Media outlets continue to rely on John Hood’s expertise. The Kinston Free Press referenced Hood in a recent editorial discussing the N.C. Senate tax plan. ([A]s John Hood details in a column on this page, the tax plan represents an odd kind of “reform.”) The Independent‘s latest report on the changing news media featured Hood’s assessment of the latest trends. Senate Republicans also highlighted this week one of Hood’s Daily Journals on the legal issues surrounding North Carolina’s de facto death penalty moratorium.