The Thomasville Times published a recent column from John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray that explains why the status quo is not good enough for North Carolina voters and taxpayers. Gray continues her semiweekly politics and public policy updates for WTSB Radio listeners.

The Greensboro News & Record‘s “Mixing It Up” column cited Piedmont Publius blogger Sam Hieb‘s recent entry on Guilford County school superintendent Mo Green. A High Point Enterprise editorial on North Carolina unemployment cited John Locke Foundation data.

The Cafe Hayek website promoted a recent CarolinaJournal.tv interview with George Mason University economist Donald Boudreaux about capitalism’s value in fighting pollution. A Daily Caller column referenced an appearance by David Frum at a JLF-sponsored event.

Listeners of Curtis Wright’s WAAV/WFNC Radio morning program heard Director of Communications Mitch Kokai discuss the week’s top political news.The Rocky Mount Telegram interviewed Kokai for an article about N.C. Republicans’ advantage in campaign fundraising this year. (The 2010 election was a good year for Republicans in North Carolina, who gained control of the N.C. General Assembly for the first time in more than a century. Republicans now are building on that momentum, Kokai said.)

A Democratic Party website used JLF’s By The Numbers data on local government tax burdens to pan Republican gubernatorial candidate Pat McCrory’s record as Charlotte mayor.