NC Spin Articles

Fickle tax reform

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 8, 2013. North Carolina residents soon will learn more about the tax cuts enacted this year by the state legislature. For many, the initial lesson will...    Read More

December 8, 2013

Ellmers: Obamacare wages war on women

by Sandy Fitzgerald, Newsmax, December 8, 2013. Obamacare is an example of the "war on women," North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers said in Saturday's weekly GOP address,  as the Obama administration...    Read More

December 8, 2013

Gov. McCrory and his reindeer games

We’ll wish North Carolina’s Gov. Pat McCrory a Merry Christmas if we see him at a Moral Monday protest this month. We hope he will toast us with good news for the poor. But if Santa reads McCrory...    Read More

December 8, 2013


More trouble ahead for college athletics?

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, December 8, 2013. A new database unveiled by the Knight Commission last week shows some competitions looming when it comes to college sports spending – not only...    Read More

December 8, 2013

GOP Senate primary a tea party test

Last year, tea party activists from around the country helped a Texas Republican named Ted Cruz overcome long odds to beat a better-known, better-funded primary opponent backed by the GOP...    Read More

December 8, 2013

Medicaid reform follies

The McCrory Administration continues its ill-advised efforts to privatize the state Medicaid system in the name of “reform.” This week a special Medicaid advisory committee heard from a consultant...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   December 7, 2013


Blue Cross CEO defends higher premiums

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina has no interest in participating in the partisan crossfire over what has come to be known as Obamacare. We are focused on our customers – customers we...    Read More

December 7, 2013

Motor vehicle deaths rise

In a possible sign that the economy is getting better, traffic fatalities in North Carolina are on the rise after falling off sharply during the 2008 recession. The number of people who died in...    Read More

December 7, 2013

Coaches' pay drive increased athletic budgets

When the Duke and Florida State football teams clash Saturday for the Atlantic Coast Conference championship, there will be money on the line for the schools – and for the coaches on the sidelines...    Read More

December 7, 2013


Commerce restructuring raising concerns

A state Commerce Department proposal about the coming privatization of many of the agency’s functions shows that Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration is poised to move dozens of jobs and millions of...    Read More

December 7, 2013