NC Spin Articles

Where does NC tax climate rank this year?

The Tax Foundation today released its new 2016 State Business Tax Climate Index. True to its name, the Index ranks the 50 states according to how conducive each state's tax code is to job creation...    Read More

November 18, 2015


Former SEANC director: 'I am a thief'

A longtime director of the State Employees Association of North Carolina pleaded guilty Tuesday to fraud charges after he used more than $570,000 of the organization's money for personal expenses...    Read More

November 18, 2015


Another way to cut taxes

Over the past five years, North Carolina has become a more attractive place to work, live, invest, and do business. The state tax burden is lower — by hundreds of millions of dollars a year — and...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 18, 2015

Why should NC halt Syrian influx?

Gov. Pat McCrory has asked the federal government to stop sending Syrians to resettle in North Carolina, until NC officials are assured there are no terrorists mingled with innocent refugees. Speaking...    Read More

November 17, 2015

Burr: Obama has no strategy to defeat ISIS

President Obama has no strategy to defeat ISIS, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told John Dickerson, host of the CBS news program “Face the Nation” Sunday morning...    Read More

November 17, 2015




Weak as water

How do you figure it? Obama’s sending fifty soldiers to Iraq to whip ISIS. Fifty soldiers. We’re at war with the craziest bunch of mean-eyed terrorists anyone’s laid eyes on since Genghis Khan...    Read More

November 17, 2015


Give back Keith contributions

When video sweepstakes executive Chase Burns sent about $270,000 in campaign donations to dozens of North Carolina state lawmakers and Gov. Pat McCrory in 2012, it was clear what he wanted. He wanted...    Read More

November 17, 2015