NC Spin Articles


It's nothing but net

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, North Carolina added some 11,000 jobs in April and nearly 107,000 jobs over the 12-month period. That’s a annual growth rate in payroll employment...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 1, 2015

The power of the veto

Give Governor McCrory credit. He did the right thing by vetoing the magistrates/same-sex marriage bill. And it’s good politics. This should be a wakeup call for Democrats who think he’ll be a...    Read More

May 31, 2015


A little devilment

Just about every morning a group of MCO promoters (the Carolina Partnership for Reform) drop an email into legislators mailboxes and the other morning they gave legislators a list of 15 states and...    Read More

May 31, 2015


Veto should be the end of the matter

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, May 30, 2015. The governor’s veto was swift - and that’s where the story should end. If the state legislature goes for an override – which it likely has the...    Read More

May 31, 2015


Do they really care what we think?

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, May 31, 2015. Even as they are shoving their current, well-qualified president out of the door, for reasons never spoken, the UNC Board of Governors is seeking...    Read More

May 31, 2015


McCrory: More vetoes coming

North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory made a surprise appearance at the quarterly meeting of the state’s public-private economic development board Friday morning, asking for support for economic financial...    Read More

May 31, 2015


What are these young people thinking?

That's the question pollsters, pundits and politicians want to know. The Millenials, those under 35 years of age, think differently, act differently and will vote differently. To find out what they...    Read More

May 29, 2015