Democrat Kay Hagan and the Republicans who would like to take her place in the U.S. Senate are generating publicity now for the November election. That Senate race is just one of the key contests Carolina Journal will monitor in 2014. Rick Henderson discusses CJ election coverage during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jenna Ashley Robinson of the Pope Center for Higher Education Policy will discuss her recent trip to Washington, D.C., to testify about potential changes to the federal Pell Grant program. Katherine Restrepo will discuss Obamacare’s impact on North Carolina health insurance rates.

You’ll hear highlights from a recent legislative discussion of a blistering audit of North Carolina’s Medicaid program. Plus representatives of the coastal group N.C. 20 share their concerns about a 2012 federal law that could lead to major hikes in flood insurance rates.