The Raleigh News & Observer‘s “Under the Dome” quoted John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood in an entry focusing on concerns surrounding a new A-F grading system for North Carolina public schools. The Laurinburg Exchange published Roy Cordato’s column on state government choosing health care winners and losers. The Kernersville News picked up Becki Gray’s column previewing the 2015 legislative session, Sarah Curry’s co-authored column on splitting legislative committees for K-12 and higher education, and Carolina Journal Publisher Jon Ham‘s analysis of liberal bias in journalism schools.

The N.C. Spin website picked up Julie Gilstrap’s “Locker Room” blog entry on loopholes that are blocking victims of North Carolina’s forced sterilization program from collecting compensation. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Curry’s column on improvements to the state budget process, Terry Stoops’ column setting out a state education agenda for 2015, Barry Smith’s article on a proposed state constitutional amendment limiting governments’ eminent domain powers, and Associate Editor Dan Way‘s story on Gov. Pat McCrory’s support for restoring a tax credit for historic preservation. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Curry’s column, Smith’s and Way’s articles, along with contributor Jesse Saffron‘s report on the University of North Carolina’s efforts to enhance its “global brand.”

Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Mitch Kokai for articles about President Obama’s State of the Union address and about McCrory’s consideration of expanding North Carolina’s Medicaid program. The Newsmax and Travelers Today websites cited the N.C. History Project in an article about a new document that could shed light on the fate of the famous “lost colony” at Roanoke.