Top-rated nationally syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh read on his program this week most of Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s story on the impact of stolen-identity tax refund fraud. Lucianne.com also promoted that story, along with a follow-up article on the Sampson County sheriff’s efforts to thwart a tax fraud scheme involving illegal immigrants. N.C. Senate Republicans noted the latter story in their daily press email.
Managing Editor Rick Henderson analyzed the likely outcomes of major issues in this year’s legislative session during his latest appearance on News 14 Carolina’s “Capital Tonight.” Henderson will recap the week’s big legislative news during a conversation this afternoon with Bill LuMaye on Talk Radio WPTF. Henderson discusses the week’s top political news on this weekend’s edition of Curtis Media Group’s “People In Politics.” Reason magazine referenced this week Henderson’s 1995 article on Republicans’ willingness to cut federal spending after their historic 1994 electoral gains.
The Beaufort Observer highlighted Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on legislation designed to cap and end North Carolina’s renewable energy mandate. Matt Mittan and Agnes Cheek of WZGM/WHKP Radio highlighted on their blog Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on a brewer’s efforts to change state law limiting his ability to self-distribute his beer.
N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Way’s article about a Senate committee vote on renewable energy mandates, along with John Locke Foundation Director of Communications Mitch Kokai‘s column on the importance of asking why a particular public policy proposal makes sense.
