The Triangle Business Journal called on John Locke Foundation President John Hood to write a column on the impact of North Carolina’s tax reform plan. The Asheville Citizen-Times and Black Mountain News quoted Hood in an article about the tax reform debate.

The Charlotte Observer, News & Observer, and WCNC Television all carried a story quoting Hood’s response to the recent feud involving oversight of Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The Asheville Citizen-Times cited Hood in an article about the process surrounding legislation dealing with abortion clinics‘ health and safety standards.

Asheville’s WORLD magazine interviewed Hood for an article about state-level government innovation. A Salisbury Post editorial cited Hood’s support for redistricting reform, while a Tribune Newspapers column quoted his work on strategies that can help boost North Carolina’s ailing economy. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press emails Hood’s columns ranking the economic performance of North Carolina’s post-1940 governors and setting out the research that backs conservative policy proposals.