Labor Day is still a couple of weeks away, but some political campaigns are already spending plenty of time and money for the November election. John Hood explains why in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Both major-party candidates for the White House have shown interest in policies to target global warming. You?ll hear comments from a recent rally explaining why those policies would be far worse than any problems linked to warming. Annie Patnaude of Americans for Prosperity, Paul Chesser of Climate Strategies Watch, and Roy Cordato will all share their concerns.

You?ll get an update on the state?s mental health reform efforts from Joe Coletti, while Duke University?s Jacob Vigdor will explain the Index of Immigrant Assimilation. Plus senior staff attorney Jeanette Doran will explain the process that leads to a lawsuit from the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law.