2013 Another weak year for job growth
Over the course of 2013, employers in North Carolina added 64,500 more payroll jobs than they cut (+1.6 percent), due entirely to hiring in the private sector. Yet both the absolute number of jobs... Read More
NC Spin Articles
NC Jobless rate falls to 6.9 percent
North Carolina's unemployment rate dropped to 6.9 percent in December, its lowest level in more than five years, but Tuesday's news came with signals that the rapid fall was related to thousands of... Read More
How North Carolina (surprisingly) became a leader in ACA
While North Carolina has refused to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and many politicians continue to complain about the federal health exchange, the roll-out of Obamacare in N.C. tells a... Read More
Politics and morality - a dangerous mix for Barber and NC
I agree with liberals on many issues, especially on the separation of church and state. Religion can be a vital force in our personal lives, but it has no place in politics. This is why the Rev... Read More
Commerce delays move to public-private partnership
by Patrick Gannon, The Insider, published in Charlotte Observer, January 29, 2014. Citing a desire to get it right, state commerce officials are slowing down the planned move of the job recruiting and... Read More
Burr introduces new health plan in Senate
On the eve of the president’s State of the Union speech, Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina on Monday offered a plan to repeal Barack Obama’s signature accomplishment, the... Read More
State must fix food stamp problem
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, January 27, 2014. The federal government is losing its patience with North Carolina’s administration of the food stamp program, and so should North Carolina’s... Read More
McCrory is right; don't appeal abortion ruling
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, January 28, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory has it right. North Carolina should not appeal a federal judge’s ruling striking down the state’s requirement that women seeking... Read More
Republican legislator blasts Governor and House members for puppy mill bill
by John Frank, published in Charlotte Observer, January 28, 2014. A leading Republican state senator accused Gov. Pat McCrory of a “flagrant violation of power” and used crude language to deride... Read More
Farm bill would cut food stamps 1 percent
A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural... Read More
