The Greensboro News and Record asked John Locke Foundation Vice President for Research and Resident Scholar Roy Cordato to critique a left-wing group’s new report on job growth in North Carolina. The Danville Register and Bee republished that story.

The Lumberton Robesonian and Red Springs Citizen published an article responding to Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on the return of work requirements for people collecting food stamp benefits in North Carolina. The N.C. Spin website promoted Way’s food stamp story. The Caldwell Journal published Way’s article on the renewable energy industry’s reliance on taxpayer subsidies.

Director of Research and Education Studies Terry Stoops analyzed the new state education budget during an appearance on Freedom Action Network’s “What Matters With Chad Adams.” The Kernersville News published Stoops’ column on back-to-school myths. The N.C. Spin website highlighted Stoops’ research newsletter on the best- and worst-performing schools in North Carolina’s latest standardized testing assessment. NCPoliticalNews.com promoted Stoops’ newsletter assessing the state’s K-12 education budget.

Chapel Hill’s Daily Tar Heel interviewed Senior Political Analyst Mitch Kokai about presidential candidate Donald Trump‘s pledge not to bolt from the Republican Party primaries for a third-party run. A Tideland News editorial cited Don Carrington’s article on potential national security concerns linked to an eastern N.C. wind farm. The Yadkin Ripple published Research Intern Austin Pruitt‘s column on long-term costs associated with government retiree pensions.

NCPoliticalNews.com highlighted Way’s article on tax reforms incorporated in the new N.C. state budget deal. N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email promoted the tax reform story, Way’s reports on renewable energy subsidies and potential changes in the state’s corporate tax rate, Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on potential national implications from North Carolina’s election law court case, and JLF Chairman John Hood‘s columns on tax reform and the importance of state budget savings reserves.