The U.S. Supreme Court struck them down as unconstitutional, and North Carolina lawmakers have worked this year to remove so-called “matching funds” or “rescue funds” from the state’s system of taxpayer-financed election campaigns. Jeanette Doran of the N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law discusses the issue during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

You’ll also hear highlights from recent legislative debates involving the state budget and compensation for victims of North Carolina’s eugenics-based forced sterilization program, and Jenna Ashley Robinson of the John W. Pope Center for Higher Education Policy will discuss new research about Pell Grants.

Plus Marc Levin of the Texas Public Policy Foundation will explain new research that suggests North Carolina would benefit by changing state law to divert most 16-year-old offenders to the state’s juvenile justice system.