The full General Assembly will wait until May to return to Raleigh, but lawmakers are spending the intervening months studying hot-button issues involving education, health care, property rights, and other critical topics. Becki Gray discusses the work of legislative study committees during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jon Sanders explains why he’s recommending the repeal of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law, and Jenna Ashley Robinson discusses the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy’s new report criticizing UNC-Chapel Hill’s general education requirements.

Tim Phillips of Americans for Prosperity discusses his group’s campaign targeting U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., for her support of Obamacare, and you’ll hear N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker explain why she’s happy to have a seat at the table as state leaders make transportation plans.