A quartet of Republican judges ruled Thursday along party lines to overturn the court’s precedent. At stake is a multi-billion dollar plan to provide state funds to improve public education in North Carolina.
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The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.
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In North Carolina, $200 million in awarded grants have hung in the balance while state officials fought for the funding.
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Republican state House Representative Mike Clampitt died at the age of 71. Clampitt was seeking re-election to a fifth term for the district 119 seat after winning the Republican primary earlier this month.
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Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Cooper stopped in Asheville for his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour.