For many people, renting is a convenient option. It offers flexibility and may require less responsibility for maintenance. But owning a home can offer a different set of long-term benefits. Instead of paying rent to a landlord each month, homeowners are investing in a property that can potentially increase in value over time. That means your home may become an asset as you continue to live in it.
Home ownership can also provide more control over your living space, from decorating to renovations that really fit your lifestyle. And here's something that many people don't realize: there are education programs and financial assistance options available for first-time homebuyers.
Some of these programs even offer grant funding that may help cover part of the upfront cost, and grants typically don't have to be repaid. That's why learning about home ownership options can be an important step toward making the best decision for you and your family. To learn more, visit toolsforhomeownership.com. It's 5.05 and welcome in to a Monday edition of the Carolina Journal News Hour on Charlotte's FM News Talk, 107.9 FM, WBT. I'm Nick Craig.
Good morning to you. We start off with more in the saga surrounding Representative Chuck Edwards. He is now asking an independent congressional ethics office to investigate the bipartisan leadership of the House Ethics Committee. Alleging that the panel circumvented its own rules before recommending his official censure on the floor of the United States House of Representatives. Edwards, who represents North Carolina's 11th congressional district, announced last week that he filed a formal submission with the Office of Congressional Conduct against the House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, the Republican from Mississippi, and ranking member Mark DeSolner, the Democrat from California.
The complaint centers on two procedural claims that the committee adopted its report before receiving Edwards' formal response and that it bypassed part of its normal disciplinary process based on the waiver Edwards said he never executed in the form required by the committee rules. Edwards released a press release alongside his complaint, saying in part, the ethics committee determined that I be punished for supposedly violating the letter and spirit of House rules, while its own leaders treated the same rules as optional. There was nothing ethical about this process. They decided the outcome, adopted their report before receiving my response, denied me procedures designed to test their accusations, and then publicly attacked my character based on their findings that were never subject to any of the required clear and convincing evidence standards.
So, working through a couple of the parts here in Edwards' complaint. We'll start off over the spites over the committee's process. According to Edwards' submission, the committee voted to adopt its report back on July the 22nd, 12 days before receiving his formal response. Edwards' attorney said that he did not receive a draft of the report until July the 31st, he says, after the committee had already approved its findings, conclusions, and its official recommendation on a full censure on the House floor. Edwards was ultimately permitted to attach a response to the report from the House Ethics Committee when it was publicly released on August the third, but he argues that that opportunity came too late to influence the committee's decisions.
Edwards said in the press release, allowing me to append a response to a decision that they had already made was not due process, and it shamelessly abandons the committee's claim to, quote, provide a fair procedural framework for conduct of the committee's activities. It was window dressing intended to create the appearance of fairness after the verdict had already been written. The second part of Edwards' complaint concerns what the committee describes as his agreement to waive certain steps in the disciplinary action. When the committee released its report back on August the 3rd, it said that Edwards, quote, agreed to waive certain procedural steps, end quote, after receiving a draft of the report allowing the committee to recommend a House-level sanction, which ended up being a full censure by the United States House. Edwards is now arguing that no waiver meeting, the the uh meeting with the committee ever existed, noting Rule 26B of the Ethics Committee rules allows a respondents, in this case it would be Edwards, to waive procedural rights or steps, but requires any request to be in writing, signed by the respondent, and to specify which procedural steps are being waived.
Edwards says that he submitted and signed no such document and contends that an oral communication involving his attorney could not substitute for the written waiver required by the rule. Without a valid waiver, Edwards argues, the committee improperly skipped several parts of its normal disciplinary process.
Well, this has been a very interesting month and a half as it relates to North Carolina's 11th congressional district and Congressman Chuck Edwards. The procedural challenge is the latest turn in an ethics controversy that has been following Edwards going all the way back to the spring. Carolina Journal reported back in May that Edwards was facing this ethics committee investigation following allegations that his conduct towards two female staffers. Edwards said at the time that he welcomed an investigation and rejected any of the accusations that were made against him at the time. We then flash forward to August the 3rd when the House Ethics Committee released its report concluding that there was substantial reason to believe that Edwards violated House rules related to sexual harassment in a hostile workplace.
