North Carolina's two largest school districts — Wake and Mecklenburg — have now both said they'll cancel classes on May 1 to allow teachers to attend the N.C. Association of Educators rally/strike in Raleigh. We go into why the NCAE is disingenuous in its rhetoric and question why school districts are leaving families high and dry.

Plus, we discuss:

A minor dust-up between 9th District Republicans Stony Rushing and Dan Bishop
A new bill to require Uber drivers to display a lighted sign
The N&O is criticized for insensitive coverage of the Durham explosion

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Political fact-checking is broken in North Carolina

Longleaf PodcastBy Longleaf PoliticsApr 23, 2019