NC Spin Articles

Manning asks officials tough questions

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, April 11, 2015. N.C. Superior Court Judge Howard Manning hauled state education officials into court last week to ask them what the N.C. Department of Public...    Read More

April 13, 2015

Serious people make silly claim

North Carolina routinely routes tax dollars to private service providers — both directly, in the form of Medicaid reimbursements and college tuition grants, as well as indirectly, in the form of...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 13, 2015

Save our ship - again

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, April 10, 2015. Mayday! Mayday! The Battleship North Carolina has sent out a distress call and it's up to the good folks of North Carolina to do as their fellow Tar...    Read More

April 12, 2015




Ready for Hillary or ready for a fight

The debate in the Democratic Party isn’t even whether Hillary Clinton should be the nominee. It’s whether anyone should even have the audacity to challenge her.   This is truly remarkable, when...    Read More

April 10, 2015



Taming high healthcare bills

Skin in the game.” The phrase pops up frequently in health insurance discussions, as it did twice in the recent Charlotte Observer article about high deductible policies (“A Growing Risk: High...    Read More

April 10, 2015

McCrory wants bond referendum in November

Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration wants the legislature to schedule a special election this November to let voters decide on a pair of proposals to borrow up to $2.8 billion to build new roads and...    Read More

April 10, 2015


2013 tax changes now showing up on NC returns

As people scramble to meet the April 15 deadline for filing tax returns, many in North Carolina are seeing the impact of the state tax overhaul lawmakers passed in 2013. While Republicans say most...    Read More

April 10, 2015