Affordable Care Act customers with Blue Cross Blue Shield policies could see their premiums jump another 23 percent in the next year. Katherine Restrepo explores the reason for the projected price increase and offers ideas for reducing health care costs during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Terry Stoops questions the National Education Association’s state rankings of per-student spending in public schools. UNC Ph.D. student Ben Foster shares highlights from his research about the impact of market forces in helping communities address emergencies and natural disasters.

Plus you’ll hear highlights from legislative debates about teacher training and treating 16- and 17-year-old criminal offenders as juveniles, rather than adults.