The Fayetteville Observer sought John Locke Foundation President John Hood‘s expert analysis of the factors shaping 2014 elections in North Carolina. The Greensboro News & Record and Lumberton Robesonian published Terry Stoops’ recent column detailing survey data about public school teacher satisfaction in North Carolina. The News & Record’s “Off The Record” blog promoted Carolina Journal Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on the libertarian Institute for Justice’s decision to work with parents supporting North Carolina’s new opportunity scholarships.

The Garner-Cleveland Record published a letter from economics professor Paul Cwik that cited a recent tax reform analysis from JLF Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato. Cwik defended Cordato’s work against dubious criticism from a statewide syndicated columnist. (In fact, because [Scott] Mooneyham resorts to creating a narrow hypothetical example, he is actually furthering the case of the tax reform supporters. Look at how far afield he has to go to show a possible loser. The proof of the tax reform will materialize over the next few years. An unshackling of entrepreneurship will always spur economic growth. So instead of listening to a vile hit-piece argue for a laughable “no loser” standard, we should recognize that this piece is the product of a sore loser.)

The Heritage Foundation’s “Insider Online” blog promoted JLF’s new City and County Issue Guide. The Powerline blog cited Carolina Journal contributor Lloyd Billingsley‘s column on folk singer Pete Seeger‘s Stalinist record.

N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email promoted Hood’s conservative assessment of Moral Monday protests, Hood’s analysis of incoherent liberal arguments against new state opportunity scholarships, Becki Gray’s defense of recent legislative reforms, Smith’s article on a recent state audit of a nonprofit group serving low-income people, Smith’s story on the Institute for Justice’s involvement in defending North Carolina’s new opportunity scholarships, Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s teacher tenure changes, Way’s story on a new performance review of the group that oversees much of North Carolina’s Medicaid program, and contributor Sam Hieb‘s article on the Guilford County school board’s decision to challenge North Carolina’s new teacher tenure law.