NC News Roundup: Protests in Raleigh; Helene recovery update; surplus, taxes, concerns over a 'fiscal cliff'

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NC News Roundup: Protests in Raleigh; Helene recovery update; surplus, taxes, concerns over a 'fiscal cliff'

By Celeste Headlee,

Colin Campbell, Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra, Rachel McCarthy

Published February 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM EST

A protestor outside the NC Capitol holds an American flag and a For Sale sign.

This week on the North Carolina News Roundup...

Protestors took to Raleigh to voice opposition to President Trump鈥檚 executive orders and to efforts to challenge 60,000 ballots in North Carolina's still unsettled State Supreme Court race. An update on Helene recovery efforts, almost five months after the storm ravaged western North Carolina. Then, how the state budget surplus, tax cuts, and concerns over dropping off the fiscal cliff are all connected.

We鈥檒l get to those stories and more with a panel of reporters who鈥檝e been following our state鈥檚 news.

Editor's clarification: In the discussion about the Griffin vs. Riggs case and the North Carolina Supreme Court's denial of the state Board of Election's petition to bypass an appeal, we wish to clarify that it's the state Supreme Court that is likely to deadlock in a 3-3 split, not the Court of Appeals.

Guests

Dawn Vaughan, Capitol Bureau Chief, The News & Observer

Claudia Rivera Cotto, Political Reporter, Enlace Latino NC

Colin Campbell, Capitol Bureau Chief, 吉彩网网站

Travis Long, Photojournalist, The News & Observer

Then, we check in on refugee resettlement programs in NC...

President Trump signed dozens of executive orders on his first day in office. Among them was Executive Order 14163: Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Like so many of Trump鈥檚 executive orders, the impacts were felt quickly, including here in North Carolina.

Reporters Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra and Julian Berger, and Marsha of Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency in Charlotte, join Celeste Headlee to talk about refugee resettlement organizations and how their work, and the refugees they support, have been impacted by the suspension of USRAP.

Guests

Julian Berger, Race & Equity Reporter, WFAE

Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra, Race, Class & Communities Reporter, 吉彩网网站

Marsha Hirsch, Executive Director, Carolina Refugee Resettlement Agency

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Aaron S谩nchez-Guerra

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at 吉彩网网站 as a producer for "The Story with Dick Gordon." More recently, Rachel was podcast managing editor at Capitol Broadcasting Company where she developed narrative series and edited a daily podcast. She also worked at "The Double Shift" podcast as supervising producer. Rachel learned about audio storytelling at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. Prior to working in audio journalism, she was a research assistant at the Aspen Institute in Washington, DC.

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