NC Spin Articles

Jeff Jackson: Prophet

Yesterday I quoted at length from Senator Jeff Jackson’s speech on the legislature’s budget process. Today we learn what a prophet “the new kid” was.   Jackson said on the floor last week...    Read More

August 7, 2014




Art Pope stepping down as budget director

by John Frank, News and Observer, August 6, 2014. North Carolina Budget Director Art Pope, a prominent conservative donor with broad influence and loud critics, is leaving the top post in Gov. Pat...    Read More

August 7, 2014

Tillis rebounds against Hagan in Civitas Poll

The latest Civitas Institute Poll shows that House Speaker Thom Tillis has edged back into the lead in a head-to-head matchup with Sen. Kay Hagan in the U.S. Senate race. When voters were asked about...    Read More

August 7, 2014



Art's grocery

A year ago I didn’t know anything about food deserts and food insecurity. I’ve learned, thanks to my dedicated young friends at the Jamie Kirk Hahn Foundation and at the Interfaith Food Shuttle...    Read More

August 6, 2014

Who won?

The Governor lined his cabinet secretaries up in a row, sat down behind a table, clenched his fist, looked straight into the cameras and said there’d been tough, tense negotiations but he’d...    Read More

August 6, 2014

Governor steps in as legislature goes home

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, August 5, 2014. Give Gov. Pat McCrory credit for stepping up as North Carolina legislators packed their bags to go home. Granted, the governor’s decision to order...    Read More

August 6, 2014


Who's directing this legislative traffic jam

Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, August 6, 2014. They're going home. No, they're staying in Raleigh. Sort of. But don't count on it. So it goes with a "short session" that's anything but. The...    Read More

August 6, 2014