Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses two major developments in North Carolina’s long-running Leandro school funding lawsuit. Kokai offered these comments during the July 28, 2017, edition of UNC-TV’s “Front Row with Marc Rotterman.”
JLF’s Mitch Kokai discusses developments in long-running N.C. school funding lawsuit
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