidential nomination? Lorrie Vallow makes her first court appearance in Idaho, and Alex Trebek leaves his fans a heartwarming message after 1 year of pancreatic cancer treatment.
Featuring special guests: Managing Director of UtahPolicy.com Bryan Schott and Newsline reporter Kim Petersen2020-03-0720 minThe Newsline ReviewFebruary 29, 2020--T is for Trouble, That's Good Enough for Me!What is The Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of this week's most important news.
It's make or break for Democratic Presidential hopefuls in South Carolina, a woman is preparing for extradition to Idaho after her kids disappeared in September, and what tools are available for victims of sexual assault in Utah.
Featuring special guests: Newsline reporters Savannah Hegerhorst and Bon Lee.2020-02-2920 minThe Newsline ReviewFebruary 22, 2020--Gambling it All Away in Nevada!What is The Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of this week's most important news.
Democratic Presidential hopefuls prepare for a Nevada Caucus, a woman is arrested in Hawaii after her kids disappeared in September, and how a controversial Utah Senate Bill may affect Utahns.
Featuring special guests: Katrina Barker-- Communications and Marketing Manager of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah, Mary Taylor--President of ProLife Utah, and Newsline Reporter Rachel Smith. 2020-02-2219 minThe Newsline ReviewFebruary 15, 2020--Getting All "Luvy-Duvy"What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Provo is marked as the number 1 best place for dating, Bernie Sanders wins big in New Hampshire, and Parkland, Florida remembers a deadly mass shooting.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Madie Williams2020-02-1520 minThe Newsline ReviewFebruary 8, 2020--Apparently "Impeach" IS an Ice Cream FlavorWhat is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
President Donald Trump wins "bigly" with his impeachment and State of the Union, Mark Zuckerberg leaves his mark at Silicon Slopes, and Utah recovers from a devastating snow storm.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Cecilee Henstrom and Cassidy McKinney.2020-02-0820 minThe Newsline ReviewFebruary 1, 2020--Brexit Happens, "With or Without EU"What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Brexit finally happens, but the terms of the divorce are still unclear. The Utah Legislature begins its session, and America remembers Kobe Bryant.
Featuring guests Kimberly Peterson, Cameron Hussein, Maddie Reber, and Taylor Hansen.2020-02-0119 minThe Newsline ReviewDecember 7, 2019--Kim Jong Un's Big Christmas Surprise!What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
The White House refuses to take part in the Impeachment proceedings, Pensacola, Florida reacts to a deadly mass shooting, and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un promises a Christmas surprise for the United States... whether it's a good present or bad present is still unknown.
Special Thanks to today's guests: Newsline Reporters Tori Gurr and Berto Sanchez.2019-12-0720 minThe Newsline ReviewNovember 23 2019 -- Never Let Frozen Go!What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Who has Frozen fever? What dangers the Utah inversion presents, and an ambitious campaign by Salt Lake law enforcement agencies to arrest child predators.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Sarah Collins and Gabby Stockard2019-11-2320 minThe Newsline ReviewNovember 16, 2019 -- "Impeach" is Not an Ice Cream FlavorWhat is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
The Congressional impeachment hearings begin, Joker earns $1 Billion worldwide at the box office, and one Newsline Reporter has a special role on a Disney+ original show.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Taylor Hansen and Anessa Pennington2019-11-1622 minThe Newsline ReviewNovember 9, 2019 -- Pirates of the Porch-ibbeanWhat is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Nine people are tragically killed in a vicious assault in Mexico, Utah deals with a pirate problem, and Chris Brown cleans out his closet.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Sarah Collins and Kevin Hatch.2019-11-0920 minThe Newsline ReviewNovember 2, 2019 -- Daylight Savings Saves the Day!What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Utah gets 5% ABV beer, Utah deals with record-low temperatures, and a woman finds her long lost father after watching Newsline.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Dani Hallows, Joseph Carson, and Halston Brown. 2019-11-0220 minThe Newsline ReviewOctober 26, 2019 -- Half Pepe Lé Pew, Half 7/11 SlurpeeWhat is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
Domestic Violence Awareness month is in full swing. Learn what options trick-or-treaters with allergies have. The world makes a startling discover about Mitt Romney.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Taylor Hansen and Ashley Dean. 2019-10-2620 minThe Newsline ReviewOctober 19, 2019 -- Mitt HappensWhat is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
This week, we find out who's trying to get Mitt Romney elected as President of the United States (Spoiler Alert: it's not Mitt Romney). E-Scooters may have a hidden environmental cost, and the nominees for the Rock and Roll hall of fame are announced.
Featuring guests: Newsline Reporters Haley Davis and Joseph Carson.
2019-10-1920 minThe Newsline ReviewOctober 5, 2019 -- The Joke's on You!What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
This week, Newsline Reporter Berto Sanchez comes on the show live to share an interesting to relieve pain and his thoughts on the opioid crisis, Joker stirs up audiences, and The Trump Administration continues to grapple with the possibility of Impeachment.
2019-10-0525 minThe Newsline ReviewSeptember 27, 2019 -- Abbey Road Turns 50.What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
This week, things heat up for The Trump Administration with a whistle blower report, the vaping industry is on fire, and we groove through the weekend as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles album, Abbey Road.
Check out our full website here: https://universe.byu.edu/newsline/2019-09-2825 minThe Newsline ReviewSeptember 20, 2019 -- Dude, Where's My Alien?What is the Newsline Review? We're the show that brings you the weekly roundup of the week's most important news.
This week, we beam down to our friends at Area 51, learn about new words in the dictionary, and meet a cool kid with a Thanos cast.
Check out our full website here: https://universe.byu.edu/newsline/2019-09-2027 minThe Newsline ReviewSERIES TEASERWhat is The Newsline Review?
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