NC Spin Articles



Fracking panel sets safe drilling distances

The state commission created in 2012 to create safe fracking standards has wrestled with one controversy after another and always found a way to agree unanimously – until Friday. After 2-1/2 hours...    Read More

February 1, 2014



Slippery politics

Nobody ever runs for office on snow removal, but it’s a sure way to get run out of office.   This week the mayor of Atlanta and governor of Georgia are skating on thin ice after a winter storm left...    Read More

February 1, 2014

Burr's healthcare alternative is an ACA repeal

Editorial by News and Observer, January 31, 2014. From the beginning of the debate over the Affordable Care Act until it became law and even after it passed constitutional muster with the U.S. Supreme...    Read More

February 1, 2014



The president's pep rally

I watched the President’s pep rally er, State of Union Address last night, mostly because I had to. I’ll be on a couple of television news shows this week and I figure they’ll want to talk about...    Read More

by Becki Gray   |   January 31, 2014



Behind the legislative curtain

Throughout the debate of a sweeping voter ID and elections law bill, Republican supporters said it was an attempt to restore public confidence in the election process. Democrats, at the state and...    Read More

January 31, 2014