NC Spin Articles

Can cooler heads prevail to end session?

Late last week, it seemed like the only thing Republican House and Senate leaders could agree on was to get doused with cold water as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge social media craze raising money...    Read More

August 19, 2014





McCrory's mishandling of his Duke stock

Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 16, 2014. We’re not sure which is most upsetting: • That Gov. Pat McCrory owned a substantial amount of Duke Energy stock for his first 15 months in office...    Read More

August 18, 2014

Reforms grounded in history

When I’m not reading public-policy tomes for work or escapist science fiction for play, any book you’ll find in my hands will probably be a work of history. To study history is not to dwell in the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   August 18, 2014


Necessary restructuring

Critics of the Republican-led General Assembly allege that the teacher-pay raise included in this year’s state budget could have been implemented in a much simpler fashion: by giving across-the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   August 17, 2014

Think big on education, Jim Hunt says

The main problem with education policy in North Carolina? Former Gov. Jim Hunt sums it up concisely: "They're asking the wrong question," he says, referring to the current governor and state lawmakers...    Read More

August 17, 2014



'Irreparable harm' in voting laws

Local leaders are disappointed by last week’s decision to deny an injunction that would have halted controversial GOP-enacted voting measures before the November election, but they are vowing to use...    Read More

August 17, 2014