NC Spin Articles


Attracting top-notch teachers for NC

By Sarah Thomson, Op Ed in News and Observer, August 9, 2013. At the risk of offending some fellow educators, not all of the General Assembly’s recent education legislation is problematic. When we...    Read More

August 9, 2013

NC SPIN table talk

Often the conversation that goes on before taping our show or during commercial breaks is as interesting as what makes it on the air. Such was the case this week and we thought we would share some of...    Read More

August 9, 2013



Sizing Up Pat

I’m obviously not a big fan of Governor McCrory, but I want an accurate read on him. It doesn’t do Democrats any good to underestimate him. Two  cases in point: (1) Democrats who dismissed...    Read More

August 9, 2013

Help wanted: 1,500 school jobs

The start of the traditional school year is right around the corner.  And the North Carolina Public Schools Application System, which does not include job vacancies for Wake, Mecklenburg, or Pitt...    Read More

August 8, 2013


Energy policy lacking

Editorial, Greenville Daily Reflector, August 6, 2013. The election of Pat McCrory in November ushered into the governor’s office an individual with nearly 30 years of management experience with...    Read More

August 8, 2013

Walden: Unemployment to drop to 6.8%

According to one N.C. State University professor’s index of North Carolina’s leading economic indicators, the state’s economy has shown modest growth since last year and will continue to grow...    Read More

August 8, 2013

Perdue spends $1.2M from campaign fund

Former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has closed her campaign accounts, distributing the more than $1.2 million political war chest raised for her derailed 2012 re-election bid. Nearly...    Read More

August 8, 2013


What happened to the talk about jobs?

Remember all that talk about creating jobs during the 2012 campaign? What happened? We barely heard the word “jobs” during the entire, painful legislative session. We heard plenty about motorcycle...    Read More

August 8, 2013