The committee described what it considered to be repeated, unprofessional, and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers. The report details gifts including jewelry, guns, and flowers, comments about the women's appearance, notes expressing affection, and invitations to dinners, trips, and other activities. The committee also found no evidence that Edwards had engaged in any sexual activity with or explicitly propositioned either staffer. Edwards has repeatedly pointed to those findings as well as the committee's conclusion that the case did not involve any sort of quid pro quo harassment or a violation of federal sexual harassment laws in disputing the panel's broader conclusion. Edwards said in a press release alongside the new complaint, they could not prove that I violated the law or identify sexual conduct, so they relied on selective evidence and selective assumptions while denying me the very process that their rules establish for separating facts from accusations.
Two days after the House Ethics Committee report was released back on August the 3rd, Edwards withdrew from his reelection campaign, saying that he would remain in office through the end of his term. His withdrawal prompted Republicans in North Carolina's 11th congressional district to select Representative Jennifer Bulkham, the Republican from Henderson County, as their replacement nominee for the November election. Edwards continued challenging the findings even after ending his campaign. In an August the 25th letter to his House colleagues, Edwards argued that the committee Made an extraordinary analytical leap between the evidence it gathered and its ultimate conclusion. He questioned how the communications cited in the report had been selected and argued that the conduct such as giving gifts, offering compliments, and socializing with employees did not by itself constitute sexual misconduct.
Those arguments did not prevent the United States House of Representatives from moving forward with a censure. On September the 1st, just a couple of weeks ago, the House approved that censure resolution in a 413-2 vote, with Edwards and Representative Ralph Norman, the Republican from South Carolina, being the only two to vote against it. After the vote, Edwards said that he respected the House's decision, but did not accept its conclusion, again maintaining that he had exercised poor judgment in some interactions without committing any form of sexual harassment. The following day, Edwards submitted his complaint against the two ranking members of the House Ethics Committee to the Office of Congressional Conduct.
So the question is, well, what happens next as Edwards' submission does not automatically trigger a formal investigation? The Office of Congressional Conduct, known as OCC, is an independent, nonpartisan House entity that receives and reviews allegations of misconduct involving House members, officers, and staff. Information submitted to the OCC may undergo an initial review before the board decides whether to authorize a preliminary investigation, which can last up to 30 days. If the matter advances, a second phase of review can last up to 45 days with a possible 14-day extension. The OCC is only a fact-finding body and cannot itself determine that a House member violated ethical rules, impose punishments, or recommend any sort of sanctions.
At the end of the second phase review, its board can refer a matter to the House Ethics Committee for further review or recommend dismissal. Edwards is asking the office to investigate whether a guest and de Solner violated House standards in their handling of the case. His submission also seeks preservation and examination of the communications concerning the disputed waiver, a correction of the public record, and what he describes as an appropriate disciplinary action, as well as seeking a public apology. Edwards rounded out this request by saying, no member of Congress, Republican or Democrat, should be subject to a process in which the investigators write the verdict first and hear the defense later. If the ethics committee cannot be trusted to follow its own rules when a member's reputation and dignity are at stake, then it has forfeited the moral authority to sit in judgment of anyone else.
Chairman, guest, and ranking member DeSolner must be held accountable. Regardless of what happens here, Edwards is not running for re-election. He will not be on a ballot or is not already on a ballot. His absentee by mail voting has already began here across North Carolina. He will be wrapping up his term at the end of this year as new members of Congress will be sworn in in early 2027.
We are going to be keeping an eye on this. Any information that comes from this new request to the Office of Congressional Conduct, we'll keep you up to date over on our website, CarolinaJournal.com. And as always, right here on the Carolina Journal NewsHour. Have you ever thought about the difference between paying rent and owning a home? When you rent, your monthly payment helps cover the cost of living there, but it usually doesn't build anything for your future.
Home ownership is different. Each payment you make on a home may help build equity, which is the value you own in the property over time. As that equity grows, it can become a financial asset that may support your long-term goals. Owning a home can also provide stability. You have a place that's yours where you can build memories, establish roots, and truly make the space your own.
