NC Spin Articles


The TV mirror

Here’s the worst thing about all those negative political ads on TV: They mirror our national psyche right now.   You can blame the politicians and their consultants. But they’re giving you what...    Read More

October 22, 2014




NC payrolls expand in September

In September, employers in North Carolina added 14,000 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.3 percent), due entirely to hiring in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded a...    Read More

October 22, 2014



Zane: Kay Hagan has a dismal record in Senate

Thom Tillis is wrong. Kay Hagan has done plenty in the Senate. She has rubber-stamped President Obama’s major economic programs – including the trillion-dollar stimulus that failed to find...    Read More

October 22, 2014

Tillis: NC should consider expanding Medicaid

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis covered familiar ground in an appearance on a cable TV news show carried live Tuesday night: calling for fewer regulations and more security on immigration...    Read More

October 22, 2014

WRAL poll: Senate race remains a toss-up

Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Thom Tillis with only two weeks left until the Nov. 4 election, according to an exclusive WRAL News poll released...    Read More

October 22, 2014


Advertising makes a difference

I know my editors will appreciate it, but I promise I’m not pandering when I say this: advertising gets results. Although academic scolds and professional worrywarts have been complaining about...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 22, 2014