NC Spin Articles

State budget uncertain on income, costs

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, September 15, 2014. Lawmakers in the last two years have changed the revenue game in North Carolina. They rewrote most of the tax code and introduced new variables...    Read More

September 16, 2014

Political pill

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 16, 2014. Thom Tillis surprised many viewers during the first U.S. Senate debate when he endorsed over-the-counter sales of oral contraceptives, but he...    Read More

September 16, 2014

Exonerations shake faith in system

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, September 10, 2014. Law enforcement officers, prosecutors and judges “get it right” many, many more times than they get it wrong, but a string of notorious...    Read More

September 16, 2014


Roll credits

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 14, 2014. It looks like one of our state legislature’s new policies is going to lead to a significant increase in an important and creative...    Read More

September 15, 2014

Elon poll shows Hagan with lead

Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has opened a four-point lead over her challenger in the November elections, according to the latest Elon University Poll. Hagan leads Thom Tillis, the Republican speaker...    Read More

September 15, 2014

Hagan widening lead, poll says

by Mark Binker, WRAL, September 15, 2014. Raleigh polling firm American Insights is rolling out a new poll Monday that shows Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has a 9 percentage point lead among likely...    Read More

September 15, 2014



New lessons from old wars

At the end of a two-day conference about World War I at UNC-Chapel Hill, I asked a leading military historian what approach he would recommend to the United States to deal with the challenge of ISIS...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   September 15, 2014

Workers gain from freedom

When governors and state legislatures make their economies freer — through tax relief, regulatory relief, and labor-market reforms — who stands to benefit? According to labor unions and other left...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 15, 2014


NC Medicaid program still broken

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 13, 2014. North Carolina taxpayers have spent more than $7.2 million on consultants for the department that administers Medicaid and other human services...    Read More

September 14, 2014