newspaper in Salisbury, North Carolina
In his opinion piece published this week in the Salisbury Post, Mitch Kokai discusses the recently concluded arguments for Common Cause v. Lewis. According to Kokai: Judges in the Common Cause v.…
Big New York Times article on the effect President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian newsprint has had on local newspapers. Headline–it’s not good: Surging newsprint costs are beginning to hurt publications…
State Treasurer Dale Folwell is doing things a bit differently from his predecessors. Typically, state treasurers are behind-the-scenes managers, but Folwell is very much a public figure. Writing at salisburypost.com,…
On May 8, Salisbury voters overwhelmingly agreed on a resolution to lease the city’s Fibrant broadband system to a private company. The move to lease Fibrant to Hotwire Communications, approved…
This week, the City of Kannapolis approved an incentive package. This sort of thing has become commonplace in recent years, and there’s nothing particularly unique about the Kannapolis deal. But…
When the Raleigh News and Observer highlighted a change in state law that allows the state treasurer to shift some employees to salaries based on market forces, the newspaper sought…
The Salisbury Post is the latest publication to highlight John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood‘s ongoing tour with former Gov. Jim Martin to promote Catalyst, Hood’s political biography of Martin.…
• U.S. Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-5th District, has lapped the field of North Carolina’s House incumbents and challengers with more than $2.3 million campaign cash on hand, the Salisbury Post…
The Salisbury Post noted Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s article about concerns surrounding a Stanly Community College restaurant that could compete with the private sector. The Duplin Times picked…
A bill to increase minimum UNC faculty loads to four courses per semester and eight per year has caused a huge backlash among faculty members. The Pope Center, particularly our…
During this National School Choice Week, the John Locke Foundation hosted a panel discussion featuring choice advocates representing district, charter, private, virtual, and home schools. Time Warner Cable news covered…
• Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and Democratic Attorney General Roy Cooper — who’s likely to run against McCrory in 2016 — agree that the process of drawing legislative and congressional…