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The “WUNC Politics Podcast” is a free-flowing discussion of what we're hearing in the back hallways of the General Assembly and on the campaign trail across North Carolina.

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Big changes for state workers and government hiring

Catching up with Rufus Edmisten at 85

A six-year-old's death prompts new child welfare safeguards

What's in the long overdue state budget bill?

NC's rural school funding challenges

NC's $100 billion transportation infrastructure challenge

How state employees are reacting to long-delayed raises

A youthful push for NC vape regulations

The ad (and issue) that helped oust Sen. Phil Berger

Your power bill could be going up in NC

Why NC's prisons can't pay bills or keep staff

Small-town accountant defeats a veteran swing-vote legislator

What we learned from NC's primary -- and what's next

Four races to watch in Tuesday's NC primary

Main Street NC: East Durham's contaminated parks

Main Street NC: Buxton's disappearing beach

Main Street NC: Coharie Tribe's river revitalization in Sampson County

Main Street NC: Hot Springs rebuilds from Helene

Main Street NC: Williamston's 'crisis of healthcare'

Main Street NC: Laurinburg hunts for jobs after losing its university

NC Chamber leader talks economic policy from tolls to taxes

Gov. Josh Stein talks Helene, budget, Medicaid and more

Key races to watch as 2026 election filings get started

What's the future of NC's news media amid cutbacks?

The legacy of former Gov. Jim Hunt

A closer look at NC's new Congressional districts

NC House Freedom Caucus wins on shrimp, guns

Why Medicaid is facing big funding cuts in NC

New Progressive Caucus seeks a stronger voice on the left

Can the NC DMV fix its long lines?

What to expect from NC's expensive 2026 US Senate race

A new NC political party seeks to find the middle

NC's new healthcare laws you probably missed

NC House's top Democrat says the legislature is 'getting nothing done'

State auditor talks elections, DMV and more

'A diplomat': NC's longest-serving legislator on his new role

How a Democrat gets bills passed in a GOP legislature

NC legislator makes the case for cryptocurrency in state investments

Meet the only Democrat (so far) running for U.S. Senate in 2026

A closer look at NC's broken-down DMV

A closer look at NC's projected 'fiscal cliff'

Should NC's teacher pay start at $50,000?

Should NC take the racist literacy test out of its constitution?

NC's high healthcare cost and Senate efforts to tackle it

New Senate minority leader talks Democrats' strategy for 2025

Stein's top Helene recovery official makes the case for more funding

Influential GOP consultant looks back at 50 years in NC politics

Main Street NC: Midway tries to stay rural while becoming a town

Main Street NC: Aurora builds infrastructure to lure jobs

Main Street NC: Southeast Raleigh's gentrification challenge