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Publications in other states continue to promote Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s work exposing flaws in President Obama’s jobs plan. The Altoona Mirror, PA Independent, and Hellertown Patch all cited Carrington’s finding that new public school teaching jobs linked to the Obama plan would last just one year. The American Legislative Exchange Council sent members an issue alert highlighting Carrington’s research. The Lincoln Tribune published Carrington’s reent CJ article disputing claims about lost government jobs. Associate Editor David Bass contributed a post to the American Spectator blog about a participant at a recent Occupy Raleigh protest who showed up in a T-shirt promoting an investment firm. Bass’ latest American Spectator article probed the reasons for the millennial generation‘s poor job prospects. Bass discussed that column with KNRS Radio in Salt Lake City and KIRO Radio in Seattle. The Lincoln Tribune highlighted Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ report on regulations blocking a church’s food truck ministry in the Salisbury area. The Lincoln Tribune and N.C. Senate Republicans promoted a pair of articles from contributor Dan Way. One focused on efforts to override Gov. Beverly Perdue’s veto of the Energy Jobs Act. The other focused on a recent Raleigh conference promoting subsidies for solar energy projects. The Beaufort Observer cited the solar energy story. The Lincoln Tribune and N.C. Senate Republicans highlighted contributor Karen Welsh‘s progress report on the state’s first charter school. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler‘s column on frequently asked questions associated with North Carolinians and the Founding Era. The Lincoln Tribune, M2M Politics, and N.C. Senate Republicans all picked up a report from Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation Director of Communications, on Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger’s recent comments about reviewing North Carolina’s corporate incentive programs.

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