Viewers of Time Warner Cable News’ statewide “Capital Tonight” program heard this week from Rick Henderson, who discussed the controversy surrounding the University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ decision to close a poverty center at UNC-Chapel Hill.
The N.C. Spin website and N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Becki Gray’s “Locker Room” blog entry on the N.C. Competes targeted tax incentive plan. The Kernersville News published Gray’s column on alternatives to targeted incentives. Gray continues twice-weekly politics and public policy updates for WTSB Radio.
The Fayetteville Observer interviewed JLF Chairman John Hood for an article about a new legislative group dubbed Main Street Democrats. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Hood’s column on federalism, CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on distillery regulations, Associate Editor Dan Way‘s article on the high potential costs of increased Medicaid oversight, and Way’s article on a state audit targeting dental sedation permits.
N.C. History Project Founding Director Troy Kickler discussed the American Founding during a lecture for Apex Founders Day. Creative Loafing in Charlotte interviewed JLF Economics and Regulatory Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey about toll roads. The Wake Forest Weekly published CJ contributor Sam Hieb‘s article about federal regulators targeting North Carolina’s municipal broadband law.
NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Smith’s article on N.C. court modernization, along with JLF Senior Fellow Marc Rotterman‘s column critiquing President Obama’s record in office. The N.C. Spin website promoted Director of Communications Mitch Kokai‘s “Locker Room” blog entry on economic mobility and the failure of federal anti-poverty programs. The Kernersville News published Kokai’s column on a book describing the impact of “bootleggers and Baptists” on public policy.
