The News-Record man with an eye on Raleigh, Mark Binker, catches up with all the pork plans the General Assembly is just waiting to drop.

Yeah, getting Jim Black out of the Speaker’s chair sure made one hell of a big difference, huh? And be sure to watch Mecklenburg get cut out of the coming pork-fest — nothing for actual needs or roads or courts, that is — probably some cash for some connected insiders though.

Meet the new boss.