Wilmington-area radio listeners heard John Locke Foundation Vice President for Communications Jon Ham discuss gun control, President Obama’s new cabinet appointments, and the president’s attitude toward government overspending during Ham’s latest appearance with Chad Adams on the WLTT Radio morning program.

The Mooresville Tribune reprinted Rick Henderson’s recent Carolina Journal editorial panning the sweetheart deal former N.C. first lady Mary Easley secured to more than double her state pension benefits. The Raleigh Telegram quoted CJ in its coverage of the Easley story.

The Triad Business Journal quoted John Hood in an article about Cato Institute President and former BB&T chief executive John Allison. (John Hood, president of the Raleigh-based libertarian think tank John Locke Foundation, says he doubts Allison is seeking any fundamental shifts in Cato’s philosophy, but rather a more effective way of promoting that philosophy.) The Charlotte Business Journal cited JLF in an article about state lottery funds supplanting existing taxpayer funding on education programs.

A Salisbury Post editorial referenced the John Locke Foundation’s transparency efforts. The Kernersville News published Mitch Kokai’s column on unrealistic job expectations.

The N.C. Public Charter Schools Association highlighted Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops‘ analysis of new charter school applicants.

N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails John Hood’s column about efforts to score political points from tragedy, along with N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair‘s column on the importance of reading in the “Information Age.”