NC Spin Articles

Hagan sidesteps Democratic Party turmoil

Having lost its grip on political power in North Carolina, the state’s Democratic Party has the chance to prove its mettle by helping Kay Hagan retain the Senate seat she won in 2008. But internal...    Read More

July 23, 2014

Hagan widens lead on Tillis

The latest PPP poll shows incumbent Democratic Senator Kay Hagan growing a lead over Republican State House Speaker Thom Tillis. Hagan leads Tillis 41/34 with Libertarian Sean Haugh receiving 8% of...    Read More

July 23, 2014

Neither Hagan nor Tillis is a winger

Hardly a day goes by that I don’t get a news release from some partisan source that says a) that Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan is too left-wing to represent North Carolina or b) that GOP Senate...    Read More

July 23, 2014


Medicaid match

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, July 23, 2014. In his first year as governor, Pat McCrory often said he was stepping on toes of both Democrats and Republicans. Few Republican toes seemed to be...    Read More

July 23, 2014


What's the plan on incentives?

For a couple of years now, we've heard that the Republicans who control the General Assembly want to stop "picking winners and losers" and eliminate as many of the tax credits, loopholes, special...    Read More

July 22, 2014


State taxpayers taken for a ride

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, July 21, 2014. Ever wonder about all the nooks and crannies where your tax dollars go? Here’s one a lot of people don’t even know about. It will likely have you...    Read More

July 22, 2014

64 and 48

They’re not highway numbers, or ages. They are the two big numbers driving North Carolina’s education debate this year.   When you take an eight-miles-high view of the legislature, setting aside...    Read More

July 22, 2014

No unity found in Common Core

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, July 21, 2014. It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. The cream of America’s policy and education establishment came together with unprecedented swiftness to...    Read More

July 22, 2014


Energy needn't be a source of pollution

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, July 21, 2014. Who wants a fuel-prospecting operation or power plant in the neighborhood? Sure, a lot of money can be made with fracking - if they find anything...    Read More

July 22, 2014