Cover

• Official tried to divert funds to own nonprofit
• State may try to shut down nutrition blogger

North Carolina

• Complex raises corporate welfare concerns, Page 2
• GOP lawmaker targets cities that sued over annexation reforms, Page 3
• N.C.-S.C. ‘border war’ called overblown, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Medicaid shortfall has lawmakers and governor scrambling, Page 5
• Fox News chief Ailes pushes watchdog journalism at UNC-CH, Page 6

Education

• High school grad enrollment in remedial courses on rise, Page 7
• Kristen Blair commentary: Home schooling goes to college, Page 7
• With 100-max cap lifted, demand for charter school surges, Page 8
• Health center plan spurs debate on government’s role, Page 9

Higher Education

• Atlas colloquium target inertia of bureaucracies, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: The damage done by federal student aid, Page 17
• Report: Radical politics dominate UC campuses, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Political Science course at N.C. State displays leftward bias, Page 19

Local Government

• Chapel Hill cell phone ban irks businesses, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• N.C. Supreme Court limits ‘plain error’ doctrine, Page 11
• Michael Sanera commentary: Nightmare on Fayetteville Street, Page 11
• Raleigh officials won’t say if sales tax needed for transit center, Page 12
• Local government lobbyists await General Assembly short session, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Movie review: ‘Hunger Games’ artistically excellent, but disappointing, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Freedmen’s Bank allowed former slaves access to marketplace, Page 21
• DVD review: ‘Shadows’ revival guilty pleasure, Page 22
• Short Takes on Culture, Page 22
• Book review: Shaxson’s tome against offshore banking revealing but naive, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Drilling through the dental debate, Page 24
• Julie Gilstrap commentary: Plastic bags and other evils, Page 24
• Editorial: Quit making it worse, Page 25
• Editorial: Truth lost its temper, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: North Carolina’s climate improves, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Economics and elections, Page 26
• Editorial briefs, Page 26
• Andy Taylor’s commentary: Romney’s challenge, Page 27
• Becki Gray commentary: Short session will emphasize ‘short,’ Page 27

Parting Shot

• State puts tourism hopes on ‘Blazing Saddles’ sequel (a CJ parody), Page 28