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UNC Prof. Michael Crowell recounts for host Barlow Herget the winding journey of the state's new redistricting plan for the state's 120 House districts, 50 Senate districts and 13 congressional districts.  The state Supreme Court will soon hand down an opinion about secret conversations between GOP mapmakers and their consultants.  After that, a 3-judge Superior Court panel will settle the legality of the new districts.

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Mark Binker of WRAL-TV and Rich Martinez of WPTF News join host Barlow Herget to review news about the Tuesday primary runoff election and Wake County's role in Council of State races.  The panel also looks at Duke Energy's ongoing merger story, Rep. Stephen LaRoque's trouble wiht the law that could leave him LaCrook, and the state's preparation for the National Affordable Health Care Act.