* WUNC reporter Laura Leslie defends N&O ombudsman taking job at state agency, arguing that he's an "excellent communicator" in a tough industry.
* Schools Superintendent June Atkinson tells Fayetteville Observer she has no plans to sue the state over her job description.
* Conservative activist Francis De Luca argues that Rev. William Barber of the state chapter of the NAACP should have to register as a lobbyist.
* The president of the state Bankers Association is pushing to rename Raleigh-Durham International Airport after the Wright Brothers.




Re: Quick Hits
You do read your own links, right?
Under that word "Lobbyist" it says "Clay" not "Burbridge"