Cover

• Biotech incentives bill called wasteful
• Justice Department overrules Kinston voters on elections
• AARP losing members over health care debate

North Carolina

• New term limits group hopes to get pols to take the pledge, Page 5
• Fundraising conflicts surround ousted treasury official, Page 6
• State investment fees rose as portfolio tanked, Page 6
• Interview: McNeilly: Business “warfare” encourages strategic creativity, Page 8
• JLF Web site promoting transparency, Page 9
• State briefs, Page 9

Education

• Congress leaves school-lunch questions unaddressed in bills, Page 10
• Terry Stoops commentary: Obama’s school speech, Page 10
• School choice in N.C. takes a small step forward in 2009, Page 11
• GCS finds funds to reinstate administrative positions, Page 12

Higher Education

• Study of military history making a comeback, Page 13
• Campus briefs, Page 13
• Leftist group tries to squelch differing opinions at UNC-CH, Page 14
• Jane Shaw commentary: My climb up the learning curve, Page 14
• Jay Schalin commentary: No Clue U’s “Beer in Hell” puts university on the hot seat, Page 15

Local Government

• Suburban traffic improvement best bet, Page 16
• Town and County, Page 16
• Court: A school board can indeed sue a county, Page 17
• Michael Lowrey commentary: Let them come, then build it, Page 17
• Paper’s efforts forces changes in Wilmington’s e-mail policies, Page 18
• Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 18
• N.C. Supreme Court rules against gun prohibition for all felons, Page 19

Learning Curve

• Book review: Second Reagan volume an appreciation of his vision, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Dr. Troy Kickler commentary: Erosion of Tenth Amendment robs states of individual strengths, Page 21
• Book review: Secular Sabotage a must-read, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Building of Panama Canal an engineering and management feat, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Some changes you can believe in, Page 24
• David N. Bass commentary: An activist’s calling, Page 24
• Editorial: The trials of R.C. Soles, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Outdated assumptions about our state, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Economics and health care, Page 26
• Letter to the editor, Page 26
• Andy Taylor commentary: Some ideas on health care reform, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Bob Novak — American patriot, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Finalists for N.C. State chancellor leaked to CJ (a CJ parody), Page 28