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NC budget raises sports-betting tax, adds prediction markets

New NC budget raises sports-betting taxes, redirects revenue to public universities, and creates a new tax on prediction markets.

Former Dunn housing director sentenced to two years in prison

A former executive director of the Dunn Housing Authority faces two years in federal prison and must repay $238,448 to the federal government after sentencing this week on a charge of conspiring to commit federal program theft.

NC budget reshapes governor’s appointment power

Gov. Josh Stein signed the state budget despite appointment changes that shift power from the governor to lawmakers and other officials.

University research needs better publishing guidelines

A UNC System spokesperson told CJ that they currently do not have any guidelines or best-practices on which journals professors should publish their research in and that those matters “are generally handled at the institutional, departmental or faculty level.”