NC Spin Articles

Democrats hope to avoid further defections

When a state House member from the Outer Banks changed his political party to unaffiliated last week, it represented one more blow for an endangered species at the legislature: the rural, moderate...    Read More

January 14, 2015

UNC policy on race draws lawsuit

Another wave of bad publicity and legal questions isn’t what the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill needs right now. But that’s exactly what the school is getting, thanks to its...    Read More

by John Hood   |   January 14, 2015

Session numbers

A few numbers to consider for opening day of the 2015 legislative session: 199.2: In millions of dollars, amount the General Fund is below the consensus revenue target through December, according to...    Read More

January 14, 2015


The defining policy question of 2015

The 2015-16 session of the North Carolina General Assembly convenes tomorrow and a lot of what will take place is very predictable. Just as it always does, the session will commence with a measure of...    Read More

by Rob Schofield   |   January 13, 2015

More powerful than magic

Obama stands on a stage in Tennessee and promises nine million people he’ll give them $3,800 a year each (on average) and the press coos he’s made a “dramatic announcement” then a skeptic asks...    Read More

January 13, 2015

Pass McCroryCare

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is requiring all students to take an online sexual violence and harassment training course as part of the school's new policy for handling sex assault...    Read More

January 13, 2015