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Triad Headlines Of 2016

WUNC News | By Will Michaels,
Frank Stasio
Published January 12, 2016 at 11:58 AM EST
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The Greensboro city skyline
The Greensboro city skyline
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The Greensboro city skyline

The Triad region was a case study for many of North Carolina'stop news storiesin 2015. Greensboro is part of the lawsuit against the latest round of redistricting in the state. The merger between Reynolds American Inc. and the Lorillard Tobacco Company rocked the local economy. Many of the effects of the 2015 events will carry into the new year. A conversation with Greensboro News & Record reporter Joe Killian and columnist Susan Ladd

Host Frank Stasio talks with Greensboro News & Record reporter Joe Killian and columnist Susan Ladd about stories to keep an eye on in 2016.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels started his professional radio career at WUNC.
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Frank Stasio
Longtime NPR correspondent Frank Stasio was named permanent host of The State of Things in June 2006. A native of Buffalo, Frank has been in radio since the age of 19. He began his public radio career at WOI in Ames, Iowa, where he was a magazine show anchor and the station's News Director.
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