Some state lawmakers bristled recently when they heard an update about the extent to which North Carolina’s solar energy industry depends on taxpayer and ratepayer subsidies. Dan Way reports lawmakers’ response to that news for the next edition of Carolina Journal Radio.

Jon Sanders explains how North Carolina has seen benefits from a recent regulatory reform. Robert Shibley of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education offers some good news about speech codes on college campuses.

Former Gov. Jim Martin and Jenna Robinson discuss the future of the newly renamed James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, the state’s premier higher education watchdog. Plus you’ll learn why some state lawmakers want to study funding formulas for North Carolina’s public schools.