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April 07, 2011 – carolinajournal.com
Carolina Journal Exclusive

VIDEO: Is DOT Double-Counting High-Speed Rail Jobs?
By Anthony Greco
RALEIGH — Under the job-years concept, if one person holds the same job for four years, it’s counted as four jobs. That’s how the North Carolina Department of Transportation can claim that federal funding for high-speed rail would create nearly 4,800 jobs when in fact only about 1,200 people would be employed.

John Hood’s Daily Journal

Reality Check on UNC Tuition
As long as legislative appropriations cover the vast majority of the cost of educating students, the constitutional provision is satisfied.

Headlines

4.07.11 – Legislators see trouble in Perdue’s budget cuts

4.07.11 – N.C. bills aim at constitutional changes

4.07.11 – Private property safeguards OK’d by NC House panel

4.07.11 – Second governor’s residence is getting an update

4.07.11 – NC charter school overhaul bill back in committee

4.07.11 – NC voter ID mandate approved by House committee

4.07.11 – Perdue forms panel to help select judges

4.07.11 – Ruling due on sex offenders’ access to Facebook social site

4.07.11 – Bill to separate crime lab from SBI

4.07.11 – Red-light camera ban zips through panel vote

4.07.11 – Bill would shield citizens from suits like Titan’s

4.07.11 – Charlotte region jobless rate falls

4.07.11 – AT&T says 4G on the way, but some say, not so fast

4.07.11 – Graham, Swain counties spar over Fontana dam funds

4.07.11 – Red wolf litter on the way? Species needs blessed event


Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 09, 2011 at 9:30 am- 3:30 pm
A Citizens’ Constitutional Workshop in Monroe, NC
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Monday, April 11, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Noon
A meeting of the Shaftesbury Society
with our special guest HansMarc Hurd
Turmoil in the Middle East:
The End of the Post-Colonial Status Quo?

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
An Evening
with our special guest Jonah Goldberg
The American Political Scene

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
An Evening
with our special guest Jonah Goldberg
The American Political Scene

Wednesday, May 04, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.
A Headliner Luncheon
with our special guest Stephen F. Hayes
Washington Update

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 5:45 p.m.
A Special Forum and Book Signing
with our guests Paul H. Bergeron and David O. Stewart
The Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson: An Examination

Friday, May 20, 2011 at 1:00pm-4:30pm
A Citizens’ Constitutional Workshop in Franklin, N.C.
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1:00pm-5:30pm
A Citizens’ Constitution Workshop in Murphy, N.C.
with presenters Dr. Troy Kickler & Dr. Michael Sanera
What the Founders and the State Ratification Conventions
Can Teach Us Today

Today’s Opinions

State budget cuts
The Jacksonville Daily News says that government must find ways to cut expenses now and learn to operate within a realistic budget or face placing the financial future of the state in jeopardy.

Open discovery
The Wilmington Star-News says that Republicans who control the N.C. General Assembly seem to have short memories when it comes to cases of prosecutorial or law enforcement misconduct.

Prison woes
It would be more cost-efficient for state courts to deal effectively with root causes of persistent recidivism than simply locking people away writes the Greensboro News & Record.

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