Crime rate drops...again
Editorial by News and Observer, September 6, 2013. One criminologist, commenting on the state Department of Justice report that overall crime in North Carolina was down for the fifth year in a row... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Business leaders support common core
The Common Core State Standards for career and college readiness have been the subject of much debate across the nation and in North Carolina. As our children go back to school, it’s important to... Read More
McCrory’s bumpy first year comes at Republican hands
Unlike most states, where a governor shares a state capitol building with the state legislature, there is a physical remove between North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s office and the building in which... Read More
Patients need, and will soon have, a better way to compare health costs
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, September 5, 2013. Susie Yeuell was twice bitten – first by a feral kitten and then by the billing department of New Hanover Regional Medical Center, where she had... Read More
State Board of Elections decisions turn back voter suppression
Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, September 5, 2013. Voter suppression has no place in a 21st century democracy. This week, several efforts to suppress the votes of college students were rightly... Read More
A Heart Attack?
The Governor climbed into the ring with the State House Monday morning and thirty minutes later he was lying sprawled flat on his back on the canvas then, the next morning, he climbed back into the... Read More
Community Colleges key to new markets
Editorial from Greenville Daily Reflector, September 4, 2013. North Carolina Commerce Secretary Sharon A. Decker recently told The Daily Reflector the state’s ability to meet the needs of emerging... Read More
More pay questions at DHHS
The News and Observer’s Lynn Bonner digs in a little deeper to the ongoing pay and personnel issues at the Department of Health and Human Services, this time looking at the pay for a “senior... Read More
Extended Futility
About a year ago, we introduced the term, "Hartmann's Law," on NCSpin. The definition of Hartmann's Law is: Never create more enemies than you can handle at the time. Hartmann's Law is the political... Read More
McCrory puzzles
Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 6, 2013. People struggling to understand Pat McCrory might give up after Wednesday. The governor delighted some, angered others and confused most... Read More
