NC Spin Articles

Lessons we learn from the Flint disaster

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, January 20, 2016. When government leaders furrow their foreheads in puzzlement about why people don’t trust leaders these days they need look no further than what...    Read More

January 22, 2016

It's government dysfunction, stupid

It’s election year and pundits across the political spectrum are speculating about what will drive the electorate next November. In 2014 in North Carolina, the Kay Hagan campaign almost made the...    Read More

January 22, 2016

Cooper, Burr begin 2016 with leads

PPP's newest North Carolina poll finds Roy Cooper starting out with a slight lead over Pat McCrory in the race for Governor, 43/40. This continues a trend of the lead going back and forth between...    Read More

January 22, 2016



State must better protect its children

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 21, 2016. Roughly 10,000 children are in North Carolina’s child welfare system on any single day, and a new federal review finds the state should be...    Read More

January 22, 2016

Race relations gains?

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, January 20, 2016. Sometimes the numbers tell us one thing but our guts say something else. The scales tell us we’ve lost weight but our waistbands tell us no way...    Read More

January 22, 2016


Medicaid expansion still a bad deal

John Daniel Davidson explains for National Review Online readers why Medicaid expansion remains a bad idea for the states who have not yet taken the Obama administration’s bait. The offer, which...    Read More

January 22, 2016


Civitas polls shows GOP primary a toss-up

A new Civitas poll shows the upcoming GOP primary is a virtual toss-up in North Carolina. The poll asked likely Republican primary election voters who their current choice is among the Republican...    Read More

January 22, 2016