NC Spin Articles


Moore: "They want to see us govern"

Rep. Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, spent the past four years as then-Speaker Thom Tillis' Rules Committee chairman, the affable technician who oiled the gears of legislative progress. In January, Moore...    Read More

November 27, 2014

Cheap advice

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 26, 2014. If the review of Common Core standards ordered by the state legislature is a waste of time, at least it’s not costing any money. The Academic...    Read More

November 27, 2014


People favor facts that fit their bias

Editorial from St. Louis Post-Dispatch, reprinted in Salisbury Post, November 25, 2014. From an editorial in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the Ferguson, Mo., case:  Except for sports teams and the...    Read More

November 26, 2014




Charitable contributions at four-year low in NC

New data released two days before Thanksgiving shows that charitable giving in the Tar Heel state from July 2013 to June 2014 was at its lowest in four years with residents giving $21.4 million. That...    Read More

November 26, 2014

Local boards know best on school calendars

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, November 22, 2014. The N. C. General Assembly’s passion in the past decade to micromanage school calendars stands among the most bone-headed of decisions. Ostensibly...    Read More

November 26, 2014

Prudence needed on budget

According to the latest monthly report from State Controller Linda Combs, the state of North Carolina has collected about $6.5 billion in General Fund revenue during the first four months of the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 26, 2014