The push to raise North Carolina public school teachers’ pay to the “national average” prompted Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s latest CJ cover story. Carrington explains why the national average goal appears unreasonable in a state where private-sector workers earn pay equal to 87 percent of the national average. Carrington discussed his findings with Bill LuMaye on WPTF Radio and with Joe McLaughlin on WRHT Radio. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted his article in their daily press email.
Managing Editor Rick Henderson joins LuMaye this afternoon to discuss Carolina Journal‘s top recent stories. This weekend Henderson starts a new regular appearance on Curtis Media Group’s statewide syndicated “People In Politics” program. In a segment dubbed “On The Trail,” Henderson will discuss the week’s top developments in 2014 electoral campaigns across North Carolina. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Henderson’s column panning the idea of raising North Carolina public school teachers’ pay to the “national average.”
The Kernersville News published CJ columns from N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler on the Freedmen’s Bank and from Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez on a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new opportunity scholarships. The Laurinburg Exchange published John Locke Foundation Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ column on federal eagle protection policies.
The Beaufort Observer and NCPoliticalNews.com cited Associate Editor Dan Way‘s story about a top Duke Energy executive’s assessment that North Carolina’s policies force low-income customers to subsidize the affluent. NCPoliticalNews.com also promoted Way’s report on murky legal language linked to a proposed Catawba Indian casino.
In addition to Carrington’s article on teacher pay, N.C. Senate Republicans promoted this week Way’s article on problems with the Indian Trail local government, his article on state renewable energy policies, Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s report on the state controller‘s role, Associate Editor Michael Lowrey‘s column on the “elephant hunt” for a new Boeing manufacturing plant, contributor Kristen Blair‘s column on Common Core concerns, and the transcript of a Carolina Journal Radio interview about the federal government’s role in a higher education “arms race.”
A Mooresville Tribune year-end news recap cited information from the John Locke Foundation. (A study released by the John Locke Foundation shows Mooresville supplanting Charlotte as the city passing along the most taxes and fees to its residents. Mooresville’s local taxes and fees totaled $2,311 per resident in the 2011 budget year.)
