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State Sen. Graig Meyer (D-Orange) joins Aaron to preview the short session of the General Assembly, which begins April 24. Budget updates may be on the agenda, along with hot-button issues like immigration and DEI programs at UNC; by contrast, we’re not likely to see much movement on marijuana legalization, government transparency, gerrymandering – or school funding, despite a new report showing a big spike in teacher attrition. Meyer also discusses an exciting development at the local level: efforts to turn the Chapel Hill-Carrboro rail line into a greenway, once UNC stops using it to transport coal to its power plant.
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