NC SPIN episode #1110 Air Date 02/21/2020
UNC Punts on Silent Sam, Is a budget deal coming soon? No Voter ID in 2020, Tell us something we don’t know Watch NC SPIN Previous Episodes
Balanced Debate For The Old North State.
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor snow will keep NC SPIN from commenting on the top issues in our state. This week's program reports on judges and rulings, starting with UNC asking a judge what to do about Silent Sam. A new ruling declares states cannot require work for Medicaid benefits. How does that apply to our state? And a panel of Court of Appeals judges has stymied North Carolina's voter ID law. Is it dead for all elections? Joining our panel this week is political analyst Erica Palmer Smith, John Locke VP Becki Gray, NC Policy Watch's director Rob Schofield and Rick Henderson, editor in chief of Carolina Journal. Be sure to watch NC SPIN Friday night at 7:30 p.m. and again Sunday at 12:30 p.m. You can also steam he program at your leisure from our website www.ncspin.com Thank you for watching NC SPIN.
My Spin by Tom Campbell
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The bad news about newsNobody cares about or will report local news like newspapers. It's bad news that so many of them are ceasing publication or merging. Read More |
Court decision should produce budget deal
The court ruling renders Medicaid expansion a dead issue. It's time our leaders move ahead and get a budget deal passed. Read More
Rhyming with 1972
History doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Read More
David Zucchino exposes Wilmington's lie
Racial politics isn't dead. It seems current legislators want to reprise a tactic used in 1898 to suppress the Black vote. Read More
In judicial overreach, appeals court judges block voter ID
In the end this injunction is not about the actual effect that the law will have, but on three judge’s personal opinions of members of the legislature. Read More
Comments on the Democratic Primary
All the candidates running for president have flaws. It would be nice if we could put all the good qualities together in one candidate, but we can't. So we need to think twice between tearing each other to pieces. Read More
Fracking has reduced carbon emissions
Policymakers should take seriously the risks of climate change, but changes that inflict more pain than gain are unwise. Read More
Mixing books and politics
Traditional wisdom is that books and politics don't mix, but there are notable exceptions. Read More
A reader responds to the My Spin column on who is today's moral voice
Maggie Gore from Clarendon urged us to publish this letter rebutting our recent column Read More
Rosy scenarios aren't conservative
The president's latest budget makes assumptions that are far from conservative. Read More
Budget stalemate may put NC's Department of Health and Human Services in the red
Jullie Havlak writes in Carolina Journal that DHHS has been in chaos since the budget stalemate forced them to work with appropriations made in 2018 and the longer it continues the worse finances get. Read More
As tuition increases some colleges are freezing or cutting prices
Megan Zogby writes in the James G. Martin Center for Academic renewal that colleges are under pressure to hold down or reduce tuition costs, but they aren't all students have to pay. Read More
Is North Carolina facing a Virginia-style leftward leaning lurch?
Democrats are increasing their advantage in several urban counties but apples-to-apples comparisons with Virginia are difficult Read More
Judge scraps UNC plan for Silent Sam
Joe Killian writes in NC Policy Watch that Judge Allen Baddour's ruling Wednesday raises more questions than it answers. Read More
Polls show Bloomberg is surging in NC
As early voting begins in NC on Thursday the former New York mayor picked up a big endorsement in North Carolina. Read More
Sanders-Smith team could be a boon for both candidates in North Carolina
Both candidates are running outside the Democratic establishment. The old saying that politics makes strange bedfellows could be true here. Read More
The two M's rule in politics
Never underestimate the intelligence of voter. But never overestimate how much information they have. Read More
High Point University Poll on Presidential, US Senator and Gubernatorial races
The latest High Point University Poll shows Presidential US Senate and Gubernatorial preferences of those surveyed. Read More
Latest PPP poll shows race tightening in NC presidential primary
PPP reports a tightening of the presidential primary and both racial and generational disparities. Read More
Before John Bolton comes to North Carolina he should read Leviticus 5:1
The former National Security Advisor should read this Old Testament passage before he speaks at Duke University Read More
Latest campaign news shows how far and fast our politics have fallen
Why is a Political Action Group that normally supports conservative Republicans now boosting a Senate candidate who is a Democrat? Read More
It should be easier to work
Our state can make it prohibitively expensive to enter many careers. Why? The answer might surprise you. Read More
Why do we have property taxes?
Property taxes are the most important local tax in North Carolina. They are used to build schools and provide police and fire protection, among other uses. Read More
Sanders would hurt state Democrats
There are many Republicans and independents who could be persuaded to vote against Donald Trump. But not for Bernie Sanders. Read More
The $74,999 question. Can UNC's bad deal be stopped?
The most basic due-diligence on the part of the UNC Board of Governors clearly has been neglected. Read More
To the dustbin of obscurity
Thomas Mills writes in Politics NC that history will not remember either of North Carolina's current Senators. Read More
