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Politics

General Assembly Reconvenes

WUNC | By Meghan Modafferi,
Frank Stasio
Published May 14, 2014 at 12:20 PM EDT
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The short session of theNorth Carolina General Assemblybegins today. Environmental issues on the table are coal ash disposal and fracking. Meanwhile, teacher pay remains a hot topic. Legislators will discuss Governor McCrory's proposals to update the teacher pay model. They'll also consider a bill that seeks to repeal Common Core.

 Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC reporters Jorge Valencia and Reema Khrais live from the Capitol.

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Meghan Modafferi
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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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