John Locke Update / Impact Newsletter

Legislative changes, looking ahead to 2016, and other items of interest

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The Winston-Salem Journal interviewed Mitch Kokai for an article about recent legislative committee changes involving state Rep. Julia Howard. Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Kokai about recent developments in the 2016 N.C. governor’s race. The N.C. Spin website promoted Kokai’s “Locker Room” blog entry on the real minimum wage: zero.

The Yancey Common Times Journal published Don Carrington’s recent article about two state departments launching reviews of dubious stimulus-funded grant projects. N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email promoted Barry Smith’s article on a state information technology audit, Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on N.C. interest in Illinois Medicaid reforms, a CarolinaJournal.tv video of a redistricting reform news conference, and a CJTV video of Dr. David Stein’s speech to a JLF audience on N.C. health care reform. The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog promoted Stein’s speech. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Associate Editor Michael Lowrey‘s article on a state Supreme Court decision upholding a convicted killer’s life sentence.

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