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Sports betting bill advances to NC Senate floor

On Tuesday, North Carolina Senate committee members voted to advance a bill legalizing sports betting in the state. It is calendared for the Senate floor session scheduled to gavel in at 9:30 Wednesday morning. Filed in March, House Bill 347 legalizes online and in-person wagering on professional and college sports in North Carolina. According to...

Grant Lefelar
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US Supreme Court to review NC sales tax, DWI disputes on June 15

The U.S. Supreme Court will review two cases next month with N.C. ties. Either case could return the Tar Heel State to national headlines when the nation’s highest court starts its next term in the fall. Justices have set June 15 as the date to consider whether to take up Quad Graphics v. N.C. Department of Revenue and Diaz-Tomas v. North Carolina.

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Man imprisoned 21 years for murders he didn’t commit can sue two more Durham cops

A split 4th U.S. Circuit of Appeals panel has ruled that Darryl Howard can pursue a lawsuit against two additional Durham police officers. A jury already has awarded Howard $6 million from a third officer who helped keep Howard imprisoned for 21 years for two murders he didn’t commit.

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Medical marijuana on the move in North Carolina House

On Tuesday, for the first time, a North Carolina House committee heard a bill (S.B. 3) to legalize marijuana use for certain medical reasons. The House Health Committee did not hold a vote on S.B. 3 but discussed the bill for about 30 minutes. Earlier this year, the bill passed the Senate by a vote...

Alex Baltzegar

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The Debrief: Super-technologically-diabolical Gerrymandering, Cooper’s influence over public policy in question.

This week on The Debrief: The N.C. Senate kicked off the week presenting its version of the state budget and wrapped the week giving it bipartisan passage. The state legislature also voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of SB 20, a measure restricting abortion in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Within minutes,...

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Rep. Tricia Cotham touts ‘Choose Your School, Choose Your Future’ legislation, House Bill 823

Rep. Tricia Cotham, R-Mecklenburg, presents House Bill 823 to colleagues on the House floor. The bill is titled “Choose Your School, Choose Your Future.” Cotham offered these comments on May 17, 2023. Video courtesy of ncleg.gov.

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Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses Gov. Cooper’s abortion law pressure campaign

Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign to convince Republican legislators to flip their votes on an abortion bill. Kokai offered these comments during the May 12, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”

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The Debrief:  Gov. Cooper’s Failing Pressure Campaign, NCGOP’s Blockbuster Lineup, & NC State Board of Elections

This week on The Debrief: Gov. Roy Cooper launched a pressure campaign this week, targeting four Republican lawmakers in swing districts, but it does not seem to be going as planned. The NCGOP announced its speaker lineup for June’s party convention in Greensboro. Former President Donald Trump, former VP Mike Pence and Florida Gov. Ron...

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Ukrainian people in NC rally to support homeland 

As the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine continues to escalate, North Carolina’s local Ukrainian population is rallying to bring attention to the suffering of people in their homeland and to gather supplies to help them. Donna Goldstein, co-president of the Ukrainian Association of North Carolina, finds herself at the forefront of these efforts.  Goldstein has...

David Larson
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Why the Fourth Estate is in receivership

The fourth estate, journalism, is racing to receivership unless we can rescue it from its rapacious self. The hubris hasn’t always been this bad, this blatant, or this biased, yet it worsens daily. In the town I grew up in, Nashville, Tennessee, there were two newspapers in the 1950s and 1960s, one for the morning,...

Mark Herring