NC Spin Articles


Storm relief needed

Editorial by Greensboro News-Record, November 4, 2016. The last time the legislature went into special session, it created a storm. The next time should be to clean up after one. Or maybe two. Gov...    Read More

November 4, 2016

NC machines have special voting safeguards

North Carolina is among the vast majority of states working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to protect voting equipment from cyber threats. Local elections officials take extensive steps...    Read More

November 3, 2016


Democrats yearn for restoration

If it seems like the campaign against Gov. Pat McCrory’s re-election has been going on for years, you aren’t imagining things. While political parties out of power always spend their time on the...    Read More

by John Hood   |   November 3, 2016

What would Adams and Jefferson think?

by Tom Campbell, Executive Producer and Moderator, NC SPIN, October 27, 2016. What would Thomas Jefferson and John Adams think about the 2016 elections? We had a marvelous opportunity to get insights...    Read More

October 28, 2016

Debates mislead public about rainy day fund

by Paul O'Conner, Capitol Press Association, published in The Salisbury Post, October 25, 2016. Sometimes I wonder if televised debates don’t do more harm than good, confusing the public when...    Read More

October 27, 2016




ACT scores - Not a pretty picture

The ability to succeed in higher education – as defined by college readiness – has been one of the stated goals of the State Board of Education for every student in North Carolina. Beginning in...    Read More

October 27, 2016


Pat McCrory's trouble with coal ash

The latest revelations in court depositions about Gov. Pat McCrory’s role in weakening warnings about the safety of drinking water near leaking coal ash pits have prompted news headlines about a war...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   October 27, 2016