Clayton Henkel, Communications Coordinator for N.C. Policy Watch, joined the project in November 2009. She is responsible for the project's website and newsletter management as well as production of its weekly "News and Views" radio program. [email protected]
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Former Charlotte mayor Jennifer Roberts and former state Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr provide an update on their ongoing work to help restore and strengthen faith in the honesty and legitimacy of U.S. elections.
Rep. Ashton Wheeler-Clemmons shares a bit of encouraging news about the prospects for some bipartisan legislation to help working families with child care.
NC Policy Watch investigative reporter Lynn Bonner dissects the announcement from Republican state legislative leaders that they’ve reached a breakthrough agreement on expanding Medicaid, and how that may play out with this year’s state budget. Read more of Bonner’s reporting here.
4,000+ people died in North Carolina from drug overdoses in 2021. 77% of those deaths involved fentanyl. WRAL-TV investigative reporter and producer Cristin Severance discusses WRAL’s latest documentary, Crisis Next Door, that airs March 15th.
North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force executive director Kella Hatcher tells us about her group’s latest report and the big challenges our state faces in improving the health and well-being of our children. Read the 2023 report here.
North Carolina Fourth District Congresswoman Valerie Foushee discusses her eventful first few weeks in the nation’s capital, the ongoing game of chicken that some on the political right are trying to play with the national debt, and the growing role of Black women as the backbone of the Democratic Party.
Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry and Duke University Law School professor Brandon Garrett discuss their unique and extraordinary new joint initiative to shine a light into a long-hidden corner of the criminal justice system: plea bargains.
State Senator Natasha Marcus of Mecklenburg County on the latest from the General Assembly, including the legislature’s worrisome rush to further weaken state gun safety laws.
Professor David McLennan, director of the Meredith College Poll tells us what North Carolinians are thinking about an array of hot-button policy issues, including election conspiracy theories, abortion rights, medical marijuana and more.