Readers of the Greensboro News & Record learned recently about thorny legal issues surrounding the Catawba Indians’ pursuit of a Cleveland County casino, thanks to the newspaper’s republication of Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s report on the topic. The News & Record‘s “Off The Record” blog highlighted John Locke Foundation Vice President for Outreach Becki Gray‘s CJ column on policies paving the way for North Carolina’s economic recovery. Meanwhile, the Monroe Enquirer-Journal picked up Way’s report on odd dealings in Indian Trail, where a local town council member submitted a resignation letter in the fictional Klingon language.

The Richmond County Daily Journal published Managing Editor Rick Henderson‘s column challenging the goal of pursuing the “national average” for North Carolina public school teacher pay. NCPoliticalNews.com also publicized that column, as did N.C. Senate Republicans in their daily press email.

Henderson continues his weekly electoral “On The Trail” update for Curtis Media Group’s “People In Politics” program. Executive Editor Don Carrington discussed his research into teacher pay issues with Tom Lamprecht on WTIB Radio.

The Senate GOP’s daily press email promoted Way’s article on the legal precedent for the Catawba casino, Way’s report on a Duke Energy executive’s concerns about the impact of state renewable energy mandates on customers’ bills, Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s story about an expansion of the NAACP’s lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new election law, Smith’s article on the earliest issued voter identification cards in North Carolina,  Gray’s column on North Carolina’s economic recovery, and a CJ staff report on high-profile Democrats who skipped this week’s presidential visit to Raleigh.

JLF President John Hood attracted Republican senators’ attention with columns rebutting liberal myths about education and health care, explaining the benefits of health care competition, and detailing the links between economic freedom and economic growth. The Burlington Times-News promoted Hood’s upcoming appearance later this month in a public “community conversation” focusing on poverty.