Gov. Pat McCrory and North Carolina legislative leaders were wise to ignore left-of-center partisans’ pleas to expand the state’s Medicaid program. Becki Gray explains why during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Roy Cordato explains why the debate over energy subsidies also should include penalties assessed to different energy sources, while Terry Stoops responds to McCrory’s ideas for strengthening the links between North Carolina’s business community and its public education establishment.

Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education will explain why North Carolina lawmakers took an important positive step by guaranteeing that university students can have legal representation when they face a court-like proceeding on campus. Plus Cathy Rossberg of the managed care company Amerigroup explains how managed care could improve Medicaid in North Carolina.