The Greensboro News & Record‘s “Off The Record” blog took note this week of Carolina Journal Associate Editor Dan Way‘s article on the lack of competition in most of North Carolina’s congressional and legislative election districts. N.C. Senate Republicans promoted that article as well, along with Associate Editor Barry Smith‘s report on lawsuits challenging North Carolina’s new opportunity scholarships.

The Richmond County Daily Journal published Associate Editor Michael Lowrey‘s report on the N.C. Court of Appeals citation of a “community caregiving” standard that allows law enforcement officers to stop motorists even when the officers have no reason to suspect criminal wrongdoing. The Mount Airy News published Rick Henderson’s CJ editorial disputing the notion that Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration needed a “reset” for 2014. NCPoliticalNews.com highlighted columnist Marc Rotterman‘s assessment of U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s health care reform plan.