NC Spin Articles

9/11: A time to mark the day everything changed

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 11, 2013. There will be speeches, music, a wreath-laying and a 21-gun salute at Fort Bragg's Main Post Flag Pole this morning. The sorrowful notes of taps...    Read More

September 11, 2013

Reality intrudes on bureaucracy

Sometimes in a news story the subtle assumptions are as important as the headlines. In many recent stories, the unspoken media message is that North Carolina Republicans are trying to politicize state...    Read More

September 11, 2013

Duke, UNC ranked high on top colleges list

U.S. News & World Report released its annual college rankings on Tuesday, and Triangle universities were well represented in numerous categories. Duke University was No. 7 out of nearly 1,800 schools...    Read More

September 11, 2013


NC Republicans unsure on Senate candidate

PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds that with Virginia Foxx out of the mix Republicans in the state are less sure than ever about who they want their Senate candidate to be next year. 43% say they...    Read More

September 11, 2013


No deterrent, no defense for NC death penalty

As the former chairman of the Durham County Republican Party and a staunch conservative, I have heard for years that North Carolina needs the death penalty to prevent the murder of innocent people...    Read More

September 11, 2013


NC GOP rates a good grade

For the first time in over 100 years, the GOP controls the legislative and executive branches of North Carolina’s state government. But the new leaders will be deemed successful only if the state...    Read More

September 11, 2013

Plans for new DHHS building cause controversy

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is once again under the microscope. The ABC11 I-Team has learned that taxpayers almost ponied up $1 million more than they needed to for a...    Read More

September 10, 2013

Students hungry...for food

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, September 8, 2013. A new national study confirms what Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools already knew – too many children are coming to school hungry and that’s taking...    Read More

September 10, 2013


UNC trying to slow grade inflation

Contextual grading may place spotlight on easy courses or lenient profs In 2008, a committee of faculty members at UNC-Chapel Hill discovered that the average grade of a Carolina student was...    Read More

September 10, 2013