A Carolina Journal exclusive story about the dubious use of federal stimulus dollars to help place new diesel engines in “Bite Me” and 13 other North Carolina charter fishing boats continues to attract attention. Executive Editor Don Carrington‘s report earned publicity in the Greensboro News & Record‘s “Off The Record” blog, Lincoln Tribune, and out-of-state news outlets such as the Pittsburgh Tribune Review. Meanwhile, N.C. Senate Republicans’ daily press email promoted Carrington’s column today urging commentators to avoid misusing state unemployment data. Managing Editor Rick Henderson returns to Curtis Media Group’s “People And Politics” radio program this weekend to discuss veto override votes, former Easley aide Ruffin Poole’s legal woes, and the John Edwards case. The News & Observer‘s “WakeEd” blog discussed contributor Karen McMahan‘s report on Democratic efforts to win officially nonpartisan Wake County school board elections. The “WakeEd” blog also mentioned the John Locke Foundation when discussing school board candidates’ fundraising efforts. M2M Politics and the Lincoln Tribune promoted Associate Editor Sara Burrows‘ article about conflicting approaches to North Carolina’s water needs. The Monroe Enquirer-Journal reported on Associate Editor David Bass‘ efforts to highlight Union County’s plan to charge CJ hundreds of dollars for access to public records. (“It’s a situation where you have a very large county where its residents should know that their local government is charging this much to provide what’s supposed to be public information,” Bass said. “It just raises concerns and some suspicion in my mind.”) The Lincoln Tribune and N.C. Senate Republicans promoted contributor Karen Welsh‘s report about N.C. House plans to study state asset sales. The Richmond County Daily Journal published a CJ column from Becki Gray, JLF Vice President for Outreach. Gray’s column assigned the General Assembly a B grade for its work this year. The Kernersville News published a column on redistricting politics from Mitch Kokai, Director of Communications. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted Henderson’s latest redistricting column, along with Piedmont Publius blogger Sam Hieb‘s report on the Guilford County public schools’ unexpected $10.6 million surplus.