Scientists are using soybeans to improve medicines & therapies. The Dept. Of Commerce updates lawmakers on the new economic development corporation being established. Joan Siefert Rose gives us a preview of the annual CED Life Science Conference. And David Hains goes behind the scenes of the Tosco Music Party.

We continue our series profiling the UNC campuses with NCSU. Doctors at Duke Medical Center use new technology to treat stroke patients. And professor Walt Wolfram talks about NC's rich language & dialect heritage.

NC legislators review the impact of the coal ash spill in the Dan River & the sewer spill in the Haw River. We visit the mid-Atlantic's largest chestnut orchard at High Rock Farm. And Stephen Lair tells us about the Salute to Senior Service award program.

In this special we will continue to see how obesity issues are being addressed by some communities in the western region of our state.

In this special we will continue to see how obesity issues are being addressed by some communities in the western region of our state.

From a study of the life-cycle of box turtles, to tracking the red drum fish, to combating the invasive lionfish, Frank Graff looks back at the science of marine life in our state.

State lawmakers hear different perspectives on school funding. Kelly McCullen discusses the issue further with Sen. Josh Stein. We continue our series of UNC campus profiles with North Carolina Central University. Beth Dehghan of Women NC & two of the group's scholarship fellows discuss this year's projects with the UN's Commission on the Status of Women.

State lawmakers look into the implementation of the Read to Achieve Law. Kelly McCullen discusses the issue further with Sen. Phil Berger. Heather Burgiss learns how Chris Dutcher uses his disease to teach children about people with different disabilities. And Catherine Chao gives us a preview of the 35th annual Minority Health Conference.

We take a look at two contributors to the Charlotte arts scene - drummer Shannon Williams, and the NC Dance Theatre. And author Wilton Barnhardt talks about his new book.

NC legislators look into ways to provide people with better access to healthy foods. The Future Farmers of America reinvents itself for the 21st century & beyond. And education leader Tom Vander Ark talks about digital learning.