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

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Podcast: [Tying It Together with Tim Boyum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tying-it-together-with-tim-boyum-18822)
Published: 2026-04-22T05:00:00+00:00
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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.

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