Cover

• New Medicaid model could save billions
• Supreme Court race will have lasting effects

North Carolina

• Second Perdue associate pleads guilty in probe, Page 2
• Tea Party fave vs. state employee champion in Lt. Gov’s race, Page 3
• It’s Berry vs. Brooks for labor commissioner, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4

Education

• Climate for school choice in N.C. improving, say its advocates, Page 7
• Terry Stoops commentary: School choice for children in ‘the middle,’ Page 7
• Lawmaker wants charters to use traditional facilities, Page 8
• Newly approved charters offer varied learning options, Page 9

Higher Education

• New UNC strategic plan to blueprint for N.C., Page 17
• Duke Cheston commentary: You majored in what?, Page 17
• N.C. housing amends campus ‘civility’ policy, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: UNC religion professor Carl Ernst ignores Quran’s worst aspects, Page 19

Local Government

• Officials in Durham defend partisan events, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Timing of revaluations becomes more controversial, political, Page 11
• Chad Adams commentary: Right and wrong choices for local government, Page 11
• JLF: Focus local growth policies to help residents, not planners, Page 12
• High court restricts county transfer of growth costs, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Book review: The Richer Sex a Friedan-esque foray into feminism, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Maurice Moore argued on behalf of liberty from the bench, Page 21
• Book review: Today’s headlines show government hasn’t learned from Arthurdale, Page 22
• Book review: Hewitt’s case against Obama ends with a convincing conviction, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: The case against dependency, Page 24
• Rick Henderson commentary: The public interest, broadly defined, Page 24
• Editorial: Playing small ball, Page 25
• Editorial: Ranking truth-telling, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: More on More at Four, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Dealing with Medicare, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Andy Taylor commentary: Paul Ryan offers a balance, Page 27
• Becki Gray commentary: Your vote this year is important Page 27

Parting Shot

• Perdue decides to give Democratic Party her dough (a CJ parody), Page 28