The latest Forbes article from John Locke Foundation Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo focuses on the anti-competitive roadblocks created by state certificate-of-need restrictions. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Restrepo’s column on the growing interest in direct primary care. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato‘s column on the “right” to health care.
The Kernersville News, Laurinburg Exchange, and Mount Airy News published Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ recent column urging North Carolina officials not to use a technicality to block compensation for victims of state-sanctioned forced sterilization. NCPoliticalNews.com and N.C. Senate Republicans took note of Sanders’ column assessing the U.S. Supreme Court’s interest in a North Carolina dispute involving teeth-whitening restrictions. The N.C. Spin website promoted Sanders’ “Locker Room” blog entry on the athletic scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The News & Observer‘s “Wake Ed” blog highlighted Terry Stoops’ analysis of the Wake County public school system’s latest teacher turnover data. A Carteret County News-Times editorial on state education spending cited Stoops’ analysis of the issue. (As Terry Stoops from the John Locke Foundation points out a recent study examined changes in per-pupil spending and teacher pay over 10 years. Republicans have been in charge of the General Assembly for four years, but most of the data sets used lag by at least a year. As a result, it represents three years of legislative control by Republicans and seven years of control by Democrats.) The Kernersville News published Stoops’ column on cuts to the N.C. Department of Public Instruction budget. Stoops discussed a California court ruling against teacher tenure during an Education Law and Policy Society meeting in Chapel Hill.
NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry‘s research newsletter on Halloween spending. A Taylorsville Times candidate profile cited Economic and Regulatory Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey‘s By The Numbers report on local government tax-and-fee burdens. (Harbinson said the conservative John Locke Foundation ranked Alexander as having the lowest tax burden in the state all four years of Democratic majority (1998 to 2002).) The Charlotte Observer and Cabarrus News cited JLF in a Cabarrus County school board candidates‘ survey. A McDowell News candidate survey noted information from JLF’s NCTransparency.com. (The conservative John Locke Foundation has rated McDowell County as the third most transparent of all 100 counties in the state in disclosure of documents, policies, and meetings.)
