"It's broken. It's a mess."
Public relations is the art and science of managing information to persuade an audience. Governor McCrory has clearly adopted his PR strategy to persuade the people of North Carolina. By repeating the... Read More
NC Spin Articles
Let's Reform Judicial Elections
North Carolina policymakers will have a lot on their plate in 2013. The General Assembly will tackle education reform, a rewrite of the state tax code, the unemployment-insurance debt, and other... Read More
Robin Hood in reverse for unemployed workers
By the time you read this, it’s almost certain that a plan to punish unemployed workers for unwise tax cuts state lawmakers gave to businesses will have cleared another hurdle and will be on the way... Read More
McCrory Promise Tracker
WRAL’s Mark Binker has catalogued the promises candidate Pat McCrory made on the campaign trail and has organized them on the WRAL.com website to track how well Governor McCrory keeps his promises... Read More
What Pat McCrory Didn’t Say on the Gubernatorial Campaign Trail
Pat McCrory campaigned for four years for Governor. As details of his administration emerge, it is interesting to look back at what he didn’t say on the campaign trail: Art Pope put together a... Read More
Doing it for our children and grandchildren
Just because it will take time is not a reason to avoid tackling the nation’s gun problem There is a distressing cycle in the national gun violence discussion that’s taking place in the aftermath... Read More
Medicaid misinformation multiplies
One of the biggest decisions facing the new General Assembly and Governor Pat McCrory this year is whether or not North Carolina will expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act and provide health... Read More
Bill Friday is NC SPIN's Tar Heel of the Year
Many made significant contributions to our state in 2012 but NC SPIN awards our annual Tar Heel of the Year award posthumously to William C. Friday. Perhaps no other North Carolinian of has played a... Read More
Battling Unrealistic Job Expectations
I’m highly educated, very qualified. I don’t need training. I need a job.” That matter-of-fact statement stood out among dozens of comments addressed recently to a legislative committee looking... Read More
Two State Decisions on Health Care
Politicians of all parties, at all levels of government, have been debating health care virtually nonstop since the early 1990s. If you’re tired of hearing about it, I have some bad news for you... Read More
