We’re a little more than one year from Election Day 2016, and the race for the U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Richard Burr has still not produced a declared Democratic candidate. But that could change if media speculation about several possible candidates turns out to be true. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson tells us about the names being discussed and about Sen. Burr’s challenges. Then we turn to a look at the ideas of the Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman. He died in 2006, but his ideas live on with the annual Friedman Legacy of Freedom Day. During this year’s “Friedman Day,” Western Carolina University economist Edward Lopez highlighted key arguments from Friedman’s classic 1962 book, “Capitalism And Freedom.” Next is a discussion about ways to save state tax dollars. N.C. state government could save money, and potentially make some money, by getting rid of selected unused properties. That’s the recommendation from the General Assembly’s Program Evaluation Division. You’ll hear highlights from the PED report, along with reaction from the N.C. Department of Administration. That’s followed by a look at health care policy. Some legislators continue to pursue reform of North Carolina’s certificate-of-need restrictions on medical facilities and major equipment. Reformers in the state House and Senate made their case during a recent news conference. They had help from the mayor of Belhaven, where the CON process has helped block the reopening of a local hospital. And finally, outcries from some parents, educators, and policy analysts have led to a state review of the Common Core education standards. The state commissions reviewing the standards recently released its findings to date. John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies, Terry Stoops, reviews the findings and tells us if the complaints have proved correct and steps he believes the review commission should take.
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