NC Spin Articles

Fate of film incentives in lawmakers' hands

Finding the legislative willpower to extend North Carolina's film credits so coveted by film supporters in Wilmington, Charlotte and the state's other TV and movie towns will require the support of...    Read More

April 22, 2014


UNC Whistle blower resigns

by Dan Kane, News and Observer, April 21, 2014. Mary Willingham, a former learning specialist for athletes who exposed a long-standing academic fraud scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill, is resigning at the...    Read More

April 22, 2014


Coal ash fix worries environmentalists

The state’s chief environmental regulator may well be correct that a one-size-fits-all approach to coal ash cleanup may not work. John Skvarla, who heads the state Department of Environment and...    Read More

April 21, 2014


GOP: Teacher crisis started before McCrory

Wake County Republicans blame teacher resignations on Governor Pat McCrory's predecessors. Both sides agree teachers need a pay raise, but when it comes to why they haven't had one in five years...    Read More

April 21, 2014


Wake's teacher loss points to teacher shortage

Editorial by News and Observer, April 20, 2014. Kelly Nystrom is a teaching veteran and a fifth-grade teacher at a very good Wake County school, Underwood Elementary in Raleigh. She has a master’s...    Read More

April 21, 2014

What's left? Right and center

To make a long story short, the great debate in North Carolina politics concerns how state and local governments can best promote economic growth and opportunity. Opinions differ widely, as one might...    Read More

by John Hood   |   April 21, 2014



7th District GOP primary interesting to watch

The race for the Republican nomination in the 7th Congressional District has focused less on issues in Washington and more on the candidates’ personal and professional lives. Wilmington attorney...    Read More

April 20, 2014