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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.
Opinion
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.”
News
Batch defends profanity-laced video as House leadership calls for disciplinary action
Senate Minority Leader Sydney Batch, D-Wake, defended a profanity-laced video that she called "satire" during a press conference June 11.
News
How an NC academic publisher ended up under FTC sanction
Robert Tian appears prominently in both the Allied Academies and the North American Business Press publishing networks. It is unclear what the relationship between these two large publishing groups may be or if they are both part of a wider network.
News
SCOTUS ruling in Louisiana redistricting case could have NC impact
The US Supreme Court struck down Louisiana’s new congressional map Wednesday as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The decision has implications for North Carolina's redistricting.
News
States’ challenge to Trump tariffs faces federal court hearing Friday
Legal challenges to President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs head to a federal courtroom Friday in New York City. North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson backs one of the cases.
News
NC scholars among those supporting states’ suit against Trump tariffs
Two North Carolina professors and one former state House Republican leader have signed on to a brief supporting states that challenge President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs in federal court.
News
UNC-Asheville whistleblower suit alleges improper COVID research, grant use
Settman claims he was protected under whistleblower statue and had an obligation to report the alleged misconduct he witnessed, but his status as a contractor at the time makes the law’s application in his case dubious.
News
Underused campus polling sites spark debate
Some college campus early voting sites rank among the least used in their counties, raising concerns about accessibility and efficiency ahead of the general election.
News
College Democrats drop lawsuit over early voting sites
The College Democrats of North Carolina have dropped their lawsuit against state and local election officials over early voting sites on college campuses.
News
Early voting begins for NC 2026 primary
In-person early voting for North Carolina’s 2026 primary election kicked off Thursday at 319 early voting sites statewide, a 6% increase from 301 sites in the May 2022 primary, according to an analysis of early voting sites conducted by the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (NCOSA).
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Judge denies injunction for early voting sites on three NC campuses
A federal judge has denied College Democrats’ request for an injunction that would mandate early voting sites on three North Carolina public university campuses.
