NC Spin Articles

UNC System progress

When Republicans won their legislative majorities in 2010 and expanded them in 2012, they ran on a platform of fiscal conservatism and reform. They’ve largely delivered on it. Tax and regulatory...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 7, 2014

Harming health care

Editorial by Greenville Daily Reflector, September 6, 2014. Turning back the clock on four decades of advances in health care for rural, underserved communities is no way to lessen state budget...    Read More

September 7, 2014



An empty race for the US Senate

Editorial by News and Observer, September 6, 2014. The race between Democratic U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan and her Republican challenger, House Speaker Thom Tillis, already stands as the most expensive Senate...    Read More

September 7, 2014

'Kay' and 'Speaker Tillis'

Candidates and their advisers spend a lot of time during debate prep thinking about how to address their opponent, so it was no happenstance that Tillis called Hagan “Kay” and she called him...    Read More

September 6, 2014

A costly blunder

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, September 6, 2014. North Carolina’s Republican leaders made a shortsighted decision in 2013 to reject Medicaid coverage for more residents. A new report by...    Read More

September 6, 2014


If I were in charge of the special session

More groups keep coming out urging Gov. McCrory to call a special legislative session to expand corporate welfare programs, along with extending targeted tax credits, especially the credits for the...    Read More

September 6, 2014

Constructive conservatism at work in NC

Democratic politicians and liberal activists in North Carolina are frustrated. When Republicans won the legislature in 2010 and began implementing conservative reforms, the Left pushed back forcefully...    Read More

by John Hood   |   September 6, 2014

Bold, brave moves for education in NC

Let us be bold. Let us be brave. Let us be together. These words, spoken by Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry, can equally apply to the monumental steps the N.C. General Assembly and Gov. Pat McCrory took this...    Read More

September 6, 2014