And the good news is that many people are surprised to learn there are programs designed to help first-time homebuyers get started, including grants and assistance programs that may help with down payments or closing costs. Learning about your options is the first step toward making an informed decision about your future. Visit ToolsForHomeOwnership.com. My dough never sees a freezer. Faye Hollis makes the biscuits at Hardee's.
I'm up at 5 a.m. every day making biscuits from scratch. Easy there, biscuit lady. Off to create the Hardee's $2 for $5 breakfast menu. Try the new Oscar Meyer bologna biscuit, sausage and egg biscuit, smoked sausage biscuit, biscuit and gravy, or a cinnamon roll.
The $2 for $5 breakfast for a limited time only at participating Hardees. I got up early. The least you can do is show up hungry. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang. This is Bo and Yang from Lost Culture with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang.
You know when people try a new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try Cupie Mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before. And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake.
Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Cupie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery. Once people try it, they start putting it on everything.
Egg sandwiches, fries, burgers.
Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it, restaurants use it, people who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it? Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store.
Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. Cupie, the original Japanese mayonnaise. It's 523. Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, Charlotte's FM News Talk 107.9 FM, WBT turning our attention to the North Carolina General Assembly.
Senate Leader Phil Berger, the Republican from Rockingham County, announced late last week the creation of a new Senate committee tasked with examining additional changes to North Carolina's property tax system. The Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform is set to evaluate proposals addressing rising property tax bills and process local and the process that local governments use to set tax rates according to Berger's office. The Senate leader said in a press release alongside the announcement of the committee, the General Assembly passed several measures to address concerns about rising property taxes during the short session. But there is more to do for long-term relief. This committee will provide valuable insight and feedback as we rein in local policies that drive up property tax rates and consider proposals to ease the tax burden for all North Carolinians.
The announcement comes less than seven weeks before voters will decide whether to amend North Carolina's Constitution to require limits on property taxes increased by local governments, also known as a levy limit. Donald Bryson, the CEO and president of the John Locke Foundation, said that the committee's creation reflects lawmakers preparing for the possibility that voters approve the amendment in November. With Bryson saying in part, every poll that has come out has shown strong support for the constitutional amendment.
So it makes sense for lawmakers to begin considering what implementation would look like. But of course, the devil is always in the details. A levy limit is not a budget cut. Yeah. It does not force local governments to reduce spending or require school funding to decrease.
It simply places reasonable guardrails on how fast property tax collections can grow, tying that to inflation and population growth. In terms of polls showing strong support, the latest Carolina Journal poll released on September the 17th found that 65.6% of likely North Carolina voters support the amendment, while 21.2% oppose it, support cross-party lines, including 82% of Republicans, 61% of Independents, and 54% of Democrats, all in favor. Of that constitutional amendment. Senators Elisa Barnes, the Republican from Nash, Tom McInnis, the Republican from Moore, and Buck Newton, the Republican from Wilson County, are set to chair the new Senate committee. With the committee also including Republican senators, Ted Alexander, Bob.
Bob Brinson, Jim Bergen, Kevin Corbin, Dave Craven, Carl Ford, Brent Jackson, Steve Jarvis, Michael Lazorta, and many other members of the North Carolina General Assembly, including Democrats, Dan Blue, Jay Chowdhury, Julia Mayfield, and other members as well.
So a pretty large committee that will be tasked likely with this process moving forward. The new committee builds on several property tax proposals that lawmakers did consider during the 2026 short session. The most significant long-term proposal was House Bill 1089, which placed the property tax amendment on the November 3rd ballot. That measure passed the House in a 73 to 46 vote and passed the Senate 31 to 15. That was back in May.
The amendment itself would not establish a specific cap. Instead, it would add language to the state constitution requiring the North Carolina General Assembly to enact statewide laws. limiting how much the property tax levy of the county, municipality, or other local government may in fact increase. If a majority of voters approved the amendment, lawmakers would still have to return to Raleigh and determine the formula, limits, and the potential exemptions throughout subsequent legislation that would follow. Lawmakers also approved a temporary response to continue undergoing property reappraisals.
