Cover

• Another Parton-connected project in trouble

North Carolina

• Democrats still pushing for Medicaid expansion, Page 2
• SEANC asks SEC to investigate state pension fee ‘violations,’ Page 3
• Statewide political campaigns not getting more expensive, Page 4
• Tillis vs. Hagan showdown headlines races set for November, Page 5
• JLF’s Agenda 2014 touts policies that promote, liberty, growth, Page 6
• Obamacare lawsuit challenges legality of ‘death panel,’ Page 7

Education

• Justices let low-income voucher lottery proceed, Page 8
• Terry Stoops commentary: Market should set teacher salaries, Page 8
• Berger plan: Teachers can give up tenure for large pay raise, Page 9

Higher Education

• Changes at Peace rankle school’s traditionalists, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: STEM degree ‘shortage’ imaginary, Page 17
• BOG’s lax enforcement of rules benefits N.C. A&T, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: It may surprise some that the UNC system is ripe for budget cuts, Page 19

Local Government

• Three of four sales tax ballot measures fall, Page 10
• Town and County, Page 10
• Guilford, Alamance suspend discussion on border dispute, Page 11
• Sarah Curry commentary: N.C. taxation without representation, Page 11
• Court: Trial must decide if D.A. violated free-speech rights, Page 12
• JLF: Research backs N.C. choice-based education reforms, Page 13

Learning Curve

• Book review: Fontova documents media’s crush on Fidel Castro, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: N.C.’s Nathaniel Macon was more Jeffersonian than Jefferson, Page 21
• Book review: Haunted Empire attempts to lift the veil from Apple in post-Jobs era, Page 22
• Book review: Brown explains migration of wealth from high- to low-tax states, Page 22
• Book review: Rubin: ‘Third Left,’ rising from ‘New Left,’ has taken over America, Page 23

Opinion

• Editorial: Betting on teachers, Page 24
• Roy Cordato commentary: Bad tax policy chasing good, Page 24
• Editorial: Higher standards, Page 25
• Editorial: Voter suppression?, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Reality is not so discouraging, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Dynamic times, now and then, Page 26
• Media Mangle, Page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Film credits and tax reform, Page 27
• Katherine Restrepo commentary: Unleash competitive health insurance, Page 27

Parting Shot

• John Edwards to be Moral Monday’s legal advocate (a CJ parody), Page 28