The State Board of Education and the N.C. Public Staff both need major facelifts, according to Terry Stoops and Daren Bakst. We’ll learn why during this week’s Carolina Journal Radio.

We’ll also hear a recent debate about the corporate tax incentives deal for Google. And we’ll hear from lawmakers who want to end North Carolina’s de facto death penalty moratorium.

Plus Byron York outlines his assessments of the major 2008 presidential contenders.