Senate Bill 889 was signed by Governor Josh Stein in June and delayed the implementation of 2026 property tax reappraisals in certain counties for one year, requiring those affected counties to continue using values from their previous reappraisals for the 26-27 tax year. The Senate also advanced a separate transparency proposal that remains unfinished. Senate Bill 922, with the name Truth in Taxation, would establish additional requirements for local governments that are seeking to set a property tax rate above what is called revenue neutral during a reappraisal year. Under the measure, a local government would have to hold a public hearing, publish an advance notice, directly notify property owners, and provide estimates showing what a taxpayer would owe under both what is called a revenue-neutral rate and the proposed rate. A majority vote of the governing board would also be required to exceed the revenue-neutral rate.
The Senate approved Senate Bill 922 in a 38 to 4 vote in June.
However, the House did not take a final vote on the measure before lawmakers adjourned to get back to their local districts, their local municipalities, and continue the campaign season. The Senate is scheduled to reconvene coming up on November the 6th. 16th. The House is also set to be in session around that time as well, as we are not expecting any action from lawmakers in the remaining what is now less than seven weeks until Election Day. We will be keeping a close eye on everything as it relates to elections and start previewing what those sessions could look like following the November midterm election.
We've got continuing coverage of this story over on our website this morning. CarolinaJournal.com. Look for the headline: NC Senate launches property tax reform committee. For many people, renting is a convenient option. It offers flexibility and may require less responsibility for maintenance.
But owning a home can offer a different set of long-term benefits. Instead of paying rent to a landlord each month, homeowners are investing in a property that can potentially increase in value over time. That means your home may become an asset as you continue to live in it. Home ownership can also provide more control over your living space, from decorating to renovations that really fit your lifestyle. And here's something that many people don't realize: there are education programs and financial assistance options available for first-time homebuyers.
Some of these programs even offer grant funding that may help cover part of the upfront cost, and grants typically don't have to be repaid. That's why learning about home ownership options can be an important step toward making the best decision for you and your family. To learn more, visit toolsforhomeownership.com. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang. This is Bo and Yang from Lost Culture Isis with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang.
You know when people try a new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try Cupie Mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before. And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake.
Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Cupie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery. Once people try it, they start putting it on everything.
Egg sandwiches, fries, burgers.
Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it, restaurants use it. People who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it?
Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store. Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. be the original Japanese mayonnaise. Um It's 5.37.
Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, Charlotte's FM News Talk, 107.9 FM. WBT, I'm Nick Craig. A good Monday morning to you. Over the last couple of years here in North Carolina and across the United States, there's been a lot of discussion on sports betting. You've probably seen commercials on television.
Maybe you've received social media ads, things in the mail as that has been legalized here in North Carolina. Over the last couple of years, however, there's a new type of betting that is taking place across the nation. It's called prediction markets. It's putting governments in a rather interesting position. You've probably seen commercials for Cauchy or Polymarket over the last couple of months to walk through what's going on here in North Carolina.
Andrew Pomerantz, CarolinaJournal.com joins us on the news hour. Andrew, sports betting is one thing. It's highly regulated by state and federal governments. There's a lot of rules and restrictions as it relates to that. These prediction markets are a little bit of a different story.
You can bet on the high temperature. We've seen stories out of the UK where people are bringing hair dryers to weather stations to warm up the temperature and cash out. These prediction markets are a little bit of the Wild West. What is the latest that you're following there? Yeah, as you've mentioned, I think you can bet on the S fees.
You can bet on who's going to be the Democratic candidate for 2028. There's a great market already there for that.
So, kind of the Wild West, like you said, but here in North Carolina in the state budget, we were the first state this year to regulate call sheet at a statewide level. And so, we did so by implementing a new tax structure separate from that of our sports books.
So, under the new budget passed this year, after right that two-year gap and not having a new state budget, we raised the tax rate on sports books from 18 to 23 percent. And those are your traditional sports books, right? Your fan duels and the rest of the world. And then we took another step in these predictive markets, bringing in a 6%. tax on their fees collected.
And so, a lower tax rate for these predictive markets for a number of different reasons, governed in a different way, but allowing them to come into the state. We formalize their recognition here, and then we allow the federal government to still operate. Offer those licenses and those certifications that they need, and not do that at the state level, like we do with some of the sports books.
