Host Donna Martinez discusses the investigation of the brutal killing of state Board of Education member Kathy Taft with Rick Martinez, news director of the N.C. News Network, stategovernmentradio.com and NewsRadio 680 WPTF.

Then Democrat Marcus Williams tells Donna Martinez about his run for the Democratic nomination to challenge Sen. Richard Burr for the U.S. Senate. That's followed by a spirited debate about the Senate race with Jack Nichols, chairman of the Wake County Democratic Party and Republican Chad Adams, former Lee County commissioner. Nichols and Adams also weigh in on several N.C. congressional races that look to be dogfights, as well as former Easley aide Ruffin Poole's effort to delay his April trial on corruption charges and speculation over a possible John Edwards indictment.