North Carolina taxpayers are promising about $700,000 in subsidies for every new job a CSX transportation hub is expected to bring to Edgecombe County. Rick Henderson dissects the $100 million CSX incentives deal for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Terry Stoops analyzes the latest round of N.C. public school standardized test scores, while Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education documents disturbing trends in support for free speech on college campuses.

You’ll learn about a new election redistricting plan from a group of retired N.C. judges. Plus you’ll hear highlights about a project involving Duke University that’s designed to improve use of health care data.