NC Spin Articles

State Medicaid reform remains moving target

The Medicaid proposal at the core of an ambitious reform effort has morphed significantly since it was announced in April. Instead of the state bringing in three or four insurance companies or other...    Read More

December 6, 2013

Right to assemble

Editorial by Greensboro Daily News, December 5, 2013. Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton brushed aside constitutional claims Wednesday and convicted a dozen Moral Monday demonstrators of...    Read More

December 5, 2013



The Demographic Challenges Ate My Homework

I don’t quite buy Jason Richwine’s insouciance about the wretched U.S. scores on international education rankings: While the U.S. gets mediocre scores, it also has demographic and socioeconomic...    Read More

December 5, 2013

Keeping perspective on the PISA test scores

Yesterday morning, the OECD announced the results of the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), the most widely known international comparison of student achievement. The PISA...    Read More

December 5, 2013

McCrory pushing for offshore drilling

North Carolina is among a group of coastal states pressing the Obama administration to end a two-decade moratorium and allow offshore exploration for oil and natural gas. Advocates here are hoping to...    Read More

December 5, 2013


Is k-12 budget up or down?

This summer, Republican Gov. Pat McCrory said at an N.C. Chamber summit, “at $7.8 billion, this is the largest K-12 budget in North Carolina’s history.” The line item appropriation for the...    Read More

December 5, 2013

A cheap way to help children: Read to them

Architects know it is imperative to have a fundamentally sound foundation to build a strong structure. Doctors know it is easier to keep a patient healthy than to change an adverse health situation...    Read More

December 5, 2013

Charlotte weighs bid for major Boeing plant

Charlotte officials are working to enter the multi-state competition for a manufacturing plant to build Boeing’s new 777X jetliner, a project that could potentially bring more than 8,000 jobs and a...    Read More

December 5, 2013