NC Spin Articles


Democratic primary deja vu?

A couple weeks ago, Democrats were having difficulty landing just one candidate to go up against Richard Burr. Now, they might have multiple. No one’s officially declared yet, but several folks have...    Read More

August 14, 2015

We want a budget - but not a bad one

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, August 13, 2015. We’re tempted to say, enough already. The General Assembly is unconscionably overdue in passing a state budget for a fiscal year that began six weeks...    Read More

August 14, 2015


Budget battle: How much to spend?

As the House and Senate work toward a final state budget compromise for this fiscal year, it’s sometimes difficult to separate serious legislative proposals that have a chance of passing both...    Read More

August 14, 2015

Steal the wealth

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 14, 2015. Guilford County isn’t the richest county in the state, but it collects more sales-tax revenue than most. It would keep less of it under a Senate...    Read More

August 14, 2015



Moore: Budget deal in sight

House Speaker Tim Moore said House and Senate budget negotiators will likely strike a deal on the bottom-line number Thursday, clearing the way for work on a final spending plan. "Conversations are...    Read More

August 14, 2015

Lessons from the Halifax takeover

This week the N.C. State Board of Education sent a letter to the Halifax County Board of Education declaring that state education officials “will take a more direct role in the district’s budget...    Read More

August 14, 2015



Tears in the mansion

Once upon a time, crying in public was political suicide. (See Ed Muskie, 1972, in the snows of New Hampshire.) Now, we’re more in touch with politicians who are more in touch with their feelings...    Read More

August 13, 2015