Western North Carolina radio listeners heard an update on political scandals involving current Gov. Beverly Perdue and former Gov. Mike Easley when Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington joined Pete Kaliner this week on WWNC’s afternoon program. Meanwhile, CJ continued to attract attention for contributor Karen McMahan‘s report on a national commission — co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter — that endorsed photo identification for voters in 2005. CJ Publisher Jon Ham promoted the article to Newsbusters.org, which has since added the story to its standard links for voter ID coverage. The Lincoln Tribune published Associate Editor David Bass‘ article highlighting Republican legislators’ concerns about potential school lunch fraud. State Senate Republicans promoted this week contributor Dan Way‘s article on concerns surrounding salary supplements for public school administrators.