http://projects.newsobserver.com/taxonomy/term/8810/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_81 <!-- Begin check for Blog Icon --> <!-- End check for Blog Icon --> <!-- Begin check for Teaser Toggle --> <div class="field-item"><p>* The Appropriations subcommittee on health <a href="http://wunc.org/programs/news/Isaac-Hunters-Tavern/thurs-worst-case/cbentry_view">proposes</a> &quot;massive&quot; cuts to state programs, some legislators call for tax hikes instead.</p><p>* Former Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Munger <a href="http://mungowitzend.blogspot.com/2009/05/state-buys-farm.html">proposes</a> an alternative way of thinking about the Apple incentives.</p><p>* Conservative columnist David Frum takes the rivalry between Carolina and Duke to a whole new level: <a href="http://www.theweek.com/article/index/96989/Bursting_the_Higher_Ed_Bubble">Tuition</a>. (<a href="http://triangle.johnlocke.org/blog/?p=3808">Hat Tip: Jon Ham</a>)</p><p>* Charlotte Observer columnist Jack Betts <a href="http://jackbetts.blogspot.com/2009/05/jim-stephenson-good-man-in-tough.html">eulogizes</a> Jim Stephenson, policy analyst for the N.C. Coastal Federation, who died Thursday. </p></div> <div class="node-blog-teaser-footer"> <div class="node-blog-teaser-comments"><a href="http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_81#comment"><img src="http://www.newsobserver.com/images/front_new/icon_discussion.gif" width="11" height="7" border="0" /> Comments (1)</a> <!-- If permissions, display edit link at end of teaser --> <!-- End edit link code --> </div> </div> <!-- End check for Teaser Toggle --> <!-- BEGIN AUDIO ATTACHMENT CODE --> http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/quick_hits_81#comment budget Duke University higher education Jack Betts Jim Stephenson Jon Ham Mike Munger N.C. Coastal Federation unc-chapel hill Under the Dome Fri, 29 May 2009 10:50:11 -0400 ryanteaguebeckwith 14114 at http://projects.newsobserver.com