As North Carolina’s Mining and Energy Commission prepares for a series of hearings on proposed rules regarding hydraulic fracturing — or fracking — for energy sources, John Locke Foundation Director…
A legislative committee studying the future of Common Core public school standards in North Carolina heard testimony this week from John Locke Foundation Director of Research and Education Studies Terry…
• U.S. Sen Kay Hagan, who has decried independent expenditures against her re-election efforts, will benefit from a $500,000 ad buy from the liberal group Patriot Majority USA. Last year,…
• From the “it’s never too early to run” or “perpetual campaign” files, Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper has released what appears to be his first campaign ad … for…
Winston-Salem Journal reports longtime Triad radio personality Bill Flynn will announce today that he’s pulling out of the race for Sen. Kay Hagan’s seat. This comes a day after the…
• Tate MacQueen, a high school soccer coach whose activism in battling pollution has been compared to that of Erin Brockovich, is the first Democrat to announce interest in running…
The John Locke Foundation offered North Carolina’s new Republican administration and the GOP-led General Assembly this week a new proposal for tax reform in the Tar Heel State. The USA…
John Locke Foundation President John Hood earned extra media air time this week as the 2012 election season entered its closing stages. Hood discussed the elections during an appearance on…
Apparently Rush Radio has dumped morning drive time host Dimitri Vassilaros and has decided to go with a simulcast of Raleigh sister station WRDU’s ‘K.C. and Carmen’ morning team. What…
I first read about Bill Flynn and Pam Furr’s apparent departure from Rush Radio over at Ed Cone’s, while Sam Spagnola speculates “that 94.5 will follow the WZTK formula and…
I just heard former Charlotte Mayor Pat McCrory on the Morning Rush going off on his opponent in the 2008 gubernatorial race —you know who — for remaining silent about…
While driving the ol’ school bus this morning, I tuned into Bill Flynn’s morning show on Greensboro’s new FM talk radio station, 94.5 FM Rush Radio. N&R columnist Jeri Rowe…