McCrory Promise Tracker
WRAL’s Mark Binker has catalogued the promises candidate Pat McCrory made on the campaign trail and has organized them on the WRAL.com website to track how well Governor McCrory keeps his promises... Read More
NC Spin Articles
What Pat McCrory Didn’t Say on the Gubernatorial Campaign Trail
Pat McCrory campaigned for four years for Governor. As details of his administration emerge, it is interesting to look back at what he didn’t say on the campaign trail: Art Pope put together a... Read More
Doing it for our children and grandchildren
Just because it will take time is not a reason to avoid tackling the nation’s gun problem There is a distressing cycle in the national gun violence discussion that’s taking place in the aftermath... Read More
Medicaid misinformation multiplies
One of the biggest decisions facing the new General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory this year is whether or not North Carolina will expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and provide health... Read More
Bill Friday is NC SPIN's Tar Heel of the Year
Many made significant contributions to our state in 2012 but NC SPIN awards our annual Tar Heel of the Year award posthumously to William C. Friday. Perhaps no other North Carolinian of has played a... Read More
Battling Unrealistic Job Expectations
I’m highly educated, very qualified. I don’t need training. I need a job.” That matter-of-fact statement stood out among dozens of comments addressed recently to a legislative committee looking... Read More
Two State Decisions on Health Care
Politicians of all parties, at all levels of government, have been debating health care virtually nonstop since the early 1990s. If you’re tired of hearing about it, I have some bad news for you... Read More
Newtown tragedy highlights need for better mental health services
In the aftermath of the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting, there has been a predictable uptick in public discussion of mental health care and treatment. In the wake of such a jarring tragedy, it is... Read More
My Christmas Wish
Half my friends/family are convinced the world is going to Hell because Barack Obama was re-elected. The other half are equally convinced North Carolina is headed to the same place because Pat McCrory... Read More
Political Choices have Political Consequences
I am a moderate Democrat on fiscal issues, leaning progressive on social issues. I did not attend a liberal Journalism School, rather I am a UNC Chapel Hill Economics major with an MPA (public policy... Read More
