NC Spin Articles



McCrory vetoes bill over review board changes

Gov. Pat McCrory vetoed a bill Tuesday that would have kept the minimum number of unemployment insurance benefits at 12 weeks because of his concern about how appointees to a review board were changed...    Read More

June 25, 2014


Which Carolina is ahead?

Within hours of the announcement last week that two Charlotte-based companies, LPL Financial and The Lash Group, would relocate thousands of jobs across the border to South Carolina, political and...    Read More

by John Hood   |   June 25, 2014

Crocodile tears?

Each year hospitals pay the state $135 million which, through some mysterious alchemy, morphs into the federal government paying the state a second $135 million (to care for Medicaid patients...    Read More

June 24, 2014

Moral Monday strikes its tent

by Civitas Review online, June 23, 2014. So it was just a show all along. At the Monday rally at Halifax Mall, the Rev. William Barber announced that it was the last Moral Monday rally. It was no...    Read More

June 24, 2014



Duke says coal ash clean deadlines unrealistic

Officials with Duke Energy said Monday that adhering to a proposed timeline for decommissioning coal ash basins across the state could be difficult, as closing procedures will vary widely from site to...    Read More

June 24, 2014



McCrory directs budget cuts

As the June 30 budget deadline looms with no legislative deal in the works, Gov. Pat McCrory is instructing state agencies to prepare for what, for many, would be the worst-case scenario. According to...    Read More

June 24, 2014