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General Assembly Considers Caps On Spending And Income Tax

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The state Senate has passed a proposed constitutional amendment to limit income taxes and year-by-year spending increases.

Supporters say it ensures responsible spending. Opponents say it threatens the state’s triple-A bond rating.

Meanwhile, lawmakers have given themselves to pass a final budget for the next two years. At issue is whether to maintain or .

Host Frank Stasio talks with ¹ÏÉñapp reporter about the latest from Raleigh.

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 ¹ÏÉñapp Director.
Will Michaels is ¹ÏÉñapp's Weekend Host and Reporter.
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