North Carolina legislators reconvened in Raleigh this week, and John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray offered insights about the 2015 legislative session in print, on air, and in person. The Greensboro News & Record published Gray’s column previewing top legislative issues. The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog promoted her speech to JLF’s Shaftesbury Society on priorities for the new session and the new year. Gray delivered remarks on the same topic to the Chapel Hill Republican Women’s Club.
Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez interviewed Gray on WPTF Radio about the opening of the new legislative session, and Gray shared with Lockwood Phillips of WTKF Radio her thoughts about a new “freedom test” for lawmakers considering bills in 2015. Gray continues twice-weekly politics and public policy updates for WTSB Radio. She also offered insights about North Carolina’s recent change to more conservative political leadership during a conference call with West Virginia officials organized by the State Policy Network.
Martinez and Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson discuss the week’s top political developments, including the opening of a new legislative session, during the latest edition of Curtis Media Group’s syndicated “People In Politics” radio program. JLF Director of Communications Mitch Kokai recapped the week’s top state government news for Curtis Wright on WMYT Radio.
As the N.C. House elected a new speaker this week, the previous occupant of that office has started work on Capitol Hill. A Charlotte Observer and Raleigh News & Observer profile of new U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis featured analysis from JLF Chairman John Hood. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Hood’s columns on the value of political mavericks and a lawsuit challenging race-influenced admissions at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
