NC Spin Articles

Cash woes plague NC courts, not only problem

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 6, 2014. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Martin made a pitch last week for more funding for North Carolina's judicial system. The already-strapped...    Read More

October 6, 2014

Good news on taxes

Except when complaining that North Carolina isn’t giving enough targeted tax incentives to Hollywood studios, solar-panel manufacturers, and commercial real-estate developers, liberals contend that...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 6, 2014

Little appeal for altering Nov. 4 election

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, October 4, 2014. It makes sense to allow this election to proceed according to the former rules until a lawsuit challenging North Carolina’s new voting...    Read More

October 5, 2014


Weight of polls

The first and only time I ever helped take a political survey was during my undergraduate days at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill back in the 1980s. I was one of many journalism students...    Read More

by John Hood   |   October 5, 2014





Dems pin hopes for Senate majority on NC race

by Cameron Joseph, The Hill, October 3, 2014. The North Carolina Senate race might end up being a rare bright spot for Democrats in November. Sen. Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) is showing a surprising resiliency...    Read More

October 4, 2014

Feds override NC on draining coal ash dumps

Federal environmental officials spurred North Carolina regulators to reverse a policy allowing Duke Energy to drain massive amounts of polluted wastewater from its coal ash dumps directly into the...    Read More

October 4, 2014