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NC News Roundup: Big budget backlash; NC immigration bills update; five ACC teams in baseball super regionals

Published June 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM EDT

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On the North Carolina News Roundup...

As Congress tries to push through a federal budget, some Republicans are already regretting recent votes in of it. Meanwhile the state legislature is advancing immigration policy seeking to crack down on "sanctuary cities.”

And, Amazon has announced plans to bring hundreds of jobs and invest billions of dollars in Richmond County.

Plus, we check in on Carolina and Duke, both trying to get to the College World Series.

Co-host Jeff Tiberii talks with a of journalists about those stories and more, on Due South.

Guests

Mary Helen Moore, Reporter, NC Newsroom

Liz Schlemmer, Education Reporter, WUNC

Claudia Rivera Cotto, Political Reporter, Enlace Latino NC

Danielle Battaglia, Capitol Hill Correspondent, The News & Observer/The Charlotte Observer/McClatchy

Jadyn Watson-Fisher, Sports Reporter, News & Observer

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Jeff Tiberii

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff ed WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.

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Rachel McCarthy

Rachel McCarthy is a producer for "Due South." She previously worked at WUNC 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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Cole del Charco

Cole del Charco is an audio producer and writer based in Durham. He's made stories for public radio's All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Marketplace. Before ing Due South, he spent time as a freelance journalist, an education and daily news reporter for WUNC, and a podcast producer for WFAE in Charlotte.

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