NC Spin Articles

GOP claims union backing 'Moral Monday'

by Mark Binker, WRAL, July 13, 2015. The North Carolina Republican Party used a news conference in Winston-Salem Monday morning to spotlight what party leaders say is an unseemly connection between...    Read More

July 14, 2015


Mandating the way to higher health costs

The U.S. Supreme Court might have saved Obamacare from having to operate as written, but the landmark decision in King v. Burwell has not deterred those on the right side of the political debate...    Read More

July 14, 2015


A one-step fix for North Carolina's budget

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, July 12, 2015. There’s one person who can take one bold step to fix one big problem with the N.C. legislature’s budget process. It would be a politically risky...    Read More

July 13, 2015

State falls short in addressing coal ash fears

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 13, 2015. They live in places around North Carolina such as Salisbury, Moncure, Eden, Belews Creek and Wilmington. They live in Lumberton, site of a shuttered...    Read More

July 13, 2015

A foundation for growth

Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 13, 2015


Buncombe Bob or Bunkum Trump?

Would North Carolinians ever vote to elect Donald Trump or somebody like him? We did once. When we did, we proved that North Carolinians, like voters across America, can be attracted to tough-talking...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   July 13, 2015

State budget needs a swift resolution

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 11, 2015. State lawmakers head back to Raleigh Monday night after taking a post-July 4 vacation. They probably need the rest. There’s a lot of work left to...    Read More

July 12, 2015

Legislators face long, arduous summer

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, July 11, 2015. State lawmakers will return Monday to Raleigh from a weeklong holiday break to find a lot of unfinished business waiting for them. The first order of...    Read More

July 12, 2015


Amending Constitutions

As someone who views constitutional government as a basic institution of freedom, and constitutions as wielding near-divine authority, I retain what to some might be a surprising or even cavalier...    Read More

by John Hood   |   July 12, 2015