NC Spin Articles



Let's make DHHS accountable for Medicaid

From N.C. District 96 Rep. Andy Wells, a Republican from Hickory who is running unopposed for the N.C. Senate District 42 seat: Medicaid is the biggest, fastest growing program in state government...    Read More

April 27, 2014


McCrory's Core test

Will Governor McCrory stand up to the rising Republican revolt against Common Core (they call it “Obamacore”)?   Rushing to pander to the Tea Party, Republican legislators who once embraced the...    Read More

April 26, 2014


From a teacher: Don't ditch Common Core

Remarks by Nancy Gardner, English teacher Mooresville Senior High, published in Charlotte Observer, April 25, 2014 "My name is Nancy Gardner..and I teach Senior English students at Mooresville Senior...    Read More

April 26, 2014



Debate on renewable energy

One of the more bitter fights that occurred in the North Carolina General Assembly last year involved whether lawmakers should repeal a 2007 requirement that electricity suppliers get a portion of...    Read More

April 25, 2014

A good timeout

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, April 25, 2014. The Guilford County school board’s opposition to a teacher contract law was vindicated, at least temporarily, Wednesday by a veteran judge who...    Read More

April 25, 2014


Committee recommends replacing Common Core

A state legislative commission proposed Thursday that North Carolina drop the Common Core and replace it with a new set of learning standards for public schools. A draft bill replaces the Common Core...    Read More

April 25, 2014