So, a really different market. You know, we're seeing it really kind of grow here in North Carolina. The inspiration for kind of me looking into this, right, there's already been over a million and a half dollars spent on the North Carolina Senate race here with between former Governor Roy Cooper and Michael Watley, right?
So, that market is really taking off and is favored. former Governor Cooper now for a long time, up to about 93% is where he looks like he's maxing out on that polymarket or that cauchy predictive market lane, right? And so as we kind of see that race develop and money continue to be dumped into this race, I think it'll be interesting to see how much money this kind of predictive market grows here in North Carolina, too. You mentioned the tax structure that was part of the state budget. And unlike sports betting, for those that are familiar with that here in North Carolina, Andrew, there is no fee for the user.
You place $25 on a team to hit the over, the under, and an FL game coming up. And if you win, great, you get your money back plus whatever the winnings would be on that. But when you look at these prediction markets, there's a small, as I understand it, a small transaction fee on every single one of these predictions that you make, whether it be the winner of a race or as you noted, who's going to be the 2028 Democrat presidential candidate nominee.
So it is a little bit of a different business structure than we see from the fan duels, the DraftKings, and all of these other heavily regulated sports books. Yeah, and speaking with calls to representatives over the past couple of weeks, you know, I've gotten into these conversations with them about, you know, what's the difference between them and a sports book and why they should be taxed differently. And like you said, so they collect about a 1% fee on every transaction, and that goes into them. That's how they make their profits.
So they don't necessarily profit because they're in a futures trading market and it's a zero or one outcome, right? Yes or no. They don't receive money on the back end. If you lose, if you win, they purely make money on the more you invest into these markets. And so, you know, they argue that they're not a bookie, they're a financial exchange, almost more like the stock market.
And so they don't operate on this money line proposal. No one is setting the money lines. Other than the bettors themselves, right? We the bettors themselves are determining the odds in those markets by the people that they're choosing to bet on instead of someone in Vegas or something like that. And so this is actually dealt with at the Commodity Future Traders Commission, right?
So at the federal level, at the FTC, C FTC, right? And so this is something that is dealt more like with a typical structured market of swaps or derivatives or something along those lines. Yeah, now it is interesting though because you can in fact still uh Predict or bet on sports. Again, as you noted, the lines are a little bit different. What is available on a traditional sports books, you know, first touchdown, things that you can get really in the weeds on is traditionally not available on these markets.
But you make a really good point there, Andrew. Unlike what we see with some of these other online exchanges that existed, Kauchi in particular is a federally recognized futures trading market.
So there is some level of government involvement in the way in which they're operating their business.
Well, and that's the point that I think the opponents of this being inside the North Carolina State budget and to these markets will make is we're treating them differently, but you're able to bet on sports events just like you are on the FanDools or a other platform you choose for your sports betting. And that these are really just unregulated sports markets. And so we continue to hear that from folks like Mick Mulbaney, the former White House Chief of Staff, who's now lobbying against these. Type of markets. And so, you know, it's be interesting to see as we move forward.
I saw a number today: about 85% of all revenues into these predicted markets is still coming from sports betting. And so, overwhelmingly, their business model is still dependent on these sports books and on this sports betting revenue. And so, while you can bet on these other things, while it is a fee-based structure, there is still this sports element to it that many critics would argue still deserves to be regulated like a sports book.
Well, and I'm sure that that is taking place. A lot of that money coming from sports revenue, Andrew, because not every single state fully recognizes and allows electronic gambling. I think there's still 20 some odd states across the country that have not legalized the fan duels and the draft kings.
However, because Calci is in this position where it is a federally regulated exchange for all intents and purposes, I would imagine in those states they must have significantly higher numbers of sports predictions or bets being placed in comparison to a state like North Carolina, where that stuff is already legal through the traditional sports books.
Well, and there's more pushback there, right? And I think a lot of people we continue to hear, you know, Chris Christie wrote an op-ed a couple weeks ago about this being inside the state budget. And the criticism really comes to why North Carolina did this. Why are we the first to do it? Why did we take the step to recognize them in this manner?
