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Political Junkie: Primary Approaches And Budget Plan Negotiations Continue

Political Junkie Ken Rudin
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Political Junkie Ken Rudin
Political Junkie Ken Rudin
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Ken Rudin

Early voting is underway in North Carolina's second primary of the year. Two incumbent members of Congress face off against each other. Also on the ballot is a seat on the state's Supreme Court.

At the legislature, the Senate wraps up its budget proposal and lawmakers move behind closed doors to hash out a compromise between the House and Senate plans.Political Junkie Ken Rudin.

Host Frank Stasio talks with political junkie Ken Rudin about the latest.

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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.