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UNC System to analyze athletics departments spending
(The Center Square) – Never more broken, and never more popular.
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Frost Advisory for Person; Granville; Vance; Warren; Halifax; Forsyth; Guilford; Alamance; Orange; Durham; Franklin; Nash; Edgecombe; Davidson; Randolph; Chatham; Wake; Johnston; Wilson; Stanly; Montgomery; Moore; Lee; Harnett; Wayne; Anson; Richmond
Frost Advisory: minor, expected
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U.S. Senate’s Farm Bill 2.0 marked up without resolving Prop 12
(The Center Square) – California’s Proposition 12, the controversial livestock confinement rules impacting North Carolina farmers sending production across country, does not have a resolution in the farm bill passed by the Agriculture Committee of the U.S. Senate.
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Education department investigates foreign funding concerns
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education has launched two investigations into the University of North Dakota and Duke University in North Carolina over concerns of inaccurate disclosures of foreign funding, placing both institutions' federal funding at risk.
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Healthcare access, treasurer says, improved for State Health Plan
(The Center Square) – Nearly 750,000 teachers, state employees, retirees, lawmakers active and retired, and members of higher education on Jan. 1 will have a new healthcare access through the State Health Plan and 12 Atrium Health hospitals in North Carolina.
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Election 2026: Practicality persuades Supreme Court, pleases attorney general
(The Center Square) – Appreciation for the U.S. Supreme Court “recognizing the practical reality” and rejecting a proposal involving the Postal Service and mailed ballots in elections has been expressed by North Carolina first-term Democratic Attorney General Jeff Jackson.
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Appellate court rules on merits, keeps appointments with auditor
(The Center Square) – Election board appointments will remain with the state auditor in North Carolina, the state Court of Appeals says.
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Raleigh in the bullpen warming for data center moratoriums
(The Center Square) – Halting development of data centers in North Carolina’s second-largest city is up for discussion when the Raleigh City Council meets in October.
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Multiple proposals, with no clear route, have new rate class for data centers
(The Center Square) – In the quest of politicians to protect ratepayers against utilities in the data center expansion era, North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general is adding a rate class proposal.
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Taxpayer Philanthropy: $2.6M in federal funds paid to trans-care nonprofit
The Center Square) – Three years ago, North Carolina passed a stringent ban against transgender medical interventions on children, outlawing surgical or chemical treatments on anyone under 18.
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