The Asheboro Courier-Tribune publicized John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood‘s trip to Randolph County with former Gov. Jim Martin to promote the new biography Catalyst. The Dunn Daily Record and Hendersonville Times-News also promoted local speeches from Hood tied to the new biography. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Hood’s column on North Carolina’s relatively strong economic growth.

NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Health and Human Services Policy Analyst Katherine Restrepo‘s research newsletter about the “Cadillac tax” on health insurance policies tied to the Affordable Care Act, along with Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on a wind farm company’s contradictory statements about taxpayer subsidies and Way’s article about the difficulty of motivating millennial voters. The N.C. Spin website promoted Way’s article on a Democratic pollster’s 2016 predictions, CJ contributor Kristen Blair‘s column on reducing the federal government’s role in public education, and JLF Senior Political Analyst Mitch Kokai‘s review of a new book urging conservatives to develop messages that target people’s hearts as well as their heads.

The Raleigh News and Observer‘s “Under the Dome” blog and the Charlotte Observer highlighted a recent photo of U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz speaking at a John Locke Foundation event. N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email promoted Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato‘s column on central planning versus free markets, Way’s article on wind farm subsidies, and Way’s report on the race to replace Janet Cowell as the next state treasurer.