As General Assembly returns, what about state budget and Berger's future?

About this episode

Political reporters discuss the North Carolina legislature's return and the implications of the state budget and Phil Berger's primary loss.

As the North Carolina legislature returns, major questions remain as the state remains the only one without a new budget. In addition, the state's most powerful politician, Phil Berger, lost his primary. What will happen? What will get done? Political reporters Dawn Vaughan and Bryan Anderson join Tim to break it all down as lawmakers return to Raleigh this week.

People in this episode

Guests: Dawn Vaughan, Bryan Anderson

Topics covered

• North Carolina legislature
• state budget
• Phil Berger
• politics

Keywords

• legislature
• budget
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Places: North Carolina, Raleigh

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