Cover

• Coastal wind projects come under fire
• Wilmington ballpark could become home of the Braves

North Carolina

• State wrestles with Medicaid costs, solutions, Page 2
• JLF expert urges lawmakers to repeal state’s Amazon tax, Page 3
• Lawmakers ease regulations on food trucks, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Down-ticket auditor’s race showing some electoral fireworks, Page 5
• Paleo-diet blogger expects to lose first round of free speech suit, Page 6

Education

• Higher graduation rates might not reflect better performance, Page 7
• Kristen Blair commentary: Boundaries and the virtual classroom, Page 7
• Education administrator claims at variance with class-size research, Page 8
• State school board, court stymie online charter school, Page 9

Higher Education

• Hillsdale College resists accreditation organization, Page 17
• George Leef: Higher ed not causing income inequality, Page 17
• Colleges eye using video game reward systems, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Desperately seeking principled leadership at UNC-Chapel Hill, Page 19

Local Government

• Chatham commission gets back to basics, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Kernersville condemnation said to benefit private hospital, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey commentary: Creative class crackpottery, Page 11
• Lumberton case could put end to judicial review of tax rates, Page 12
• Court rules Charlotte’s favoritism not discriminatory, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Book review: Fast and Furious documents Obama’s anti-gun agenda, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: Success of postwar freedmen a worthy study for historians, Page 21
• Book review: A weak argument for labor rights, Page 22
• At the Movies: ‘2016’ a call to activism, Page 22
• Book review: Rusher biography explains how squares made conservatism cool, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Leaving Leandro?, Page 24
• Becki Gray commentary: Court election is key, Page 24
• Editorial: Pension problems, Page 25
• Editorial: The right direction, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Standards don’t measure up, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: We can agree — somewhat, Page 26
• Editorial Briefs, Page 26
• Andy Taylor commentary: There’s got to be a better way, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: An unsung hero, Page 27

Parting Shot

• Revenue chief sees need for double-tax weekend (a CJ parody), Page 28