NC Spin Articles

Legislative assault on local rule a power grab

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, May 22, 2014. Cities and towns are under fire in North Carolina. Their ability to collect revenue for long-provided services is being limited, as is their right to...    Read More

May 23, 2014


Open the books on fracking chemicals

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, May 21, 2014. Polls show North Carolinians are divided over the practice of “fracking” to mine natural gas and other resources under the Earth’s crust, so it...    Read More

May 22, 2014






For government, it's safety first

RALEIGH — Human beings have debated the proper scope and purpose of government ever since the formal institution of government was invented. Some argue that government — properly defined as an...    Read More

by John Hood   |   May 22, 2014

Parents miss college savings deduction

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, May 20, 2014. One of the many ongoing budget debates in the N.C. General Assembly swirls around the cost of higher education in North Carolina. It’s a shame that...    Read More

May 21, 2014

Digging the tax cut hole even deeper

By Chris Fitzsimon, NC Policy Watch and NC SPIN panelist, May 20, 2014. No matter how many ways Governor Pat McCrory and legislative leaders try to deny it, the main reason they are struggling to find...    Read More

May 21, 2014


Separate, unequal

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 21, 2014.   In the fall of 1957, a nervous handful of black students crossed the color line in Greensboro schools, braving the withering heat of racist taunts...    Read More

May 21, 2014