This year?s legislative elections will be critical for helping to shape the course of state government for the next decade. Why? Becki Gray explains during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Daren Bakst will join us to discuss seven reforms he would like to see in North Carolina?s regulatory process. Roy Cordato will respond to recent comments from state global warming commission co-chairman John Garrou about that commission?s future.

Plus Jason Kay of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law will explain why a lawsuit filed by the state Libertarian Party interests his group, and you?ll hear lawmakers discuss their interest in tackling the topic of childhood obesity.