NC Spin Articles

A veteran's verdict of the session

A long-time veteran of the Legislative Building, one who looks at both parties with a critical eye, offers this critique of the end of the not-so-short session.   “Legislative Republicans treated...    Read More

August 5, 2014




New pay plan for teachers sows confusion

Joe Barley-Maloney was miffed last week when he saw the new state salary schedule for teachers leveling off at $50,000 a year for those with 25 years of experience and more. Barley-Maloney, a U.S...    Read More

August 5, 2014

Things are good

Things are good! Sometimes, like the other day, I want to get up and shout it out. For instance, last week at a Rotary club meeting, Frank Hill, leader of The Institute for the Public Trust, was...    Read More

by D. G. Martin   |   August 5, 2014

Who said this would be easy for Republicans?

Lawmaking ain't easy, even with strong Republican majorities in the House and Senate and a Republican in the Executive Mansion. That emerged crystal clear last week from what was expected to be the...    Read More

August 5, 2014


Short session resembles a family fight

This legislative session has reminded me of watching my in-laws fight. It was loud, boisterous, impassioned, argumentative, at times totally unreasonable, accusatory, crazy, painful, and yet sometimes...    Read More

by Becki Gray   |   August 5, 2014




Time to rebuild state reserves

We don’t know what the composition of the North Carolina General Assembly will look like after the November election. Republicans are favored to hold their majorities in both legislative chambers...    Read More

by John Hood   |   August 4, 2014