Aaron welcomes State Sen. Jonah Garson (D-Orange) for a legislative update from Raleigh, with special emphasis on the recently-passed state budget: it’s North Carolina’s first in a year, and one that drew bipartisan support, but also one that includes a wide range of contentious provisions that Democrats have described as “the good, the bad, and the ugly.” Garson also reflects on his first few months in the General Assembly and the lessons he’s learned after replacing Graig Meyer in the State Senate earlier this spring.

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