Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Tempers flared Monday as state lawmakers remained unable to agree on a late state budget that will likely be the most tardy since at least 2004.
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