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July 2014

• Senior Democrat owes thousands in taxes
• Salisbury sewer fees prop up broadband

• Critics question agency’s cost-cutting abilities, Page 2
• Taxpayers could be on hook if SEANC wins whistleblower suit, Page 3
• House bill targets ‘pension spiking’ practice, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Professor: Coal ash solution may rest in recycling, not storage, Page 5
• McCrory embraces JLF’s ‘reverse logrolling’ budgeting tool, Page 6
• McCrory signs tax bill covering e-digs, eliminating biz fees, Page 7

• House and Senate cannot agree on Common Core, Page 8
• Terry Stoops column: Politics trumping research quality, Page 8
• Voucher supporters urge full funding from General Assembly, Page 9

• Wake Tech promoting instructors to professors, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: Cell phone education, Page 17
• Race-based preferences in peril at UNC-Chapel Hill, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Colleges, universities struggle to stay afloat in changed environment, Page 19

• Charlotte reclaims top spot in JLF city tax burden listings, Page 10
• W-S officials feel shortchanged by Northern Beltway project, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey column: A suspicious reason to raise taxes, Page 11
• Unsettled High Point mayor’s race promises election fireworks, Page 12
• Legislature repeals Durham’s Jim Crow-era gun law, Page 13

• Book review: Hillary’s Hard Choices an autobiography for dummies, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: How an 18th-century jury’s actions kept North Carolina together, Page 21
• Book review: Piketty’s leftist Marx updates worships destructive egalitarianism, Page 22
• Book review: Cheney bio of Madison debunks traditional view of Founder, Page 23

• Editorial: War between the states, Page 24
• Katherine Restrepo commentary: Obamacare sets up SHOP, Page 24
• Editorial: Liberals vs. science, Page 25
• Editorial: Government spending, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Economy boosts GOP prospects, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Is small the new big?, Page 26
• Media Mangle: Editors, beware the press release, Page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Conservative reforms and business, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Chaos in Obama’s Washington, Page 27

• Dix campus to become green energy destination park (a CJ parody), Page 28

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July 2014 - Carolina Journal
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July 2014

• Senior Democrat owes thousands in taxes
• Salisbury sewer fees prop up broadband

• Critics question agency’s cost-cutting abilities, Page 2
• Taxpayers could be on hook if SEANC wins whistleblower suit, Page 3
• House bill targets ‘pension spiking’ practice, Page 4
• State Briefs, Page 4
• Professor: Coal ash solution may rest in recycling, not storage, Page 5
• McCrory embraces JLF’s ‘reverse logrolling’ budgeting tool, Page 6
• McCrory signs tax bill covering e-digs, eliminating biz fees, Page 7

• House and Senate cannot agree on Common Core, Page 8
• Terry Stoops column: Politics trumping research quality, Page 8
• Voucher supporters urge full funding from General Assembly, Page 9

• Wake Tech promoting instructors to professors, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: Cell phone education, Page 17
• Race-based preferences in peril at UNC-Chapel Hill, Page 18
• Campus Briefs, Page 18
• Issues in Higher Education: Colleges, universities struggle to stay afloat in changed environment, Page 19

• Charlotte reclaims top spot in JLF city tax burden listings, Page 10
• W-S officials feel shortchanged by Northern Beltway project, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey column: A suspicious reason to raise taxes, Page 11
• Unsettled High Point mayor’s race promises election fireworks, Page 12
• Legislature repeals Durham’s Jim Crow-era gun law, Page 13

• Book review: Hillary’s Hard Choices an autobiography for dummies, Page 20
• From the Liberty Library, Page 20
• Troy Kickler commentary: How an 18th-century jury’s actions kept North Carolina together, Page 21
• Book review: Piketty’s leftist Marx updates worships destructive egalitarianism, Page 22
• Book review: Cheney bio of Madison debunks traditional view of Founder, Page 23

• Editorial: War between the states, Page 24
• Katherine Restrepo commentary: Obamacare sets up SHOP, Page 24
• Editorial: Liberals vs. science, Page 25
• Editorial: Government spending, Page 25
• John Hood commentary: Economy boosts GOP prospects, Page 25
• Michael Walden commentary: Is small the new big?, Page 26
• Media Mangle: Editors, beware the press release, Page 26
• Becki Gray commentary: Conservative reforms and business, Page 27
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Chaos in Obama’s Washington, Page 27

• Dix campus to become green energy destination park (a CJ parody), Page 28

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