With more information available online every day, it makes sense for government agencies to use the Internet to help people keep track of government business. That?s one reason why the John Locke Foundation created NCTransparency.com. Joe Coletti will discuss the new Web site during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Speaking of transparency, you?ll get a taste of the debate over legislation designed to make it easier for media outlets and government watchdogs to pursue lawsuits against government agencies that refuse to turn over public records.

In other court-related news, John Hood will join us to discuss some of the latest developments involving former North Carolina political leaders who?ve spent time behind bars. You?ll also hear reaction from State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson and her attorney, Bob Orr, as a judge has sided with them in a legal fight over operations within the state?s public school establishment.

The program also features comments from some lawmakers pushing for changes in North Carolina?s 50-year-old annexation law.