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1 week ago | wunc.org | Colin Campbell |Mary Helen Moore |Cole del Charco

On the North Carolina News Roundup... The Trump administration is joining the battle over voter registrations in NC. State House and Senate leaders will soon begin budget negotiations, and one of the many disagreements involves ferry tolls. Also on the coast, famed chef Vivian Howard opened a new restaurant in Duck. And the state has new rules for fishing flounder. Guest host Colin Campbell talks with a panel of journalists about those stories and more, on Due South.

1 week ago | wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Cole del Charco

Historians and curators in Georgia unveiled an exhibit of oil paintings at one of many events scheduled for what would have been the author’s one hundredth birthday. O’Connor’s legacy, complicated by private letters espousing racism and public fiction lampooning racist southerners, carries on in literary influence. Georgia College & State University, which O’Connor was an alumnus of, runs these events and O’Connor’s home which is now a museum.

1 week ago | wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Cole del Charco

The 2024-25 academic year was Lee Roberts' first as permanent chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill. Roberts oversaw a crackdown on pro-Palestinian protestors on campus, the hiring of a high-profile football coach, and federal funding threats for research. Roberts sits down with Due South co-host Leoneda Inge to discuss what he thinks has gone well, what he wants to improve, and what’s next for one of the South’s premier research universities as the threat of federal funding cuts looms.

2 weeks ago | wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Cole del Charco

A budget proposal passed by the state senate would end the state-funded commission, which has helped exonerate 16 people since 2007. The commission is the only state-backed innocence commission in the U.S., which gives them the power to subpoena. Lawmakers in Texas are considering creating a similar commission. GuestsMichael Hewlett, reporter with . He’s covered the justice system for years.

2 weeks ago | wunc.org | Leoneda Inge |Cole del Charco

May 20, 1775, is a date you may recognize from the North Carolina state flag. It represents what was supposedly the first declaration of independence made by any of the 13 colonies involved in the American Revolution. That date was added more than a century ago, and its authenticity was first contested by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams. GuestScott Syfert, author of The First American Declaration of Independence? The Disputed History of the Mecklenburg Declaration of May 20, 1775.