NC Spin Articles





I can't afford to stay in teaching

I’m a teacher. And I’ll be a teacher for another two whole months! That’s another eight weeks with the 20 first-grade children in my room. I’m a good teacher. No, really, hear me out. I’m...    Read More

April 13, 2014

Budget targets

This is how spending priorities get set in Raleigh.   The Republican legislature is facing a revenue hole. And there are three big pots of money: public schools, the UNC system and Medicaid.   At...    Read More

April 12, 2014

A government not worth influencing

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, April 11, 2014. In eliminating yet another federal limit on campaign contributions, the U.S. Supreme Court on April 2 reaffirmed the principle that money is...    Read More

April 12, 2014


Legislature short on experience

Every two years, the N.C. Center for Public Policy Research releases survey results ranking the effectiveness of individual state legislators. The results are fairly predictable. The House speaker and...    Read More

April 12, 2014




Lawmakers want tuition grant program resumed

Republican legislative leaders plan to ask the North Carolina Supreme Court to allow a new program using taxpayer money for tuition at K-12 private or religious schools to begin this fall while...    Read More

April 12, 2014