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Sara Burrows

Email: sburrows@carolinajournal.com

Associate editor and capital reporter for Carolina Journal. Before joining CJ, she reported for CNSNews.com in Alexandria, Va., and the New Bern Sun Journal.

She was a journalism intern at the Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University, attending a summer seminar at Bryn Mawr College in Philadelphia.

Burrows is a California native. She has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Diego State University and also attended the International Summer School at Cambridge University in the U.K.


Articles by Sara Burrows

(8.30.10) N.C. PTA attracts more tax dollars, even as parents turn away
RALEIGH — North Carolina parents are leaving the PTA by the thousands, opting to form independent parent teacher organizations. Some are making the switch because they’re fed up with the PTA’s political involvement — it partners with teacher unions to lobby against school choice, and its national organization opposes the Bush tax cuts — but most parents just want more bang for their buck.

(8.19.10) Arizona Law Puts Spotlight on Sanctuary Cities
RALEIGH — Chatham County has been labeled a “sanctuary county” for adopting a resolution last year “in strong opposition to any local governmental agency contracting with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the purpose of enforcing federal immigration laws.”

(8.18.10) Videotaping Police in North Carolina Might Be Illegal
RALEIGH — The case of the Maryland motorcyclist facing 16 years in prison for videotaping an “out of control” police officer has spurred a national debate over the legality of the practice.

(8.04.10) Climate Change Commission Gets a Cold Shoulder
RALEIGH — The 34-member commission, comprising lawmakers, academics, business representatives, and environmentalists, formed in 2005 with the intent of studying climate change and seeing what, if anything, the state could do to limit it. Year after year, the commission asked the General Assembly for more time to come up with recommendations. In May 2010, the commission published its final report.

(8.03.10) Raw Milk Adherents Fight State Law Forcing Them Underground
RALEIGH — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says drinking raw milk is like “playing Russian roulette” and the state epidemiologist compares it to “heroin” and “mercury,” but a growing number of raw milk junkies say they will travel any distance and pay any price to obtain it.

(7.14.10) Childhood Obesity Mandates Largely Become Suggestions
RALEIGH — The most controversial bill initially was intended to ban whole fat milk, fruit juice, and sugar sweetened beverages in day care centers and preschools. Later, a provision banning bottles was tacked on.

(6.23.10) N.C. Democrats Stay in the Shadows on New Stimulus Spending
RALEIGH — Reps. Etheridge, McIntyre, Kissell, and Shuler would not say whether they support President Obama's appeal for an extra $50 billion in "emergency" spending for state and local governments.

(6.14.10) Child-Obesity Mandates Sought By Task Force
RALEIGH — Some members of the General Assembly want to climb on the national anti-obesity bandwagon by mandating food types and exercise in day care centers and obesity screenings in schools, but others say the proposed measures are just another intrusion of government between parents and their children.

(5.27.10) Democrats try to ‘H.E.L.P.’ small businesses create jobs
With polls showing jobs as the No. 1 issue this election season, politicians are conscious of measures designed to boost employment.

(5.26.10) African Hair Braiders Say New Regulations Threaten Craft
RALEIGH — Braiders have a year — until July 1, 2011 — to take a written and practical exam administered by the North Carolina Board of Cosmetic Art Examiners. Those who fail must spend 300 hours and thousands of dollars at a cosmetology school to relearn a skill most braiders mastered as young children.

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