The Wake Forest Weekly and NCPoliticalNews.com promoted the upcoming release of Catalyst, John Locke Foundation Chairman John Hood‘s biography of former N.C. Gov. Jim Martin. A Greensboro News and Record editorial cited Hood’s assessment of fiscal liberals. The Asheville Citizen-Times noted his support for electoral redistricting reform. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Hood’s columns on political attacks and the new state budget provisions promoting a government building boom.
Both the Winston-Salem Journal and Greensboro News and Record published articles quoting Senior Political Analyst Mitch Kokai on state legislation targeting Medicaid reform and targeted economic incentives. Kokai discussed the 2016 political landscape during a panel discussion for University Scholars at North Carolina State University.
The Jefferson Post and NCPoliticalNews.com published Becki Gray’s column on the need for lawmakers to continue important public policy discussions after the end of this year’s legislative session. The Kernersville News published Michael Lowrey’s column on Asheville’s efforts to rein in home and room rentals tied to Airbnb.
The Wake Forest Weekly picked up Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s articles on food-stamp work requirements and renewable energy subsidies. The Beaufort Observer promoted his story on certificate-of-need reform.
The N.C. Spin website cited Way’s articles on CON reform and a potential delay in a state corporate tax rate cut, along with Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s report on a speech profiling North Carolina’s election law court cases. NCPoliticalNews.com highlighted Smith’s election law story and Way’s reports on certificate-of-need concerns and N.C. House leaders’ assessment of the issues left to be resolved in this year’s legislative session. N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email highlighted Smith’s report on a bill targeting charter school oversight and Way’s articles on Medicaid reform, the House leaders’ assessment, and certificate-of-need reform.
