Legislators continue to debate a proposal to lift North Carolina’s public charter school cap. As bill sponsors consider changes that cause concerns for some charter school supporters, WTVD Television turned to Terry Stoops, John Locke Foundation Director of Education Studies, for analysis. The News & Observer published a letter from Roy Cordato, Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar, discussing legislative efforts to repeal state renewable-energy mandates. The Lincoln Tribune published a column on the same topic from Daren Bakst, Director of Legal and Regulatory Studies, while the Asheville Citizen-Times interviewed Bakst for a story about the so-called “solar jobs bill.” The Red Springs Citizen published Bakst’s recent column on North Carolina’s ballot-access laws. The Lincoln Tribune and ConservativeNC.com picked up his column critiquing a proposed constitutional amendment targeting eminent domain abuse. Meanwhile, Policy Analyst Michael Lowrey‘s annual By The Numbers report continues to attract attention. The Hickory Daily Record reported on BTN results, while the Dunn Daily Record‘s editor used BTN data in a recent column. An Avery Journal-Times letter to the editor urged readers to peruse Lowrey’s report. Stories on the Tax Foundation’s Tax Freedom Day in the Burlington Times-News, Gaston Gazette, Kinston Free Press, and New Bern Sun Journal all cited Lowrey’s data.