You know, it wasn't being forced upon us by the federal government. You know, there's still a lot of regulations at the federal level that are being waiting to be handled. And so the fact that North Carolina did this at the last moment, some people felt like in a state budget that was obviously unveiled as a conference report. Only 48 hours before it was officially passed out of the House and Senate. A lot of people felt that that was done kind of behind closed doors and thrown in maybe as a favor.
Patrick Henry had an op-ed out today where he said, you know, take a moment to step back and look at how this was actually done and not just say this was done under the curtains for a bad reason, but this is something that the state had to do at this time. But North Carolina will be in the spotlight now because we've taken this first step to legalize this in this way by taxing it. Let's move on from sports and talk about politics. That is a lot of what we cover over on our website, CarolinaJournal.com. And here on the Carolina Journal NewsHour, Andrew, you already highlighted some of these more high-profile races: the United States Senate race taking place here in North Carolina this year, the 2028 Democrat presidential nominee.
These are very high-ticket things that a lot of individuals are keeping an eye on and keeping track of. But you can get really down into the minutiae on some of these political predictions. We have seen this over the last couple of weeks, all the chaos that ensued out in western North Carolina after Chuck Edwards announced that he would not be running for reelection due to a House Ethics Committee report. There was a polymarket prediction on who was going to be Chuck Edwards' replacement for Republicans in North Carolina's congressional district. You looked at that a little bit.
Was there any significant money flowing there? Yeah, so about $11,000 went into that race out in NC-11 when they were choosing a replacement for Chuck Edwards. This is a Republican nominee. This is a process, so an individual was selected by about 65 members of an executive GOP committee out in NC 11.
So really, you know, this wasn't an election. This wasn't voting. There wasn't donations being pulled in. There wasn't polling on this done. But within 48 hours, we had this market pop up and run its whole course.
And so when we first opened, Senator Tim Moffitt, who said he was interested, I believe on Friday, was polling about 51%. By Monday, he had dropped out of that race, and you saw his odds tank. And as that happened, Eventual nominee Bulcom kind of really, you know, gradually gained momentum to finishing about 40% by the end of the day on August 7th, which is that Monday that. the day of that happened. And so we saw a pretty tiny decision market, sixty eight people making a decision that it didn't have a lot of influence.
It was it was a pretty closed door process. Making a decision that had $11,000 writing on it, right? And so I think there is some concern there from folks who, you know, say, How are you sure insider training doesn't happen? How do you have a market like this where you take the influence out of it? You know, that obviously now cash flow flowing in, so there's incentives to maybe act improperly and make a decision based on those financial incentives.
So it was a really interesting race to watch the market develop out there. And I think it really highlights we can bet on anything on these predictive markets. You can wager or buy futures on these markets on these little tiny races and areas like this where information is not super public. And so how do we balance both bringing these markets into the state in this manner and also preserving those bad incentives from not happening? You had the opportunity to speak with official spokespeople over at Calchi.
Did you have the ability to ask them about this threat of insider trading? I know that on a lot of the Calci ads that run on a lot of podcasts and YouTube channels, they talk a lot about this discussion about insider trading or using non-public information to cast bets. Any concern there from company officials? Yeah, they both acknowledge this is something that is going to be an ongoing challenge for them going forward, something that is always going to be there. And, you know, since working on this story, I've known I've joined their email list and they've sent me numerous emails about this concern and how they are working to address it.
So, something that they are actively working to do. First of all, you do have to claim your employment status. They make sure that no one who's working for these campaigns or maybe for an elections office can directly invest into these futures markets in this way. Then they talked about things like political data to identify candidates, campaign staff, election officials, all of those things. And then some other red flags that they're not afraid to say that they're willing to use, like unusual timing or win rates or coordinated activities, maybe patterns of employment or relationships.
And so even your geolocation, which I've learned you share with them when you accept their terms through this process.
So a number of things that they're working to do. They're also working with the NASDAQ folks to work. on how they deal with insider trading as another futures market, right? And so working to kind of align their practices with them. But a concern that we've talked to a lot of folks about, and I think it's a real concern for people.
And I think as we continue to see these markets develop, We're going to have to continue to alter the way that we look for insero trading. Yeah, and you know, you talk about these markets continuing to develop. Andrew, if the popular advertising on social media and very influential podcasts and YouTube channels is any indication Calci and many of these other markets are dumping a lot of money into continuing to build their brand.
