A legislator’s comments during a recent committee meeting have sparked debate about poverty in North Carolina. Fergus Hodgson discusses the facts about poverty within this state and around the world during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

David Bass handicaps the state’s 2012 congressional races, and Victor Guzman of the Republican Hispanic National Assembly discusses that group’s voter outreach efforts.

Matt Ridley, author of The Rational Optimist, discusses his notion of the “collective brain,” and you’ll hear a legislative debate about placing new restrictions on local governments’ ability to control development outside city limits.