There was a little good, a little more bad, and plenty of ugly in the recently concluded 2010 session of the North Carolina General Assembly. Becki Gray offers her assessment of the session in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Speaking of this year?s session, Rick Henderson will address one of its last controversies: the free-press fiasco linked to UNC Public Television and the state?s tussle with Alcoa over property along the Yadkin River.
Joe Coletti will explain how economic uncertainty is slowing North Carolina?s recovery from the recent slump, while Terry Stoops will react to some lawmakers? desire to raise the state?s compulsory public school attendance age to 17 or 18.
Plus you?ll hear the pros and cons of giving long-term minimum wage workers the first shot at college scholarships funded by the state lottery.