How could government-mandated renewable energy use affect your bottom line? Daren Bakst and Geoff Lawrence will tell us in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Joe Coletti will explain the problems linked with mandatory “mental health parity” in insurance coverage. John Hood will stick with the mandate theme, as he discusses legislative efforts to ban video poker (and take out a prime competitor of the state-run lottery).

We’ll also discuss efforts to reignite debate about the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, and we’ll recap the federal sentencing of former N.C. House Speaker Jim Black.