NC Spin Articles

Facing thorny challenges of online education

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 5, 2013. State audits aren’t conducted to make public officials look bad but, nonetheless, that’s the result for Superintendent of Public Instruction...    Read More

December 7, 2013

State needs new road map

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, December 3, 2013. North Carolina has the largest state-maintained highway network in the United States, but unless  public officials can come up with a long-term...    Read More

December 7, 2013

McCrory, days gone by

Gov. Pat McCrory is clearly smarting over what he perceives as unfair treatment by the media. A recent column by longtime Charlotte Observer reporter, editor and editorialist Taylor Batten provides...    Read More

December 6, 2013




How to keep good teachers? Fix the jobs

North Carolina’s report on teacher turnover for the last school year, released Wednesday, came just after I had read a compelling article in The Atlantic called “Why Do Teachers Quit?” and in...    Read More

December 6, 2013


Stats show Alamance deputies profile Latinos

Two university professors hired by the U.S. Department of Justice to analyze traffic stops by the Alamance County Sheriff's Office say statistical data conclusively shows deputies there are racially...    Read More

December 6, 2013

State Medicaid reform remains moving target

The Medicaid proposal at the core of an ambitious reform effort has morphed significantly since it was announced in April. Instead of the state bringing in three or four insurance companies or other...    Read More

December 6, 2013

Right to assemble

Editorial by Greensboro Daily News, December 5, 2013. Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton brushed aside constitutional claims Wednesday and convicted a dozen Moral Monday demonstrators of...    Read More

December 5, 2013