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John Droz: North Carolina Renewable Power Mandates ECN PODCAST: Energy Expert John Droz reports on North Carolina legislation that would roll back the state’s renewable power mandates.	Mike Ford: What to Do with Disruptive Students SRN PODCAST: New reports have found that one in four African-American students has been suspended, compared to less than one in ten white students. School discipline is a controversial issue. Are kids responsible for their own bad behavior? Are their parents? What about schools? A new report shows how concerned Milwaukee parents and teachers are about badly behaved students, and discusses some ways reduce the negative effects of such behavior both on the disruptive kids and their well-behaved classmates. Mike Ford is research director at the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, and he joins the podcast to discuss his report. It puts numbers to how much disruptive students reduce other students’ learning, and suggests two solutions: Putting disruptive children in online education, and character education in public schools.
Ed Ring: Municipal Workers Receiving Far More Than Taxpayers Know FIRE PODCAST: When perks including pensions, health insurance, paid vacations, disability insurance, and other forms of compensation are included, many municipal workers in California are receiving triple the compensation typically reported in newspapers and even by the State Controller. Ed Ring of the California Public Policy Center explains the shocking amounts taxpayers are spending on municipal workers.	Ronald McKinnon: the International Financial System FIRE PODCAST: Ying Ma, Heartland Institute policy adviser, talks with Ronald McKinnon, Professor of Economics at Stanford University, about the dollar standard, China's trade surplus with the US and the International Financial system.
Brad Rodu: Tobacco Harm Reduction HCN PODCAST: Brad Rodu, Endowed Chair, Tobacco Harm Reduction Research at the University of Louisville and Senior Fellow at the Heartland Institute discusses tobacco harm reduction on "The Legislature Today' radio show in Bismark, North Dakota.	Will McBride: Tax Freedom Day Lands April 18 BTN PODCAST: The Tax Foundation's annual Tax Freedom Day report is out, and it shows federal tax increases that took effect this year will move the date back five days from last year. But that's an average, as some states won't see tax freedom until well into May, while others already have tax freedom.