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Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
3 days agoMLB reaches agreements with Polymarket, federal commission
MLB partners with Polymarket and the CFTC to establish federal oversight of prediction markets, aiming to protect the sport's integrity through standardized guardrails rather than fragmented state regulations.
Major League Baseball
fromESPN.com
3 days agoMLB reaches agreements with Polymarket, federal commission
MLB partners with Polymarket and the CFTC to establish federal oversight of prediction markets, aiming to protect the sport's integrity through standardized guardrails rather than fragmented state regulations.
Cannabis
from24/7 Wall St.
1 week agoThe One IRS Rule Keeping Cannabis Stocks Down Despite Record Cash Flow
Retail investors are betting on cannabis ETF MSOS through options ahead of potential federal rescheduling, with Section 280E tax relief being the critical catalyst for multi-state cannabis operators.
fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
1 week agoDemocratic AGs Sue to Block Admissions Data Collection
As part of the newly created Admissions and Consumer Transparency Supplement (ACTS) survey, colleges must submit years of disaggregated admissions data-including the test scores, grade point averages, race, sex and income ranges of applied, admitted and enrolled students dating as far back as 2019. The data collection is part of an effort to verify that universities aren't considering race in admissions decisions after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the use of such practices in 2023.
Higher education
Higher education
fromThe Atlantic
1 week agoUniversities Have Been Steamrolling Trump in Court
Trump's administration launched rapid attacks on higher education through investigations and funding seizures, but procedural violations allowed courts to block most actions, limiting lasting damage to universities.
fromAbove the Law
2 weeks agoPam Bondi Wants Sole Power To Decide If DOJ Lawyers - Including Herself - Act Unethically - Above the Law
Criminal accountability is a non-starter between sovereign immunity and the inevitable blanket pardons Trump will issue. The Department has declared "war" on judges invoking contempt powers. And Justice already gutted its internal disciplinary resources. All that's left to deter the rampant ethical violations committed by government lawyers is for local bar licensing authorities to impose discipline.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 months agoHouse Republican Suggests Congress Fully Intervene' So That We Don't Have 16 Teams in the SEC'
What we just saw unfold with Lane Kiffin is just an absolute abomination. People say, Well, this is the market working, Chip. This is the market forces at play. This is not supposed to be a market. Not in that classic sense. Yes, college sports can compete with the NFL for revenue. Yes, college sports can compete with other entertainment dollars. I get that. But this is not supposed to be an NFL light.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 months agoThe Government Is Trying to Take Back Weed
And yet, convenience stores across the country-even in states where marijuana is illegal-sell a trove of fizzy drinks, vape pens, and confections all promising to get you high. My neighborhood liquor store has an entire cooler full of weed drinks, including a seltzer aptly named Bong Water, a can of which has 25 milligrams of THC. About five milligrams of that chemical, which is the main psychoactive component in marijuana, will make the occasional weed user feel a light buzz.
US politics
fromElectronic Frontier Foundation
7 months agoPresident Trump's War on "Woke AI" Is a Civil Liberties Nightmare
The White House's recently-unveiled 'AI Action Plan' wages war on so-called 'woke AI'-including large language models (LLMs) that provide information inconsistent with the administration's views.
US politics
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