The first Carolina Journal Online exclusive of the week features Don Carrington’s report of the questionable links between a taxpayer-funded economic developer and a company he recruited to North Carolina. The economic developer, Rick Watson, faces a lawsuit connected to his role in the Randy Parton Theatre debacle.

John Hood’s Daily Journal critiques the “10 for 10” idea unveiled last week as a shorthand description for $10 billion in new transportation funding sources for the next 10 years in North Carolina.