NC Spin Articles



The intersection of policy and politics

With North Carolina’s State Legislature in full swing, people who pay attention to the workings of the General Assembly are closely watching the recent news from the Division of Motor Vehicles and...    Read More

by Brad Crone   |   January 30, 2019



State budget battle is looming

The single most important issue during every legislative session is the approval or revision of North Carolina’s state budget. For the 2019-20 session about to get underway, the political...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 30, 2019




State policy agendas sound familiar

North Carolina Republicans lost their General Assembly supermajorities in the 2018 midterms, and the GOP nationally lost ground in both legislatures and governorships after years of dominance in state...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 24, 2019

A rising statewide star

Most of the time, the political elites in Raleigh pay little attention to the happenings in our state’s largest city.  For years, folks in Raleigh refer to Charlotte as ‘The Great State of...    Read More

by Brad Crone   |   January 24, 2019


Sing Gladys, sing

Many who fancy themselves as gatekeepers of freedom are thwarting  many constitutional values in attempts to protest Gladys Knight’s singing of the National Anthem for the  53rd Super Bowl...    Read More

January 24, 2019