The News & Observer‘s “Under the Dome” highlighted this week Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s article sharing details of a state House leader’s school voucher plan. The News & Observer also noted this week that a prominent Republican lawmaker responded to John Hood’s column on Medicaid reform proposals. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted that column in their daily press email, along with Hood’s analysis of federal disability benefits.

The Charlotte Observer interviewed Rick Henderson about the fast pace of Republican state lawmakers’ activity this year. An Observer column cited the John Locke Foundation and its work on the negative economic impact of North Carolina’s renewable energy mandates. 

The Mooresville Tribune published Becki Gray’s column panning that renewable energy mandate. The Kernersville News picked up Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s column on the public education establishment’s resistance to innovation

N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily
press email CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s articles on auto insurance reform, a report criticizing North Carolina’s Alcoholic Beverage Control system, and the latest developments in voter identification legislation.

Carolina Plott Hound promoted John Locke Foundation Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ “Locker Room” blog entry raising concerns about privatization plans for the N.C. Department of Commerce.