State lawmakers will return to Raleigh in May for their official short session, but many of them are already busy working in study committees. Becki Gray offers a 2014 legislative preview during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Speaker of legislators, you’ll hear Rep. Mike Hager, R-Rutherford, discuss his ideas for addressing energy, the economy, and the environment, and you’ll hear highlights from a recent legislative debate over targeted tax incentives.

Assistant N.C. Commerce Secretary Dale Folwell explains why the state is instituting a photo identification requirement for unemployment benefits, and Ardis Watkins of the State Employees Association of North Carolina shares that group’s concerns about management of the state’s pension fund for retired government workers.