U.S. Rep. Walter Jones received 12 earmarks worth $20.3 million last year.

Dome inadvertently reported a much higher amount in a previous post because of a problem with a database created by the watchdog group Citizens Against Government Waste.

(Long story short: The Farmville Republican's earmarks were lumped in with Ohio Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones.)

The earmarks included money for a dike, dredging, a regional water authority, East Carolina University, two roads and the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras.

The correct figure puts Jones ninth among North Carolina's House members in last year's earmarks, just below U.S. Rep. Sue Myrick of Charlotte.

Dome regrets the error. 

The legislature discussed a wide variety of bills.

A few of the miscellaneous bills will:  

Allow adoption agencies to act as go-betweens for adult adoptees, or their grown descendants, and the adoptees' biological parent.

Outlaw the execution of defendants under 18, bringing the state in line with a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

Give the Department of Cultural Resources responsibility for the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum.

Allow mixed martial arts matches in North Carolina once the state develops regulations for them.

Keep private the names of applicants to public universities and community colleges and stipulate that work papers for internal audits are public records once the audit is completed.