Viewers of this weekend’s statewide N.C. Spin television program will see Becki Gray, John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach, debate topics including redistricting, a judge’s impact on state education policy, and laws linked to small consumer loans. Gray offered two state government updates this week on WTSB Radio. N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler shared his historical knowledge with Chad Adams on WLTT Radio. Kickler also discussed North Carolina’s role in the events leading to the Declaration of Independence during a presentation to a Tea Party group in Goldsboro. Listeners of WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio” program heard from Lindalyn Kakadelis of the N.C. Education Alliance. She discussed with Lockwood Phillips a testing controversy involving Georgia public school teachers. WTVD Television interviewed Mitch Kokai about the controversy surrounding N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis’ staff pay raises. Kokai discussed congressional and legislative redistricting during a presentation to a Wilmington-area Americans for Prosperity group. Kokai also discussed redistricting during an appearance with Curtis Wright on WAAV/WFNC Radio. A press release from the Association for Installment Lending highlighted the transcript of a recent Carolina Journal Radio interview with University of Tennessee finance professor Harold Black about North Carolina’s consumer loan caps.