WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 13, 2022: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $3.1 million in grants to support business development and job growth in North Carolina communities impacted by the declining use of coal. * Gateway Research Park Inc., Greensboro, will receive a $2.1 million grant to expand  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Sept. 13 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Sept. 12, 2022, by First Lady Jill Biden during her visit at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University: * * * Wow, I'm so excited to be here in AggieLand! It's wonderful to help kick off Secretary Cardona's Road to Success tour at our nation's largest HBCU. Like many of you, I'm back in class at my community college in Virginia. And I've always loved the start of a new school year. There's a m  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden's Economic Plan Drives America's Electric Vehicle Manufacturing Boom President Biden, American families, automakers, and autoworkers agree: the future of transportation is electric. The President's economic plan has generated an American, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing boom that is creating new economic opportunity and tens of thousands of good-paying and union jobs across the country. Compan  more