John Hood is one of the state?s most astute political observers. He?ll offer his latest insight on the major election campaigns in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

The program will also feature Daren Bakst?s comments about the prospect of private well regulation in North Carolina. Meanwhile, the head of the General Assembly?s Program Evaluation Division will offer some thoughts about the recent scandal involving at least $400 million of misspending on mental health programs, and Joe Coletti will provide his own assessment of that controversy.

We?ll also hear details of a recent assessment of the negative impacts of proposed global warming policies. Robert Ferguson of the Science and Public Policy Institute will deliver those details.

And we?ll learn why at least one prominent state lawmaker is frustrated by the slow pace of efforts to improve North Carolina?s school dropout rate.