Cover

• Why didn’t Perdue use cheaper state plane?
• State Elections Board hasn’t interviewed donors about flights

North Carolina

• Perdue’s budget commission largely invisible, Page 2
• Instant runoff for Court of Appeals race: How will it work?, Page 3
• Kerner-Hoeg leaves Citizen-Soldier post, Page 4
• N.C. Briefs, Page 4
• Federal food safety legislation hits snag over unfunded costs, Page 5
• Key state and federal races to watch on November 2010 ballot, Page 16

Education

• JLF analyst criticizes Perdue choice to oversee “Race to Top,” Page 6
• Terry Stoops commentary: Teacher effectiveness and transparency, Page 6
• Did education officials cry wolf on teacher layoffs?, Page 7
• Costly school construction fuels drive for Guilford tax, Page 8
• Homeschooler group discusses parental rights, independence, Page 9

Higher Education

• UNC system administrators fret over for-profit schools, Page 17
• Jay Schalin commentary: Not much of a tuition cap, Page 17
• Ethics issues surround UNC-TV’s Alcoa stories, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: In Higher Education?, the Left takes aim at ivory tower faults, Page 19

Local Government

• Raleigh kicks food trucks to the curb, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• N.C. high court says time credit doesn’t count for some lifers, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey commentary: Tax subsidies for stock cars, Page 11
• Raleigh grapples with rail plan, Page 12
• Local Innovation Bulletin Board, Page 12
• Yard parking ordinance would replace grass with concrete, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Movie review: ‘Inception’: Mind-blowing thriller with subtle payload, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: The Tea Parties have nothing on Wilmington’s Sons of Liberty, Page 21
• Book review: Armey writes ‘Tea Party’ primer, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Seven Events makes connections most of us haven’t thought about, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Reuben Young’s Sgt. Schultz Routine, Page 24
• Becki Gray commentary: Exercise your rights, Page 24
• Editorial: Lobbyists & bailouts, Page 25
• Editorial: No surprise, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Bad news on the jobless front, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Efficiency vs. equity, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Andy Taylor commentary: Untangling the strings of the puppet masters, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: No to the Ground Zero Mosque, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Plan puts ‘server farm’ products in farmers market (a CJ parody), Page 28