North Carolina legislators have moved forward again this year on annexation reform, and Carolina Journal Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ article on the topic attracted attention from the Beaufort Observer. N.C. Senate Republicans also promoted that article, along with Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s story on the latest developments surrounding embattled state Commerce Department official Henry McKoy, Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s article on the “chicken nugget” bill moving through the N.C. Senate, and contributor Dan Way‘s article on Senate leader Phil Berger’s education reform plan. The Wizbang blog highlighted contributor Karen McMahan‘s article about an Asheville man’s disturbing encounter with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over email.