State Senate leaders would like to apply the state sales tax to more services. That?s one of the key pieces of the tax reform package they unveiled recently. You?ll hear leading Senate Democrats explain their proposals in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio. You?ll also hear a response from Senate and House Republican leaders, along with analysis from Joe Coletti.

You?ll also hear Terry Stoops discuss the different approaches North Carolina?s two largest school systems take toward student assignment. Those approaches have generated controversy in Wake and Mecklenburg counties.

And Michael Sanera will discuss some of the most challenging issues city and county governments face today. He and his John Locke Foundation research colleagues address many of those challenges in the recent City and County Issue Guide.