A proposal to create a new excise tax on e-cigarettes in North Carolina drew fire this week from John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato. Cordato’s column on the topic attracted attention from N.C. Senate Republicans and the Tax Foundation. The News & Observer, Fayetteville Observer, and WRAL Television websites picked up a FinancialContent.com article citing Cordato’s work.
NCPoliticalNews.com and the Beaufort Observer promoted Sarah Curry’s research newsletter on the e-cigarette tax proposal. The Laurinburg Exchange picked up Curry’s column on occupancy taxes. The Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald published Curry’s research newsletter on state sales tax changes.
Education Week interviewed Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops for an article about school testing linked to Common Core state standards. The Fayetteville Observer sought Stoops’ analysis of the debate over Common Core within the N.C. General Assembly. The News & Observer interviewed Stoops about racial diversity in the Franklin County public schools. The Lumberton Robesonian published Stoops’ column on the state’s school funding burden.
A column in the Raeford News-Journal (headlined “Dang It, Stoops, It Does Too Require More Money”) referenced Stoops’ comments about the link between government spending on education and student achievement. Radio talk show host Bill LuMaye of WPTF cited Stoops’ “Locker Room” blog entry on a state teachers group’s reaction to the N.C. Senate’s new teacher pay proposal.
A Greensboro News & Record editorial referenced a John Locke Foundation report on the benefits of treating 16- and 17-year-old offenders as juveniles, rather than adults. A News & Observer column cited the same report.
