The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling that school systems cannot use race as the primary factor in making student assignments could draw more attention to Wake County’s method. Terry Stoops discusses that socioeconomic method and the court ruling in the next Carolina Journal Radio.

Mark Holmes of the N.C. Institute of Medicine discusses state planning for an influenza pandemic, Rep. Tim Moore addresses the current state of capital punishment in North Carolina, House Minority Leader Paul Stam outlines flaws in the current state budget process, and Chad and Donna chat about the best recent posts in this blog as part of “Locker Room Talk.”