Partially privatizing traffic enforcement
Drivers who pass stopped school buses could get fined up to $1,000 under a bill that Gov. Roy Cooper signed on July 25 — but the hefty fine isn’t why legislators from both parties opposed the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Reconciling records to identify ancestors
by Paul O'Connor, published in The Wilson Daily Times, August 3, 2017. Anyone who owns a Bible recording vital family dates is blessed in more than a religious sense. Knowing the names and important... Read More
Misplaced loyalty
by Tom Campbell, Producer and Moderator, NC SPIN, July 27, 2017. “On my honor, I will do my best to do my duty to God and my country…” That’s the opening sentence of the oath Boy Scouts take... Read More
Health care for millions and democracy itself is now at risk
It is not just health care for 30 million people at stake these days. Democracy is hanging by a thread too-in Raleigh and in Washington. First, consider the spectacle of Sen. John McCain, arriving... Read More
Exaggeration won't stop school choice
During the 2016-17 academic year, nearly one out of five North Carolina children were educated in settings other than district-run public schools. In Wake County and some other urban areas, the... Read More
A never-ending fight for freedom
The 2017 legislative long session is over. Kind of. In the wee hours of June 30, on the eve of the new fiscal year, the General Assembly adjourned, only to schedule encore sessions in August and... Read More
'Obamacare' reeling after Senate defeat
Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama's health care law after a night of high suspense... Read More
It's time to enact fair redistricting
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 23, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper promised last weekend that Democrats, if returned to power in 2020, will implement independent, nonpartisan redistricting. Was that... Read More
20 years later, we're still waiting for Leandro results
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 26, 2017. Hard to believe it’s been 20 years since the N.C. Supreme Court handed down its landmark ruling in the Leandro v. State case, in which it said... Read More
'Not off our coast'
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, July 24, 2017. Gov. Roy Cooper rightly said loud and clear Thursday that he’ll fight oil and gas drilling off our state’s beautiful, moneymaking coast. We hope... Read More
