How well does N.C. teacher pay really stack up against the rest of the country? Terry Stoops says, “Don’t believe the hype.” No, actually that was Flavor Flav, but Terry does tackle the issue of teacher pay on this weekend’s Carolina Journal Radio.

You’ll also hear from Rep. John Blust and some of his GOP colleagues, who want to force state lawmakers to get a three-fifths supermajority for any bill that raises taxes.

George Leef will discuss the fallacy of the notion that North Carolina needs more students in college.

The Jim Black scandal drew little attention in the governor’s State of the State address; his omission drew plenty of attention from Republican lawmakers. You’ll hear details.

And you can dust off your history books, as Barton College associate professor Jeff Broadwater joins us to discuss the roles George Mason and James Madison played in creating the U.S. Bill of Rights.