A recent Carolina Journal cover story is attracting attention from a national group of federal prosecutors. Managing Editor Rick Henderson joins Bill LuMaye this morning on WPTF Radio to discuss a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch from the National Association of Assistant U.S. Attorneys. The letter urges Lynch to investigate complaints first exposed in a report from CJ Executive Editor Don Carrington involving a federal prosecutor who says her superiors downplayed the significance of a murderous gang leader’s threats to kill her. The Beaufort Observer and the University of North Carolina School of Government’s “North Carolina Criminal Law” blog highlighted the story. Henderson and John Locke Foundation Vice President for Marketing and Communications Donna Martinez discuss the week’s top political news for Curtis Media Group’s syndicated “People In Politics” program.

Now that N.C. House and Senate negotiators have reached a deal on a $21.7 billion state General Fund budget, media outlets are seeking expert analysis from JLF experts. Governing magazine interviewed Director of Fiscal Policy Studies Sarah Curry about delays in finishing the budget. Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray has included budget updates during her regular weekly radio appearances on WWNC and WTSB. The N.C. Spin website and N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email both highlighted Gray’s column urging lawmakers to continue important policy discussions, even as the budget agreement signals that this year’s legislative session is winding down. Gray spoke to students in N.C. State University’s “University Scholars” program about “The State of the Nation.” She moderates a women’s issues forum today for the Chapel Hill Women’s Republican Club.

Constitution Day offered N.C. History Project Founding Director Troy Kickler an opportunity to discuss the 228-year-old document’s ongoing importance during a conversation with Lockwood Phillips on WTKF’s “Viewpoints Radio.” NCPoliticalNews.com picked up Kickler’s Constitution Day column. Kickler headed to Edenton for a Constitution Day lecture to the Albemarle Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution, and he travels to Hillsborough Saturday to discuss North Carolina’s role in the Constitution’s development.