NC Spin Articles



5 Higher education battles to watch in 2018

Last year was a tumultuous one for public higher education in North Carolina. Here are five issues to watch carefully in 2018 as all signs point to the volume of the debate going nowhere but up...    Read More

January 4, 2018




Rabon's bill will damage state's courts

Editorial by Wilmington Star-News, December 31, 2017. If Bill Rabon didn’t get coal in his Christmas stocking, then Santa must not have been paying attention. The state senator from Southport has...    Read More

January 4, 2018


For Cooper, challenges follow early success

Gov. Roy Cooper has finished his first year in office — a year full of the fireworks that are common in a divided state government. Cooper and Republican legislative leaders have sparred on TV, in...    Read More

January 4, 2018


Fighting in 2017: A wrap up

2017 – a year of fights.  Because some things are worth fighting for and sometimes it’s just politics. General Assembly v. Governor Cooper: even before he was elected, the Democrat Governor...    Read More

by Becki Gray   |   December 29, 2017


Does Cooper favor a big tax hike?

Does Gov. Roy Cooper believe that North Carolina’s tax burden should be $3 billion higher? It’s a fair question to ask given what Charlie Perusse, the governor’s budget director, said at a...    Read More

by John Hood   |   December 29, 2017