NC Spin Articles

A Pivotal Two Weeks

Decisions made by the North Carolina General Assembly over the next two weeks will likely determine not only the political fate of its Republican majority but also how the core functions of state...    Read More

by John Hood   |   May 14, 2013

The Bottom Line on Tax Reform

Already this year, seven different tax reform bills have been introduced in the General Assembly, and countless organizations on both sides of the aisle have staked out a position on the highly...    Read More

May 11, 2013

Mortgage Interest and Property Tax Deduction

Tax reform is a big buzz-word in Raleigh these days as the North Carolina General Assembly looks at reforming how the state collects revenue from its citizenry. As President of the North Carolina...    Read More

May 11, 2013


Addressing the Keys to Economic Recovery

The General Assembly is three months into the long session. More than 1,700 bills have been filed with fewer than 50 (as of this writing) now law. The first bill signed into law encourages students to...    Read More

by Becki Gray   |   May 11, 2013


Not All Politics Is Local

If there was a national prize for rhetorical incoherence, one could find several excellent nominations among the ranks of North Carolina politicians and political commentators. For an example, you...    Read More

by John Hood   |   May 7, 2013



Three reactionary months

It has now been three months since the 2013 General Assembly session began. Most of the news coverage of the lawmakers has understandably focused on the daily debate in a key committee or on the House...    Read More

by Chris Fitzsimon   |   May 2, 2013

In the Absence of Argument

People generally quarrel,” G.K. Chesterton once wryly observed, “because they cannot argue.” To the extent North Carolina politics looks increasingly quarrelsome at the moment, it is because of...    Read More

by John Hood   |   May 2, 2013