Cover

• State’s School Construction Costs Soaring
• Critics: Climate Commission Might Not Strike Balance

North Carolina

• Budget Funds State Internet Authority That Was to Expire
• Two N.C. Congressmen Criticize Federal Response to Katrina

Education

• Is Child Care in N.C. a Crisis or a Conundrum?
• Will Teacher ‘Double Dip’ Rules Exacerbate Teacher Shortage?

Higher Education

• UNC Board Nomination Process Under Fire
• Edwards Outlines Center Plans

Local Government

• Lack of ‘Automobility’ Key to N.O. Tragedy
• New Law Overrides Verdict on Concealing Working Papers

Learning Curve

• Locke Foundation Launches North Carolina History Project
• Review: Christopher Hitchens’ “Thomas Jefferson”

Opinion

• Richard Wagner: Two Americas Revealed
• Marc Rotterman: Bush in the Eye of a Political Storm
• John Hood: Building Schools a New Way
• Michael Walden: There is Good News on Prices

Parting Shot

• Why is the NCAA Silent About All Those ‘Fighting Scots’?