North Carolina voters head back to the polls in the next week. They’ll make decisions in congressional primaries and narrow the field of candidates for a seat on the N.C. Supreme Court. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson assesses the key elections on the June 7 ballot. Political pundits and election experts are still trying to determine the source of Donald Trump’s success during this year’s contest for the Republican presidential nomination. Author and columnist Virginia Postrel contends that much of Trump’s appeal is tied to the concept of glamour. She explains how glamour helped attract voters to the New York billionaire. A longtime leader in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is the new director of the State Bureau of Investigation. State lawmakers recently confirmed Robert Schurmeier to the SBI’s top post. You’ll hear highlights from N.C. House debate on the topic. The General Assembly is taking steps to boost the state budget’s savings reserves well beyond $1 billion. Now lawmakers are trying to determine how much of a reserve is enough. A committee recently heard expert advice on the topic from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The National Education Association recently released a report ranking North Carolina No. 41 in average teacher pay. Terry Stoops, the John Locke Foundation’s director of research and education studies, says a cost-of-living adjustment pushes that ranking up to No. 33. Stoops says factoring in years of experience would push North Carolina even closer to the national average. Stoops dissects the latest national teacher pay data.