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June 2011

• Perdue snubs Alcoa jobs announcement
• Corruption charges stop at Easley and top aide

• State health care plan still facing bankruptcy, Page 2
• 2011 NCGA scorecard: The good, the bad, and the incomplete, Page 3
• Bills aim to ‘drive Alcoa out of the state,’ Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Parents ask General Assembly to legalize professional midwives, Page 5

• Decade-old Ragsdale project may finally move forward, Page 7
• Dr. Terry Stoops commentary: Teacher layoffs? Blame Obama, Page 7
• Charter schools on back burner in favor of budgets, Page 8
• American Renaissance School makes old things new again, Page 9

U.S. News project could put ed schools to the test, Page 17
• Jane Shaw commentary: Where are the conservatives?, Page 17
• Value of a degree? Probably not a million bucks, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: By our measure, UNC system professors are not overworked, Page 19

• First step in annexation reform looms, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Cabarrus vote supports JLF’s findings about tax-issue voting, Page 11
• Chad Adams commentary: The challenge of tough times, Page 11
• Durham residents seek city funds for developer’s errors, Page 12
• From the Newsstands, Page 12
• Court: Residents not bound by developer-city annexation pact, Page 13

• Book review: Essays an important boost to the cause of liberty, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Dr. Troy Kickler commentary: N.C.’s Archibald MacLaine: One of the noncelebrity founders, Page 21
• Book review: Chosen a small but powerful book, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Farewell to ‘the most interesting American,’ Theodore Roosevelt, Page 23

• Editorial: Putting limits on grass-roots tyranny, Page 24
• Becki Gray commentary: Problem not lack of spending, Page 24
• John Hood commentary: The N.C. budget, explained for 5th-graders, Page 25
• Editorial: Consensus tax cut, Page 25
• Editorial: Conspiracy theories, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: The economy’s ‘Significant Six,’ Page 26
• Letter to the editor, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Rick Henderson commentary: Leave ‘business progressivism’ to the history books, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Mr. President, illegal immigration is no joke, Page 27

• Poole’s bodyguards inspire Blackwater founder (a CJ parody), Page 28

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June 2011

• Perdue snubs Alcoa jobs announcement
• Corruption charges stop at Easley and top aide

• State health care plan still facing bankruptcy, Page 2
• 2011 NCGA scorecard: The good, the bad, and the incomplete, Page 3
• Bills aim to ‘drive Alcoa out of the state,’ Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Parents ask General Assembly to legalize professional midwives, Page 5

• Decade-old Ragsdale project may finally move forward, Page 7
• Dr. Terry Stoops commentary: Teacher layoffs? Blame Obama, Page 7
• Charter schools on back burner in favor of budgets, Page 8
• American Renaissance School makes old things new again, Page 9

U.S. News project could put ed schools to the test, Page 17
• Jane Shaw commentary: Where are the conservatives?, Page 17
• Value of a degree? Probably not a million bucks, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: By our measure, UNC system professors are not overworked, Page 19

• First step in annexation reform looms, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Cabarrus vote supports JLF’s findings about tax-issue voting, Page 11
• Chad Adams commentary: The challenge of tough times, Page 11
• Durham residents seek city funds for developer’s errors, Page 12
• From the Newsstands, Page 12
• Court: Residents not bound by developer-city annexation pact, Page 13

• Book review: Essays an important boost to the cause of liberty, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Dr. Troy Kickler commentary: N.C.’s Archibald MacLaine: One of the noncelebrity founders, Page 21
• Book review: Chosen a small but powerful book, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Farewell to ‘the most interesting American,’ Theodore Roosevelt, Page 23

• Editorial: Putting limits on grass-roots tyranny, Page 24
• Becki Gray commentary: Problem not lack of spending, Page 24
• John Hood commentary: The N.C. budget, explained for 5th-graders, Page 25
• Editorial: Consensus tax cut, Page 25
• Editorial: Conspiracy theories, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: The economy’s ‘Significant Six,’ Page 26
• Letter to the editor, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Rick Henderson commentary: Leave ‘business progressivism’ to the history books, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Mr. President, illegal immigration is no joke, Page 27

• Poole’s bodyguards inspire Blackwater founder (a CJ parody), Page 28

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