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State Lawmakers Indicate End Of Short Session Is Near

The state legislature expects to wrap up its current session soon.
Jorge Valencia

Republican leaders at the General Assembly are working to wrap up the short session.

Today the Senate is considering a flurry of bills, including some of the most controversial legi slation of the session. One proposal could change the way police officers do their work and another could reorganize the Asheville City Council.

Host Frank Stasio talks with WUNC capitol reporter Jorge Valencia about the latest from the legislature.

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Will Michaels
Will Michaels is WUNC's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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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.
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