NC Spin Articles

Lessons in citizenship in short supply

Editorial by Burlington Times-News, December 31, 2014. In 1954, when the Supreme Court ruled that segregated public schools were unconstitutional, Chief Justice Earl Warren emphasized the importance...    Read More

January 1, 2015

A little nuance

A reporter at The Hill newspaper up in Washington let Jeb Bush have it right between the eyes, reporting there’s ‘no love lost’ between Bush and the Republican base and that in Iowa the Tea...    Read More

January 1, 2015



NC stocks rose faster than the market in 2014

Shares of the 50 largest publicly traded companies headquartered in North Carolina rose faster than the stock market as a whole in 2014, driven in part by a resurgence in mergers and acquisitions that...    Read More

January 1, 2015

New challenges for 2015

Editorial by Rocky Mount Telegram, December 31, 2014. North Carolina will pop the cork on a new year Wednesday night with a big milestone looming ahead. The state is likely to grow to 10 million...    Read More

January 1, 2015

Playing with taxes

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, December 31, 2014. Taxes continue to come down in North Carolina, and so do state revenues. According to leaders in Raleigh, this is driving an economic comeback...    Read More

January 1, 2015


GOP candidates are coming

Is North Carolina ready to be an early stop on the road to the White House? Thanks to recent legislation, the Tar Heel State has abandoned its traditionally late presidential primary, held in May...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 1, 2015

Use Common Core as the base for change

Last month, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush suggested to hundreds of lawmakers and education reformers gathered for his foundation’s annual summit that “the rigor of the Common Core State Standards...    Read More

December 31, 2014