NC Spin Articles


Congress must act

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 22, 2014. State legislators rarely paused to think last year while enacting far-reaching policy changes. Regulatory reform, tax reform, election reform...    Read More

March 22, 2014



Film incentives no winner for NC

Predictably, filmmakers, television producers and their associated special interest groups immediately sprang into action when the N.C. General Assembly passed a tax reform law in 2013 that would...    Read More

March 22, 2014

Make judiciary discipline process open again

Editorial by News and Observer, March 21, 2014. So if there is a proposal to change the way complaints against judges are handled, specifically to deny the public access to the process, who would be...    Read More

March 22, 2014

Do companies have a moral compass

This coming week, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in what is likely to be one of the most contentious cases of the year: Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores. The case consolidates two lower...    Read More

March 22, 2014


Fracking, drilling and spilling

A federal criminal investigation. A massive, destructive spill. Deliberate pumping of bad stuff into water that people drink.   Is this a description of the current Duke Energy debacle? Or a preview...    Read More

March 21, 2014

Public records shouldn't cost $54 an hour

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, March 19, 2014. One of the responsibilities of public employees in a government office is to be able provide records upon request to the people who pay the employees...    Read More

March 21, 2014

Beyond the curtain of insurance rates

Editorial by Jacksonville Daily News, March 20, 2014. Coastal North Carolina home­owners who have seen their insurance premiums skyrocket during the past decade or so deserve a better explanation as...    Read More

March 21, 2014


Now you see it….

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, March 20, 2014. Once described as a “fierce urgency” and a major priority, the subject of climate change is slowly disappearing from state environmental agency...    Read More

March 21, 2014