Gov. Beverly Perdue has issued two vetoes in the opening months of the 2011 legislative session, twice as many vetoes as she issued during her entire first two years in office. Rick Henderson discusses the significance of those vetoes during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.
Terry Stoops discusses the recent flap over proposals to scrap four North Carolina high school end-of-course tests, while the Heartland Institute’s Bruno Behrend discusses a school reform idea from the West Coast known as the “Parent Trigger.”
Speaking of good ideas from other states, you’ll learn why Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Texas House Republican Whip Joseph Nixon are urging North Carolina to pursue tort reform.
Plus you’ll hear highlights from a recent N.C. House floor debate about the future of using tax breaks and taxpayer-funded cash grants to lure companies to North Carolina.