NC Spin Articles

Coal ash bill improves clean-up plan

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, June 16, 2014. The coal-ash train in Raleigh is moving again, and in the right direction. A Senate bill, which had its first committee hearing on Monday, proposes a...    Read More

June 17, 2014






19 arrested in Moral Monday protests

by Katelyn Ferrall, Associated Press, published on WRAL.com, June 16, 2014. Hundreds of legislative protesters on Monday tested the limits of a new court order uprooting rules that they said were...    Read More

June 17, 2014


What we learned last week

What was the lesson we were taught twice last week? Once by Dave Brat, the congressional candidate who defeated House Majority Leader, Eric Cantor? And again by the insurgent forces of ISIS (Islamic...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   June 17, 2014

Lottery money adds up to a reckless budget

As the 2014 legislative session opened, a business lobbyist explained the incentives House Speaker Thom Tillis, Republican U.S. Senate nominee, had for seeking quick adjournment. Among other reasons...    Read More

June 17, 2014