Wall Street Journal readers recently had a chance to review a critique of North Carolina tax incentives from John Locke Foundation Director of Communications Mitch Kokai. The Brookings Institution’s Mark Muro is among the political observers who took note of that article. The Winston-Salem Journal and Greensboro News & Record published an article with Kokai’s comments about the political prospects for a bill designed to raise North Carolina’s government-mandated minimum wage. Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Kokai for an article about the controversial poverty center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill law school. WFAE Radio interviewed him for a story about so-called “blank bills” in the N.C. Senate. Kokai fills in this afternoon as a guest on WTSB Radio.
The regularly scheduled guest, JLF Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray, offered WTSB listeners her preview of the week’s top government news on Monday morning. Gray discussed JLF’s role as a free-market public policy think tank during a presentation for Elon University’s College Republicans, and she participated in a panel discussion on health care issues for the North Carolina Medical Group Managers Association legislative advocacy event. Energy Wire interviewed Gray for an article about a bill dubbed the Energy Freedom Act. (“Anytime you have more choice and more competition, it’s better,” said Becki Gray, vice president of outreach for the John Locke Foundation. “To reduce the cost of energy to the most effective, most efficient process of delivery, this is a good direction to go in.”)
The Charlotte Business Journal interviewed JLF Chairman John Hood for an article about an ethics form dispute involving Gov. Pat McCrory and a left-wing advocacy group. The Fayetteville Observer quoted Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo‘s reaction to the King v. Burwell Supreme Court case involving Obamacare subsidies. Restrepo discusses the Supreme Court case this afternoon with Bill LuMaye on Talk Radio WPTF. The Wilmington Star-News published Restrepo’s co-authored column urging Congress to pass a permanent “doc fix” for Medicare.
Director of Education Outreach Lindalyn Kakadelis discussed academic standards, state school assessments, and an upcoming court hearing on education issues during her latest appearance with Lockwood Phillips on WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio.” The Kernersville News published Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops‘ column on McCrory’s education budget, along with Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato‘s column on pursuing heath care freedom. The Laurinburg Exchange published Director of Legal Studies Jon Guze‘s column on preventing eminent domain abuse.
NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Stoops’ research newsletter on millennials‘ poor academic preparation, Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry‘s column on McCrory’s two-year spending plan, Director of Regulatory Studies Jon Sanders‘ newsletter on certificate-of-need reform, and Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on a bill from U.S. Rep. Mark Meadows to remove the National Football League’s federal tax exemption. The N.C. Spin website picked up Sanders’ “Locker Room” blog entry on CON reform.
National Review Online’s “Phi Beta Cons” blog promoted Way’s reporting on UNC system President Tom Ross‘ budget complaints. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails CJ Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s articles on a state House rule designed to promote transparency and legislation that would repeal the state Map Act, Way’s article on the state Senate’s new economic development plan, and a CarolinaJournal.tv report on the Senate plan. The state Republican Party cited a CJ article from Managing Editor Rick Henderson in a news release blasting Attorney General Roy Cooper’s lack of transparency in responding to requests for public information. Henderson and JLF Director of Outreach Donna Martinez discuss the week’s top political news during this weekend’s edition of Curtis Media Group’s syndicated “People In Politics” program.
