Triad News Update

By Hady Mawajdeh,

Published September 16, 2014 at 12:10 PM EDT

Winston-Salem City Government has extended benefits to same-sex couples who were married in other states.

The Winston-Salem city government is now offering benefits to same-sex partners who are married.

The City will recognize the marriage licenses of couples from any state within the U.S. jurisdiction. Host

Frank Stasio talks with WUNC Greensboro Bureau Chief Jeff Tiberii about the constitutionality of this decision and other major Triad news stories: the expansion of body cameras within the Winston-Salem Police Department and the latest news from the Poverty Summit.

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Hady Mawajdeh

Hady Mawajdeh is a native Texan, born and raised in San Antonio. He listened to Fresh Air growing up and fell in love with public radio. He earned his B.A. in Mass Communication at Texas State University and specialized in electronic media. He worked at NPR affiliate stations KUT and KUTX in Austin, Texas as an intern, producer, social media coordinator, and a late-night deejay.

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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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