Several North Carolina counties are asking voters in November for permission to raise the local sales tax. Michael Sanera critiques the sales pitch offered for those tax hikes during the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Roy Cordato discusses a new legislative study of North Carolina’s certificate of need law for medical facilities, equipment, and services. The Heritage Foundation’s Hans von Spakovsky offers arguments supporting a state voter identification law.

State Rep. Dale Folwell discusses the Tea Party’s critical role in helping Republicans win control of the General Assembly in 2010. Plus former Bush administration Justice Department official Gregory Katsas recaps top items from the last U.S. Supreme Court term.