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Political Junkie Ken Rudin

WUNC | By Frank Stasio,

Laura Lee

Published May 29, 2015 at 12:01 PM EDT

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The North Carolina General Assembly gets a veto from Governor McCrory on their measure to exempt some magistrates from performing marriages. And the Patriot Act isset to expirethis weekend.

Will Congress act to renew it? A federal court also blocked President Obama's policy on undocumented immigrants. What does it mean for immigration reform? And the field of Republican presidential hopefuls continues to expand.

Host Frank Stasio talks with Political Junkie Ken Rudin about the latest on these political stories and more.

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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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Laura Lee

Laura Lee was the managing editor of The State of Things until mid February 2017. Born and raised in Monroe, North Carolina, Laura returned to the Old North state in 2013 after several years in Washington, DC. She received her B.A. in political science and international studies from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and her J.D. from UNC-Chapel Hill School of Law in 2007.

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