NC Shifts from Blue to Red
Following the 2010 election, we analyzed county commission seats in North Carolina and recorded a shift from almost completely Democratic in the early 1970s to a near even split between Republicans... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Refusal to Expand Medicaid May Cost Employers $1 Billion
By Alex Wayne - Mar 13, 2013, Bloomberg Governors who refuse to expand their Medicaid programs for the poor may cost employers in their states as much as $1.3 billion in federal fines, a study... Read More
10 Lessons From the Best District in the Country: Mooresville Graded Schools
At Mooresville, 20 miles outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, this is the new norm. The district undertook a massive “21st Century Digital Conversion” in 2007. Students now frequently work in... Read More
Voter ID: Much Ado About Nothing
If you go to the hospital for surgery, they take a picture of you before you can leave the waiting room. You must show proof of residency today in order to vote. Voter registrars require a... Read More
Voter ID: Show your cards
Every poll that comes out shows North Carolinians support voter id with pretty convincing numbers. Why? It is a simple concept to grasp on a poll because the majority of people have photo... Read More
Joe Mavretic's Perspective on Voter ID
There are many reasons why Every American Citizen should have a current photo identification card. This question has been framed as a debate about voting rights but it is actually about identification... Read More
Public Infrastructure: The 100 Billion Dollar Question
NC SPIN's Tom Campbell speaks to members of Carolina's AGC about our public infrastructure needs. Transcript of Tom Campbell's Speech: It was the Spanish philosopher Jorge Santyana who said, “Those... Read More
NC Medicaid Director Predicts Future for State Program
Written by Christine Vestal in Stateline. The ranks of Republican governors refusing to expand Medicaid has shrunk in recent weeks. Nationwide, 14 of the nation’s 28 Republican governors have... Read More
Gerrymandering Means Nobody Has to Get Along
U.S. Rep. Renee Ellmers’ political opponents are gunning for her. The Harnett County Republican appears on a website with other political targets, her picture rendered in black-and-white with her... Read More
Shrugging off the evidence of the assault on public schools
You can argue that the most revealing moments of this shockingly regressive legislative session have come in the last two weeks. And I am not talking about the mean-spirited decision by legislative... Read More
