NC Spin Articles



Don't try to make sense of tax plan

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, April 12, 2015. The Republican plan for N.C. tax reform continues to come into focus in Raleigh. What’s the approach for the party in power? Comb the budget, scour...    Read More

April 14, 2015



Audit shows DHHS financial picture improving

The N.C. Department of Health and Human Services received a mixed checkup from the State Auditor’s Office on Monday in the first detailed financial audit of the department in nearly 20 years. It...    Read More

April 14, 2015

Tax changes bring costly surprises

The effects of Obamacare are showing up at tax time as last-minute filers discover they may owe money to the government rather than getting money back. And changes brought about by tax reform in North...    Read More

April 14, 2015



Twelve lousy ideas

The worst proposals thus far in the 2015 legislative session North Carolina lawmakers treated themselves and everyone else to a spring break this week. Committee meetings and floor votes were...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   April 13, 2015

Hillary's ready

Hillary Clinton’s announcement was so damn good it ought to end all the hand-wringing and bed-wetting in the Democratic Party. It won’t, of course, Democrats being Democrats. But she puts a stake...    Read More

April 13, 2015


Crossing the line

Pat’s attacking Phil’s tax cut plan, and the Senate’s Sales Tax Plan, and the Senate’s Religious Freedom Act (about gay marriage) was a mixed bag – after all, voters like tax cuts and are...    Read More

April 13, 2015