Martin calls for coal ash compromise
As the state legislature continues to idle over a stalemate among House and Senate Republicans, a Wake County lawmaker is calling for action on a stalled coal ash clean-up plan. After the Dan River... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Remembering the Negro League
He is number 42," I said. On a baseball outing with my daughter’s family the other night, I was trying to find the name of a player on the Durham Bulls baseball team while the Bulls were playing a... Read More
Can cooler heads prevail to end session?
Late last week, it seemed like the only thing Republican House and Senate leaders could agree on was to get doused with cold water as part of the Ice Bucket Challenge social media craze raising money... Read More
An open letter to the NC House on HB 1224
Dear Representative, You are to be commended on another successful session, moving North Carolina to more economic freedom, prosperity and a more limited government. After transformational tax... Read More
Gov. McCrory's actions on coal ash will tell us what we need to know
Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, August 17, 2014. Gov. Pat McCrory says it was an honest mistake. His lawyer, a man he trusted to be his general counsel on matters of state law, misunderstood some... Read More
Blocking NC's Medicaid expansion takes a heavy toll
Editorial by News and Observer, August 16, 2014. The Republican-led General Assembly plans to address ways to reform Medicaid in its next session, but there’s one thing it won’t do to the program... Read More
McCrory's mishandling of his Duke stock
Editorial by Charlotte Observer, August 16, 2014. We’re not sure which is most upsetting: • That Gov. Pat McCrory owned a substantial amount of Duke Energy stock for his first 15 months in office... Read More
Reforms grounded in history
When I’m not reading public-policy tomes for work or escapist science fiction for play, any book you’ll find in my hands will probably be a work of history. To study history is not to dwell in the... Read More
Necessary restructuring
Critics of the Republican-led General Assembly allege that the teacher-pay raise included in this year’s state budget could have been implemented in a much simpler fashion: by giving across-the... Read More
Think big on education, Jim Hunt says
The main problem with education policy in North Carolina? Former Gov. Jim Hunt sums it up concisely: "They're asking the wrong question," he says, referring to the current governor and state lawmakers... Read More
