Donna King, Carolina Journal editor-in-chief, discusses top leaders of the N.C. General Assembly for 2023-24. King offered these comments during the inaugural Jan. 13, 2013, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Carolina Journal’s Donna King discusses 2023 N.C. legislative leaders
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