WLTT Radio listeners had a chance this week to learn the latest developments in the scandal surrounding former Gov. Mike Easley. Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson offered an Easley update during a conversation with Chad Adams on the “Big Talker” morning show. Henderson also discussed Easley during a presentation to an Americans for Prosperity group in Wilmington. The Jefferson Post and Kernersville News recently republished Henderson’s column on the General Assembly’s flirtation with expansion of North Carolina’s unconstitutional taxpayer-financed election campaign system. In other news, Tara Servatius of WBT Radio welcomed CJ Associate Editor David Bass for a conversation about his exclusive article on the legislature’s refusal to lift North Carolina’s charter school cap. N.C. Senate Republicans and the Lincoln Tribune picked up that story. The Lincoln Tribune also published Bass’ article on ethics reform legislation, along with contributor Sarah Okeson‘s exclusive about new federal rules limiting campaign contributions from employees of investment management firms. Lockwood Phillips of WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio” interviewed Associate Editor Sara Burrows about her exclusive on nanny-state legislation designed to fight childhood obesity. The Lincoln Tribune published that article. The Charlotte Observer republished a CJ column from N.C. Education Alliance Fellow Kristen Blair about cyberbullying. The SportSnipe.com website also picked up a CJ column from N.C. History Project Director Troy Kickler about Americans’ ambivalent response to their national team’s participation in soccer’s World Cup.