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Nearly $200 million wagered in NC’s first week of sports betting

Online sports betting proved to be big business the first week it became legal in North Carolina. According to a Sports Betting Report released Wednesday by the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, over $198 million was wagered by North Carolinians, while payouts amounted to $141.5 million.

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Another JDIG grant bites the dust as Durham company pulls out of agreement

The North Carolina Department of Commerce’s Economic Investment Committee (NCEIC) ended yet another Job Development Investment Grant (JDIG) on Tuesday after a Durham firm said it couldn’t create the 878 jobs promised under the agreement.

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Trailing in the NC polls, Biden and Harris return to Raleigh

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were in Wake County to deliver speeches with Gov. Roy Cooper, a fellow Democrat, on healthcare costs. The visit comes during the week of the 14th anniversary of the passage of the Affordable Care Act under the Obama administration.

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Tillis announces legislation to improve suicide and crisis lifeline

At a time when depression rates among adults and children surge to record levels, US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, along with US Sen. Alex Padilla, D-CA, co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate Mental Health Caucus, US Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, announced a critical step on Friday to improve the 9-8-8 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, formerly known as the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

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Tillis receives death threat related to bill banning TikTok

US Sen. Thom Tillis, R-NC, received a threatening voicemail from a caller who said she would “find him and shoot him and cut him into pieces” if he voted to ban the social media platform TikTok when a bill banning it comes up for a vote in the Senate. 

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North Carolina’s sports betting debut shows promise amidst compliance focus

Sports betting is off to a strong and smooth start in North Carolina. During a meeting Wednesday of the Sports Betting Committee of the North Carolina State Lottery Commission, Sterl Carpenter, deputy executive director of gaming compliance and sports betting, told the committee that all reports from the eight operators that went live on March 11 have been positive. 

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Robinson demanding answers from Biden Administration about terror watchlist suspect

North Carolina Lt. Gov. and Republican candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, had tough words for the Biden Administration after an armed known terror watchlist suspect was arrested after a four-hour-long standoff last week in Eure, Gates County. 

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Budd, Tillis among senators urging Qatar to pressure Hamas to release hostages

North Carolina Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Budd and Thom Tillis joined a bipartisan contingent of senators on Friday urging Qatar to step up the pressure in negotiations with Hamas for the release of 134 hostages, including 8 Americans, with one of them being Chapel Hill native Keith Siegel.

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