NC Spin Articles






Pivot back to the markets

Over the past four years, state policymakers in Raleigh have adopted a series of sweeping changes in public policy, including a new state tax code, school choice, new energy policies, election laws...    Read More

by John Hood   |   February 25, 2015



Healthcare system meltdown?

Thirty-five years ago, Hollywood made the American public aware of something called “The China Syndrome” – a vivid and terrifying descriptive term for the potentially devastating consequences...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   February 24, 2015

Republicans can cure Democrats' disarray

At the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting, an internal report says the party is in disarray. It lacks a coherent message and the ability to motivate its base, the report says. To win...    Read More

February 24, 2015

Move N.C. presidential primary to March 1

We haven’t had a meaningful Republican presidential primary in North Carolina since Ronald Reagan’s victory in 1976. Since then, our May primaries have had little impact, since the states that...    Read More

February 24, 2015


UNC controversy puts spotlight on poverty

A silver lining in the highly politicized controversy over whether to close a center on poverty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is the new attention it focused on the plight of the...    Read More

February 24, 2015