So, this discussion is not likely to go away anytime soon. You can read more on these prediction markets. It's a fascinating read this morning. We've got the details over on our website, CarolinaJournal.com. We appreciate the update this morning.
Andrew Pomerance joins us on the Carolina Journal News Hour. For many people, renting is a convenient option. It offers flexibility and may require less responsibility for maintenance. But owning a home can offer a different set of long-term benefits. Instead of paying rent to a landlord each month, homeowners are investing in a property that can potentially increase in value over time.
That means your home may become an asset as you continue to live in it. Home ownership can also provide more control over your living space from decorating to renovations that really fit your lifestyle. And here's something that many people don't realize: there are education programs and financial assistance options available for first-time homebuyers.
Some of these programs even offer grant funding that may help cover part of the upfront cost, and grants typically don't have to be repaid. That's why learning about home ownership options can be an important step toward making the best decision for you and your family. To learn more, visit toolsforhomeownership.com. My dough never sees a freezer. Faye Hollis makes the biscuits at Hardee's.
I'm up at 5 a.m. every day making biscuits from scratch. Easy there, biscuit lady. Off to create the Hardee's $2 for $5 breakfast menu. Try the new Oscar Meyer bologna biscuit, sausage and egg biscuit, smoked sausage biscuit, biscuit and gravy, or a cinnamon roll.
The $2 for $5 breakfast for a limited time only at participating Hardees. I got up early. The least you can do is show up hungry. This is Matt Rogers from Lost Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang. This is Bo and Yang from Los Culture Resistos with Matt Rogers and Bo and Yang.
You know when people try a new food and suddenly it's like, wait. That's the reaction a lot of people are having when they first try Cupie Mayo. It's the one with the red cap and the little baby on the bottle. You've probably seen it in the grocery store before. And if you've ever just walked past it, some people would say that's a huge mistake.
Because this mayo is different. Most mayonnaise uses whole eggs. Cupie only uses egg yolks, which gives it this rich umami flavor. It's smoother, deeper, and almost buttery. Once people try it, they start putting it on everything.
Egg sandwiches, fries, burgers.
Some fans even swear by dipping pizza crust in it. And once you notice it, you start seeing it everywhere. Chefs use it, restaurants use it, people who really care about flavor use it. Never tried it? Grab the bottle with the red cap next time you're at the store.
Put it on just about anything. Then you'll understand. Cupie, the original Japanese mayonnaise. Good morning again. It's 5.56.
Welcome back to the Carolina Journal News Hour, Charlotte's FM News Talk, 107.9 FM. WBT, it was just five days ago that President Donald Trump was in North Carolina. He was in Gastonia stumping for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Watley. Coming up a little bit later on this morning, Vice President J.D.
Vance is set to be in the state. He will be hosting a campaign event in Greensboro in support of Michael Watley and likely other Republicans running across North Carolina. The event is going to be taking place at the Curry Convention Center in Greensboro, which happens to be the site of the yearly North Carolina GOP Republican Convention. The event is, the doors, excuse me, open at 9 o'clock. The rally is set to begin at 11 a.m., indicating, regardless of some pretty abysmal polling that we've been covering over the last couple of weeks, the administration believes that North Carolina Senate race is still one that is in play.
We'll be keeping an eye on the vice president, bringing you the latest coming up tomorrow morning. All right, that's going to do it for a Monday edition of the Carolina Journal News Hour. WBT News is next, followed by Good Morning BT. We're back with you tomorrow morning, 5 to 6, right here on Charlotte's FM News Talk, 107.9 FM, WBT. My dough never sees a freezer.
Faye Hollis makes the biscuits at Hardee's. I'm up at 5 a.m. every day making biscuits from scratch. Easy there, biscuit lady. Ought to create the Hardee's $2 for $5 breakfast menu.
Try the new Oscar Meyer bologna biscuit, sausage and egg biscuit, smoked sausage biscuit, biscuit and gravy, or a cinnamon roll. The $2 for $5 breakfast for a limited time only at participating Hardy's. I got up early. The least you can do is show up hungry. Mm.
