The new Republican-led General Assembly could take important steps to place North Carolina environmental policy on a less destructive course. Roy Cordato makes that recommendation in the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Terry Stoops explains why lawmakers looking for state budget savings might want to investigate the state?s growth in public school course offerings, plus you?ll hear from supporters of the new Free the Vote Coalition, which is fighting to loosen North Carolina?s electoral ballot-access restrictions for third parties and independent candidates.

Sally Pipes, head of the Pacific Research Institute and author of The Truth About ObamaCare, shares her concerns about the year-old federal health care reform law. You?ll also hear Attorney General Roy Cooper defend the state?s controversial DNA database.