NC Spin Articles

Budget writers reach agreement on framework

Top leaders in the House and Senate say they have agreed to the framework that will allow them to complete a budget deal in the coming week – a month behind schedule. According to multiple sources...    Read More

July 27, 2014


Is the bear bored?

President Obama has taken to slipping the surly bonds of office, going out to Starbucks for a coffee, asking friends to set up late dinners with interesting, intellectually stimulating people (as...    Read More

July 26, 2014


A useful summary of the session

The best one line summary of much of this legislative session came from the N.C. Medical Society Thursday in a statement about the Senate Medicaid plan that turns over the health care program for the...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   July 26, 2014

Let's try talking the gov's language

For Pat McCrory, being governor of North Carolina is a series of political considerations. This is not an uncommon nor a horrible thing. McCrory, like most politicians, would like to get elected again...    Read More

July 26, 2014

State tax cut costs ballooning

New figures from legislative analysts confirm the 2013 cut to individual income tax rates is costing the state far more than originally projected. Last year, Republican leaders authored a plan to cut...    Read More

July 26, 2014


Modern political debate

It sure looks, Richard said politely, like John Boehner could have found something else to sue President Obama over. Fifty-four times John Boehner and the Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare...    Read More

July 25, 2014

GOP lite or real Dems

It’s an argument I’ve heard for 40 years: “Southern Democrats, meet your future: No more Republican lite.”   That’s the headline on a recent article by Bob Moser, Senior Editor at the...    Read More

July 25, 2014



Anti-urban sentiment troubling

Editorial by Durham Herald-Sun, July 24, 2014. The legislative majority’s disdain for the state’s largest cities continued to surface this week, this time in a bill to cap the county-controlled...    Read More

July 25, 2014