NC payrolls expand in September
In September, employers in North Carolina added 14,000 more payroll jobs than they cut (+0.3 percent), due entirely to hiring in the private sector. The monthly household survey, meanwhile, recorded a... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Hood: Latest N.C. jobs report contains 'excellent' news
John Hood has sifted through the numbers associated with North Carolina’s latest employment report. He likes what he sees: RALEIGH — The latest federal employment report delivers excellent news... Read More
Zane: Kay Hagan has a dismal record in Senate
Thom Tillis is wrong. Kay Hagan has done plenty in the Senate. She has rubber-stamped President Obama’s major economic programs – including the trillion-dollar stimulus that failed to find... Read More
Tillis: NC should consider expanding Medicaid
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Thom Tillis covered familiar ground in an appearance on a cable TV news show carried live Tuesday night: calling for fewer regulations and more security on immigration... Read More
WRAL poll: Senate race remains a toss-up
Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan holds a narrow lead over Republican challenger Thom Tillis with only two weeks left until the Nov. 4 election, according to an exclusive WRAL News poll released... Read More
Advertising makes a difference
I know my editors will appreciate it, but I promise I’m not pandering when I say this: advertising gets results. Although academic scolds and professional worrywarts have been complaining about... Read More
Slashing revenues isn't 'supporting public education'
In a recent letter to the editor, Buncombe County School Board Chairman Bob Rhinehart praised N.C. House Rep. Nathan Ramsey (R-District 115) as a “strong supporter of public schools... Read More
The rising solar wave
Despite the right wing’s cynical sabotage efforts, the momentum for solar energy keeps building Looking for some good news on what can seem at times these days to be a rather bleak public policy... Read More
2014's Most outrageous campaign mailers
Deep inside the bowels of North Carolina politics, a contest is under way (Not really, but play along for fun). The competition aims to find the political ad designer who contrives the most outrageous... Read More
Flawed regulations let billionaires buy Senators
Editorial by Fayetteville Observer, October 20, 2014. Regardless of the outcome of this year's U.S. Senate race between incumbent Kay Hagan and state House Speaker Thom Tillis, North Carolina voters... Read More
