This week was rather slow in the legislature, aside from some incremental budget updates from various committees. So let’s look ahead to the forthcoming budget fight. And if you make it through that, I’ll let you enjoy a months-old story that I completely missed about Venus flytraps. So stick with me…

— Bryan Anderson […]

Bryan Anderson is a politics reporter for The Assembly, covering state government and anchoring our twice-weekly politics newsletter, The Caucus. He previously covered elections, voting access, and state government for WRAL-TV, The Associated Press, and The News & Observer.