Candidates at starting line
Incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan has been running hard for reelection for more than a year. Republican nominee Thom Tillis, the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, has been... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Obama's summer bummer
Ten years ago this month, Barack Obama first streaked across the political skies with a rousing Democratic Convention speech in which he famously proclaimed there wasn’t a red America and a blue... Read More
Coal ash "fix" promises to be neither prompt nor adequate
If ever there was a subject on which critics of North Carolina’s current state political leadership and its serial inactivity when it comes to protecting the environment would love to be proved... Read More
Pockets of poverty
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, August 26, 2014. It was jarring a few weeks ago to hear a Republican state senator warn of “two North Carolinas where the rich continue to get richer and the... Read More
Voters will decide whether felony criminal defendants can waive jury trials
Criminal defendants charged with all but the most serious felonies would be able to have a judge, rather than a jury of their peers, decide whether they are guilty or innocent if voters approve a... Read More
Incumbents squash challengers in fundraising
Chalk it up as another way that incumbent legislators in general have a distinct advantage over challengers in N.C. General Assembly races this and every other election year. Besides the name... Read More
McCrory likely to sign coal ash bill despite concerns
Gov. Pat McCrory appears ready to sign a bill regulating coal ash despite his concerns that it unconstitutionally usurps his power to appoint the majority of an oversight commission, a provision that... Read More
NC officials need to listen to fracking opponents on rules
Editorial by News and Observer, August 25, 2014. Republicans who successfully pushed North Carolina into an accelerated schedule for fracking speak of it as an utterly safe procedure that will lead to... Read More
Hagan criticizes Obama on veterans issues ahead of his Charlotte visit
by Jim Morrill, News and Observer, August 23, 2014. Three weeks after signing into law a major overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama will come to Charlotte Tuesday to... Read More
Healthy tourism
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 18, 2014. Tourism in North Carolina is a $20 billion-a-year industry, and that's only counting what visitors – traveling for recreation or on business... Read More
