Both the Charlotte Observer and News & Observer published an article this week quoting John Locke Foundation President John Hood on the subject of special provisions within the state budget. N.C. Senate Republicans also promoted Hood’s column on the budget deal between House and Senate legislative leaders, along with a column explaining why North Carolina needs no more socialized medicine. Silobreaker.com picked up his column focusing on the debate over state education funding levels. On other topics, the Winston-Salem Journal, Charlotte Observer, and Mooresville Tribune cited Hood in an article about North Carolina’s obligation to compensate victims of the state’s eugenics-related forced sterilization policies. A Winston-Salem Journal letter writer and Transylvania Times editorial both cited Hood’s most recent column on coastal terminal groins.