NC Spin Articles

Medicaid revamped, TAs cut in Senate budget

Thousands of teaching assistants would be eliminated from classrooms statewide over the next two years, the Medicaid program would be handled by a mix of managed care organizations and groups of...    Read More

June 16, 2015

Senate leaders tout smaller budget plan

by Laura Leslie, WRAL, June 15, 2015. State Senate leaders held a news conference Monday to preview their $21.47 billion budget proposal, substantially smaller than the state House's $22.1 billion...    Read More

June 16, 2015

Solar energy deserves strong state support

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 15, 2015. A group of lawmakers in Raleigh wants to pull down the shades on this state's thriving solar-energy business. The state, they say, is spending too...    Read More

June 15, 2015




Advance statistics show retreat

North Carolina’s economy grew slower in 2014 than in 2013, according to data released last week by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. BEA is the federal agency that tracks the gross domestic...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 15, 2015


Senate out of step with new tax cut plan

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, June 13, 2015. Republican N.C. Senate leaders last week rolled out a sweeping tax-cut plan that almost undoubtably will extend the legislative session and further...    Read More

June 14, 2015

Signs of political independence

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, June 13, 2015. Recent actions in Raleigh and Washington offer a rare and refreshing reminder that politicians are not always in lockstep with their party. Some...    Read More

June 14, 2015

Attend to needs before cutting more taxes

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 14, 2015. A bill in the General Assembly sets up a study to determine why teachers leave North Carolina. Why bother? There's no mystery here. Despite some...    Read More

June 14, 2015


Three reasons the future is conservative

The clichй is that conservatives are stuck in the past, but the truth is that our ideas provide the best way to move into a turbulent future. Of course, conservatives respect the past and draw...    Read More

June 13, 2015