The Lincoln Tribune and Coastal Carolina Taxpayers Association highlighted this week Carolina Journal Associate Editor David Bass‘ report on an ethics probe targeting U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C. Bass’ latest article for The American Spectator focused on attacks against traditional marriage. The Lincoln Tribune and N.C. Senate Republicans promoted contributor Sarah Okeson‘s report on a lawsuit state government leaders have filed against a company that helps people recover property from North Carolina’s Escheat Fund. Senate Republicans also highlighted contributor Karen McMahan‘s progress report on Gov. Beverly Perdue’s Budget Reform and Accountability Commission. The Wilmington Star-News‘ “Cape Fear Watchdogs” blog highlighted contributor Jana Benscoter‘s article on legislative pay rates. The Outer Banks Common Ground blog promoted Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ report on the end of North Carolina’s climate commission. The Richmond County Daily Journal published John Locke Foundation office manager Melissa Mitchell‘s recent CJ column on the factors pushing young people toward socialism. The Jefferson Post picked up Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s article urging readers to praise the work of employers on Labor Day. The N.C. Institute for Constitutional Law’s website promoted a CarolinaJournal.tv video clip focusing on a ballot-access lawsuit that reached the N.C. Supreme Court this week.