August 2016
On the cover
• Climate alarmists target JLF, others
• Experts call activists’ ‘Web of Denial’ an attack on free speech
• Feds: Energy tax credit recipients confidential
North Carolina
• NCGA short session saw tax cuts, added savings, Page 2
• Legislators left some business unfinished in short session, Page 3
• Hispanic group joins growing fight against overcriminalization, Page 4
• Auditor candidate compares Clinton and Edwards cases, Page 5
• Next treasurer may face tougher scrutiny on outside jobs, Page 6
• Sponsors: Amendment lowering income tax cap will be back, Page 7
• RNC platform urges Congress to embrace ‘Right to Try,” Page 8
• State audit: Tiny Martin Community College muffed financial reports, Page 8
Local government
• JLF: Bike lanes multimillion-dollar vanity project for elites, Page 9
• Wake elections board appeals decision outlawing local districts, Page 10
• Justices: N.C. cyberbullying law vague and unconstitutional, Page 11
• Michael Lowrey commentary: Fayetteville’s bush-league stadium plan, Page 11
Education
• Education reforms highlighted during 2016 legislative session, Page 14
• Free-speech case settlement at N.C. State could set precedent, Page 15
• Issues in Higher Education: N.C.’s new higher-education budget spends more and saves less, Page 16
• Terry Stoops commentary: School choice by the numbers, Page 17
• George Leef commentary: Hillary’s proposals would make things worse, Page 17
Opinion
• Troy Kickler commentary: Fort Dobbs linked North Carolina to the first ‘world war,’ Page 18
• Interview: Bolitho: Comey’s handling of Hillary email case ‘struck me as odd,’ Page 19
• Editorial: Outside influence in government, Page 20
• Becki Gray commentary: A short, productive session for conservatives, Page 20
• Editorial: Dems’ H.B. 2 blitz, Page 21
• Editorial: Back to the future, Page 21
• John Hood commentary: Candidates go their own way, Page 21
• Media Mangle: Leaks betray media defenders, Page 22
• Michael Walden commentary: The declining U.S. labor force, Page 22
• Andy Taylor commentary: The right diagnosis but the wrong answers, Page 23
• Marc Rotterman commentary: Safety, security dominate message from RNC, Page 23
Parting Shot
• ACC plans move to Bristol, Conn., as protest over H.B. 2 (a CJ parody), Page 24