A recent Business North Carolina article on the state government’s economic development regions featured extensive commentary from Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington, including his work on the failed Randy Parton Theater in Roanoke Rapids. A letter writer in the Tideland News urged readers to check out Carrington’s exclusive report on state efforts to seize coastal Onslow County property from an African-American family. Meanwhile, CJ‘s legislative coverage continues to attract attention. The Lincoln Tribune published Associate Editor David Bass‘ recap of last week’s legislative news and his preview of this week’s action. The Beaufort Observer highlighted Bass’ article on the governor’s budget plan. The Fayetteville Observer cited Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ report on a bill to loosen North Carolina’s electoral ballot restrictions. The Lincoln Tribune and N.C. Senate Republican press e-mail promoted Burrows’ report on legislative efforts to fight forced annexation. An e-mail from the Fair Annexation Coalition also cited Burrows’ story and noted the John Locke Foundation’s efforts to pursue meaningful annexation reform. Both the Richmond County Daily Journal and Duplin Times published Carolina Journal Radio Co-Host Donna Martinez‘s column on the importance of changing mind-sets while changing government budget priorities. The Tarboro Daily Southerner picked up CJ Managing Editor Rick Henderson‘s editorial on unnecessary state boards and commissions. Yes!Weekly interviewed Henderson for a story about a flap involving coverage of the new Uwharrie Resources Commission. A CJ exclusive from contributor Karen Welsh about a government-subsidized bus route putting a Hickory-area transit entrepreneur out of business prompted the Americans for Prosperity North Carolina chapter to end all business dealings with the subsidized firm.