NC Spin Articles


Why the Energy Bill Matters

In a legislative session featuring proposals to rewrite the tax code, take important next steps on regulatory reform, give parents more school choice, and restructure the state’s transportation and...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 30, 2013

Pandering to the shaking heads

More hidden and loaded guns in more places, including bars, restaurants, college campuses and city greenways—that appears to be the General Assembly’s response to the national tragedy in Newtown...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   April 29, 2013


More Chaos Coming in Healthcare

It was always going to be difficult to implement Obamacare, but even fervent supporters of the law admit that things are going worse than expected. Implementation got off to a bad start because the...    Read More

April 29, 2013

Tax Shuffle Could Shake Up Missouri

From Stateline, April 29th JEFFERSON CITY • Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature is poised to send Gov. Jay Nixon a bill that would cut the state income tax, especially for small businesses...    Read More

April 29, 2013

Keep our Grandfather's fire burning

Everybody in North Carolina should have heard that speech.”  Someone had just heard Tom Lambeth’s recent remarks to the North Caroliniana Society, which was presenting him with its annual award...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   April 28, 2013


Governor Should Be Mr. Fix-It

Now that Pat McCrory has passed the oh-so-important mark of 100 days in office, the political class in Raleigh feels obligated to offer a critique of his administration. The most common one is that...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 26, 2013

Time for Colleges to make a choice

Departing UNC Chancellor Holden Thorp said more than he knew in a recent interview with The News and Observer. Thorp said that dealing with intercollegiate athletics was the most important part of the...    Read More

April 25, 2013

Funding for NC Cities Needs Debate

Editorial from Asheville Citizen-Times, April 24, 2013 There’s undoubtedly a measure of partisan power-grabbing in the Republican-dominated General Assembly’s campaign to limit the power of cities...    Read More

April 25, 2013


Something Must Change to Improve Our Economy

Much as we would like to think otherwise our state’s economy isn’t improving much. It is good news that state tax revenues are currently ahead of modest projections by 110 million dollars and...    Read More

April 24, 2013