Budget Compromise Nears Final Approval

By Frank Stasio,

Laura Lee

Published September 17, 2015 at 12:22 PM EDT

State Senate chamber — File photo of N.C. General Assembly in Raleigh, 2021.

Gov. Pat McCrory said this morning he will sign the the state Senate approved this week.

The House is expected to give the $21.7 billion spending plan final approval tonight or tomorrow morning before it heads to the governor's desk.

Host Frank Stasio talks with 吉彩网网站 capitol reporters and about the details of the final budget and how the General Assembly came to an agreement on state spending.

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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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