Depositions released this week showed that a top legal adviser to former Gov. Mike Easley paid little attention to detail as he vetted requests for public access to e-mail records. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Carolina Journal Managing Editor Rick Henderson‘s exclusive report on the topic. Several Carolina Journal Online exclusives attracted attention this week from the Lincoln Tribune. Piedmont Publius blogger Sam Hieb reported on Guilford County’s latest efforts to secure voter support for a sales-tax increase. Speaking of the sales tax, CJ intern Amanda Vuke highlighted the N.C. Association of County Commissioners’ efforts to boost tax-hike referendums this fall across the state. Contributor Duke Cheston reported on medical schools’ increasing focus on applicants’ “bedside manner” — rather than their college grades and test scores — in making admissions decisions. Contributor Karen McMahan profiled the N.C. House District 93 race. Along with the print reporting, a CarolinaJournal.tv video clip of Duke professor Jacob Vigdor attracted attention from the Duke University On Demand website. In the clip, Vigdor discusses his proposal for encouraging immigrant assimilation.