What can North Carolina government do to boost the state?s sagging economy? The answer involves rejecting many of the policies the government supports now, says John Hood. He explains in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Hood?s prescription involves state budget priorities, and you?ll hear what Gov. Beverly Perdue had to say about the education budget in a recent video. Terry Stoops will offer his expert analysis of Perdue?s comments.
Speaking of education and budgets, Rep. Hugh Blackwell, R-Burke, will explain why some conservative lawmakers are praising UNC-Chapel Hill for unveiling results of an outside consultant?s report that exposed administrative bloat on campus.
Plus Daren Bakst will discuss a wind power controversy in the North Carolina mountains, while Jason Kay of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law will tell us why state lawmakers made the right decision by taking no final action on a bill called the Life Sciences Development Act.