Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, assesses the vote to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s first veto of 2023. King offered these comments during the March 31, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Carolina Journal’s Donna King leads ‘State Lines’ discussion of governor’s veto override
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