State jobless rate rises in May
The state’s unemployment rate reversed course for the first time in 11 months during May, rising 0.2 percentage points to 6.4 percent, the N.C. Commerce Department reported Friday. The monthly... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Government spending remains high
Fiscal conservatives think government is too large, costs too much, and tries to do too much. Fiscal liberals think government is too small, spends too little, and doesn’t try to do enough. This is... Read More
Flim flam film incentives
Alysia Finley in a WSJ piece today breaks down the film flam game of the Hollywood industry, their dirty little secrets, special deals for their millionaires’ clubs, hustlers in for a quick hook... Read More
Nichol: Law takes a beating in NC voucher saga
by Gene Nichol, UNC professor, published in News and Observer, June 21, 2014. North Carolina’s move to introduce a voucher program, offering millions of public dollars to fund private schools, says... Read More
Pope: Freedom to criticize protected
by Art Pope, State Budget Director, published in News and Observer, June 21, 2014. In regard to Ned Barnett’s June 15 column, “ McKissick’s testimony irks Art Pope”: I was not simply irked... Read More
2016 close in North Carolina
PPP’s newest North Carolina poll previews what could be a pair of very competitive races come 2016. Hillary Clinton has slight leads over potential Republican presidential opponents while Governor... Read More
It wasn't 12,000 people....
The Old Bull Mooses in the State Senate had seen enough so they went on a rampage to repair Medicaid and, before they were done, they’d gored hospitals, doctors, the Governor and just about... Read More
Repealing tax cuts makes a moral budget possible for North Carolina
by Rev. William Barber, president NC NAACP, published in News and Observer, June 20, 2014. A budget is a moral document. Through it, we can measure a state’s values and its vision for the common... Read More
Stewardship, not just spending should be lawmaker focus
Last September Rep. David Price wrote a national column warning that “the appropriations process – that hallmark of Congress’ constitutional authority and wellspring of our power to conduct... Read More
A tangled web of lottery deception
by John Drescher, Executive Editor, News and Observer, June 20, 2014. Sir Walter Scott, the Scottish poet, was writing 200 years ago about the Battle of Flodden Field when he described a “tangled... Read More
