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Politics podcast: Gov. Roy Cooper’s first week

Gov. Roy Cooper (left) ends a press conference where he named two new Cabinet secretaries to run his new administration. The new Democratic governor announced James Trogdon (right) as secretary of the Department of Transportation and Michael Regan (center) to lead the Department of Environmental Quality. The announcement was made at the Executive Manson in Raleigh on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017.
Gov. Roy Cooper (left) ends a press conference where he named two new Cabinet secretaries to run his new administration. The new Democratic governor announced James Trogdon (right) as secretary of the Department of Transportation and Michael Regan (center) to lead the Department of Environmental Quality. The announcement was made at the Executive Manson in Raleigh on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. cliddy@newsobserver.com

Domecast, The News & Observer’s weekly podcast on government and politics in North Carolina, has its milk and bread and is ready for what’s expected to be the cold and snowy weekend of Jan. 7-8.

The Cooper administration started with plenty of news. There were new faces for the Cabinet, a major policy announcement, courtroom proceedings and an impending winter storm that sent inauguration planners scrambling.

We talk about Gov. Roy Cooper’s first week, and as always we choose a Headliner of the Week.

Jordan Schrader of The News & Observer hosts with Colin Campbell, Craig Jarvis, Lynn Bonner and Will Doran.

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This story was originally published January 6, 2017 at 5:11 PM with the headline "Politics podcast: Gov. Roy Cooper’s first week."

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