When President Obama promised North Carolinians recently that his jobs bill would create 13,000 new public-sector jobs in this state, he left out the inconvenient fact that the jobs would last for a single year. Rick Henderson dissects this element of the Obama jobs plan in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Daren Bakst explores the likelihood of a U.S. Supreme Court decision on ObamaCare within the next year, while George Leef examines the impact of big-time sports on North Carolina colleges.

You’ll hear highlights from legislative economist Barry Boardman’s recent report about a state government surplus, and Karen Palasek will explain why North Carolinians between the ages of 25 and 40 might be interested in pursuing membership in the E.A. Morris Fellowship for Emerging Leaders.