NC Spin Articles

Sea level rise documentary comes to Triangle

A documentary on sea-level rise with a focus on the North Carolina coast is coming to the Triangle for several screenings this week. Shored Up examines development and beach engineering in coastal...    Read More

February 5, 2014

Applications begin for private school vouchers

Three days after North Carolina began taking applications for the state's new school voucher program, hundreds of families have entered the lottery, hoping to get the state to pick up part of the cost...    Read More

February 5, 2014

Too large DHHS, too little focus on families

With all the attention given to the Department of Health and Human Services this past year, it seemed inevitable that someone in a high-level policy role would ask the questions that Gov. Pat McCrory...    Read More

February 5, 2014


Obamacare is failing? That's a lie

The Republican response to the State of the Union address was delivered by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash. – and it was remarkable for its lack of content. The closest she came to substance was...    Read More

February 5, 2014

Income inequality and the bottom line

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, February 3, 2014. Economists have long known that cutting taxes for so-called “job creators” has done little historically to improve the economy. Why? Ask your...    Read More

February 5, 2014

Crappy PR

When you’ve got bad news, get it out. It only gets worse with age.   Pat McCrory’s new-look DENR failed that test last week, at a time when people were watching closely how the  administration...    Read More

February 4, 2014


GOP focuses on Barber

One of the more noteworthy developments of a new election year is the decision by the North Carolina Republican Party to try to use the Rev. William Barber, the state NAACP head, as a cudgel to beat...    Read More

February 4, 2014


State government needs to be run, not reviewed

Editorial by News and Observer, February 3, 2014. The McCrory administration is about to undertake an effort to review and assess state government with an eye toward reducing waste or wrongheaded...    Read More

February 4, 2014