McCrory for VP?
Might Gov. Pat McCrory have sights on an election campaign other than his 2016 re-election run? Conservative pundit Ann Coulter, an outspoken Donald Trump supporter, apparently thinks the business... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Virginia will no longer honor NC's concealed carry permits
Beginning Feb. 1, Virginia will no longer honor the out-of-state concealed handgun carry permits of gun owners from more than two dozen of the states with which the commonwealth currently has... Read More
Forecast improves
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 22, 2015. North Carolina saw strong job growth in November for the first time in months, the state’s Commerce Department reported last week. That fits... Read More
Where are all the candidates for state races?
When General Assembly Republicans moved the 2016 primaries up to March, Democrats complained that it wouldn’t leave potential candidates enough time to organize campaigns and, as a result, they... Read More
How to discourage migrants
The U.S. Census Bureau just confirmed what everyone already suspected: North Carolina now has more than 10 million residents. We’ve been adding an average of 281 people each day. That’s one of the... Read More
Tom Ross reflects on his 5 years as UNC President
Tom Ross, the president of the University of North Carolina system, had hoped to burn some vacation days as 2015 winds down, because he sure can’t carry them forward to next year. The UNC Board of... Read More
State raises: Time for the legislature to reward all hard workers
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 19, 2015. On first glance, the amounts of the raises are shocking. They range from $13,750 to $87,872 annually. On a percentage basis, they extend from... Read More
Nothing to see here
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 19, 2015. To see or not to see? It was hard not to notice the dramatic contrasts in two recent cases involving law enforcement video. In one, State... Read More
Carolina Comeback is very real
Over the next 12 months, expect to hear a great deal about the “Carolina Comeback.” It will be the reelection theme for Gov. Pat McCrory and other Republican leaders. And it will be the subject of... Read More
