NC Spin Articles


Voters call foul on political games

An Elon Poll released in late November revealed what many voters have already long known - people are fed up with politicians. Every major elected official polled by Elon had negative approval ratings...    Read More

December 9, 2013



Coalition wants to end gerrymandered districts

A coalition of groups is trying to take the politics out of the most political activity in state government: drawing legislative and congressional districts. The latest effort to end gerrymandering...    Read More

December 9, 2013

Labor market on the mend

North Carolina’s economy isn’t behaving the way it was supposed to. According to liberal critics of Gov. Pat McCrory and the leadership of the General Assembly, the state should be losing its...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 9, 2013



A bridge too far

His comments may have been over the top, but state Transportation Secretary Tony Tata has this much right: A lawsuit that has stopped a replacement span for the Bonner Bridge callously disregards the...    Read More

December 8, 2013

Key indicators foretell better days for economy

Editorial by Winston-Salem Journal, December 8, 2013 Two recent developments on the economic front bode well for the Triad and North Carolina going into 2014: The state’s unemployment rate continues...    Read More

December 8, 2013

Fickle tax reform

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 8, 2013. North Carolina residents soon will learn more about the tax cuts enacted this year by the state legislature. For many, the initial lesson will...    Read More

December 8, 2013


Ellmers: Obamacare wages war on women

by Sandy Fitzgerald, Newsmax, December 8, 2013. Obamacare is an example of the "war on women," North Carolina Rep. Renee Ellmers said in Saturday's weekly GOP address,  as the Obama administration...    Read More

December 8, 2013