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Charging Syria $1.1 billion for ties to terrorism

Attorney Kieran Shanahan of Raleigh discusses U.S. District Judge Terrence Boyle’s June decision to award $1.1 billion to victims of terrorism sponsored by Syria. Shanahan discussed the case with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal’s “Issues and Insiders.”

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Lauch’s legacy: a lifetime of service and a remarkable story of survival

Brad Crone, president of Capital Connections and lifelong friend to the late Lauch Faircloth talks about his legacy, and a plane crash the two survived on the way to a campaign stop in August of 1983. Faircloth passed on September 14, 2023 at his home in Clinton, NC. He was 95 years old.

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New group seeks to expand supply of private schools in NC

Doug Turpin has a personal story about how a school can change its values quickly, without parents being fully apprised. That experience led Turpin to found a new group, Coalition for Liberty, that seeks to established new classical model schools that are apolitical, among other objectives.

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Locke’s Mitch Kokai discusses NC state budget impasse

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses the latest developments in North Carolina’s ongoing state budget stalemate. Kokai offered these comments during the Sept. 15, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”

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The Debrief: Fuel to the Fire

This week, Donna King, Alex Baltzegar, David Larson, Mitch Kokai, and Theresa Opeka break down the week’s news. * Temperatures are running hot down at the state legislature. * North Carolina’s highest court has a new associate justice. * The Capital Broadcasting Company calls for the executive branch to usurp state lawmakers’ authority. * NC State Treasurer Folwell released...

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