A number of North Carolina cities and counties are using taxpayer dollars to lobby the General Assembly this session. Becki Gray shares her concerns about that practice during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Speaking of questionable government spending, Michael Sanera recaps the story of Raleigh’s misguided decision to back a now-closed “white-tablecloth” restaurant downtown.

The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law’s Jeanette Doran highlights a disturbing lawsuit involving beachfront property at Emerald Isle, while law professors John McGinnis of Northwestern University and William Marshall of UNC-Chapel Hill debate constitutional originalism.

Plus you’ll hear highlights from a recent legislative debate about extraterritorial jurisdiction, the power cities and counties have over development just outside their boundaries.