NC Spin Articles

Senate leaders unveiled their latest version of a massive tax cut for the wealthy Monday, the same day federal emergency unemployment benefits were cut off to 70,000 laid off workers simply because...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   July 2, 2013

So what’s the problem with Common Core?

by Becki Gray So what’s the problem with Common Core?  Well, we don’t know.  Don’t know how it will work, don’t know how well it will work and don’t know how much it will cost. The State...    Read More

June 28, 2013

Access to power sale this weekend

Legislative leaders and officials from the McCrory Administration are huddled in the backrooms of the Legislative Building these days working out the final details of a package of massive tax breaks...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   June 26, 2013



Big Government Slams Small Firms

Regulatory policy is about striking a proper balance. Virtually no one disagrees with the propriety of government designing, promulgating, and enforcing regulation. When health, safety, and property...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 25, 2013

Please shave, Speaker Tillis

House Speaker Thom Tillis continues to insist the legislature will adjourn by July 4th. Yeah, and the Red Sea will part again and Governor McCrory will pull a rabbit out of his hat. Citizens of North...    Read More

June 24, 2013


Big Bills on Hold: Where Are They Now

RALEIGH, N.C. — The budget and tax reform bills aren't the only high-profile bills still in limbo as the 2013 legislative session draws to a close. House Speaker Thom Tillis said Thursday he expects...    Read More

June 24, 2013


Rollback Backlash

Looking at the Great Republican Rollback, Democrats are tempted to attack on every front: taxes, Medicaid, teacher pay, jetty ban, Jordan Lake, Child Fatality Task Force, Rural Center, Racial Justice...    Read More

June 21, 2013