North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory officially set out his agenda this week for his administration’s second year, and statewide media outlets turned to Carolina Journal for expert analysis of McCrory’s ideas. Associate Editor Barry Smith discussed McCrory’s plans on UNC Television’s “North Carolina Now,” while Managing Editor Rick Henderson offered his perspective on the Time Warner Cable News program “Capital Tonight.” Henderson also continues his week-by-week electoral analysis for Curtis Media Group’s “People In Politics” radio program.
A WRAL.com story about social media reaction to pop singer Clay Aiken’s planned North Carolina congressional bid included a tweet from Henderson. The Lumberton Robesonian picked up his column on the dubious goal of raising North Carolina teacher pay to the national average.
The Carteret County News-Times published Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on a Duke Energy executive’s assessment of the cost of complying with renewable energy mandates. The Richmond County Daily Journal published Associate Editor Michael Lowrey‘s column on local governments’ use of targeted tax incentives to lure a Boeing plant.
N.C. Senate Republicans promoted in their daily press email Smith’s report on McCrory’s proposal for looking into potential structural changes for the state Department of Health and Human Services, Way’s article on a recommendation to re-evaluate the proposed Monroe Connector road, Publisher Jon Ham‘s column on mainstream media bias, contributor Sam Hieb‘s report on High Point’s proposed downtown redesign, and the transcript of a Carolina Journal Radio interview about a new state law designed to protect college students’ rights. NCPoliticalNews.com picked up Smith’s article on McCrory and DHHS and Ham’s column on media bias.
