The News & Observer‘s “Under The Dome” blog cited John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s recent column highlighting the difficulty of handicapping 2014 North Carolina elections more than one year in advance. Asheville-based World magazine recently quoted Hood’s comments about sales-tax holiday gimmicks. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Hood’s columns on growth-enhancing tax cuts and the usefulness of state rankings.
Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Director of Communications Mitch Kokai about the North Carolina General Assembly’s votes to override Gov. Pat McCrory’s first two vetoes. The N.C. Spin website promoted Kokai’s “Locker Room” blog entry on misleading reporting associated with new Blue Cross health insurance rates. Kokai discussed the week’s top political news during his latest appearance with Curtis Wright on WMYT Radio’s morning program.
Thanks to N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler‘s scholarship on the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in North Carolina, he’s been invited to serve on the master’s thesis committee for a Liberty University student working in that subject area.
A Salisbury Post article noted the John Locke Foundation’s recent positive marks for Rowan County government’s online transparency.
