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 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Sports wagering revenue for North Carolina, about to exceed $300 million on an 18% rate since launching March 11, 2024, is poised to go up with enactment of

 

 

 

 

[ ![Nationwide, North Carolina 7th highest in taxation, 7th lowest in price](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/01716b09bb.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/nationwide-north-carolina-7th-highest-in-taxation-7th-lowest-in-price)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Nearly five weeks after an overnight 9-cent spike, the traditional transportation energy price in North Carolina has fallen to $3.75 per gallon from $4.21, AAA reported Monday morning.

 

 

 

 

[ ![Senators next to consider data center regulations to protect ratepayers](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/9f8fa59533.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/senators-next-to-consider-data-center-regulations-to-protect-ratepayers)

 By Alan Wooten | The Center Square

(The Center Square) – Protection of families, small businesses and taxpayers from utility rate increases attached to data center development and energy policy mandates cleared North Carolina’s House of Representatives this week

 

 

 

 

[ ![Cabarrus County state Senate seat to be major 2026 battleground](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/f22dbe1667.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/cabarrus-county-state-senate-seat-to-be-major-2026-battleground)

 By Katherine Zehnder | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – North Carolina’s 34th Senate District, an R+2 district according to the John Locke Foundation’s Civitas Partisan Index, will be a key battleground and could even flip blue this November,

 

 

 

 

 

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 By Andrew Pomeranz | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – Autism therapy clinics that have drawn a national spotlight on the same Medicaid spending and oversight concerns North Carolina lawmakers and state Auditor Dave Boliek have been raising for

 

 

 

 

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 By Andrew Pomeranz | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – Despite staffing changes, internal reviews, and a promised corrective action plan in Mecklenburg County, state lawmakers left a North Carolina House Oversight Committee hearing visibly frustrated after hearing that

 

 

 

 

[ ![Bridge funds enable Carolina to continue diversity-targeted research](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/images/joomgrabber/2026-06/c6e0f42a51.jpeg) ](https://thewilmingtonstandard.com/north-carolina-news/bridge-funds-enable-carolina-to-continue-diversity-targeted-research)

 By Ashley Dowdney | Carolina Journal

(Carolina Journal) – Shortly after Donald Trump returned to the White House, his administration moved to restrict National Institutes of Health-funded research that it views as related to diversity, equity and inclusion.