Mixed messages in first jobs report for 2014
In January, employers in North Carolina eliminated 7,200 more payroll positions than they added (-0.2 percent), due almost equally to job losses in the private and public sectors (-3,700 and... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Medicaid reform a test of McCrory's leadership
In the early days of the 2013 General Assembly session, just a few weeks after the inauguration of Governor Pat McCrory, leaders of the state Senate were rushing a bill through the chamber to refuse... Read More
Is the state's economy turning the corner?
Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, March 17, 2014. For the first time in a long time, signs for the economy in North Carolina are sort of good. That was the word last week from John Connaughton, an... Read More
Legislature shouldn't let corporate lobbyists write state law
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, March 18, 2014. Thanks to dogged reporting by the Associated Press, we now know just how active Duke Energy lobbyists have been in crafting state law. According to... Read More
NC Supreme Court races now open to a lot more money
Millions of dollars were spent in North Carolina’s one Supreme Court election in 2012. Four seats are up before the voters this year. How much more money will flow in the race to buy our highest... Read More
Dumb claims about political smarts
One of the cheapest shots in politics is to claim that only the unschooled and ignorant could possibly side with the other team. Both Democrats and Republicans make the claim about the other party... Read More
Duke up the river
Duke Energy badly fumbled the political/PR ball on the coal-ash spill. Duke should have quickly rolled out a clear plan to clean up the Dan River and to deal with long-term management of ash ponds... Read More
Republicans stepping up "boots on the ground" organization in NC
The Republican National Committee and the state Republican Party said Monday that they are ramping up their organizing efforts to help with the U.S. Senate race in November and add to legislative... Read More
Good news! Bad news! Depends on who's releasing unemployment numbers
Editorial by News and Observer, March 17, 2014. Dueling news releases today show just hard it is to figure out what’s in a number (or maybe show how easy it is to spin one... Read More
Brannon says Tillis would be 'unelectable' to Senator Hagan's seat
Turning up the heat in the U.S. Senate primary, Republican Greg Brannon said a “culture of corruption” would make N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis “unelectable” in November. “The Democrat... Read More
