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State Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Saturday March 30, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Four Tusculum History Majors Showcase Their Knowledge With Presentations at Honor Society Conference on Campus
GREENVILLE, Tennessee, March 29 -- Tusculum University issued the following news: Four history majors at Tusculum University demonstrated their knowledge on varied local, state and national subjects during a recent conference for college students that was held on campus. Tusculum's Alpha Pi Alpha chapter hosted the Tennessee Regional Conference of the national Phi Alpha Theta history honor society Saturday, March 23, in Chalmers Conference Center. The event brought students from Tennessee, Nor  more

IN THE STATES: Trump's Attacks on Health Care and Reproductive Freedoms, Abysmal Ground Game Take the Spotlight
WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: From reproductive freedom to the Affordable Care Act, health care was front and center over the past week across the country. In the face of Donald Trump's attacks on health care and plans to raise costs, Americans across the country celebrated the anniversary of the ACA, and President Biden and Vice President Harris visited Raleigh, North Carolina to lay out their plan to make health care more affordab  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Acts to Protect Emergency Abortion Care
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein filed a friend-of-the-court brief that seeks to safeguard Americans' access to abortion care during medical emergencies. Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 24 attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court in two consolidated cases to uphold a preliminary injunction that requires Idaho hospitals to provide emergency abortion care under the fe  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Presents Dogwood Award to Eastern North Carolina Law Enforcement Officer
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today honored Nash County Major Miste Strickland with the Attorney General's Dogwood award for her 28-year career with the Nash County Sheriff's Office. Major Strickland is retiring this week as the first female major in the history of the office. "The people of Nash County are better off for Major Strickland's service and good work ov  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Reaches $2.1 Million Medicaid Settlement With Mako Medical
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 29 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that he reached a $2,100,000 settlement to resolve allegations that Mako Medical Laboratories, LLC submitted false claims to the North Carolina Medicaid program. Mako is headquartered in Raleigh and operates a clinical laboratory performing, among other things, urine drug testing ("UDT"). "Labs that receive Medicaid fun  more

N.C. A.G. Stein Takes Texas Robocaller to Court for Violating Permanent Robocall and Telemarketing Bans
RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of eight attorneys general asking the court to take stronger action against John Caldwell Spiller, II after Spiller violated permanent robocall and telemarketing bans. "This defendant has repeatedly violated the court's order and continued to make harmful scam calls," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "This must e  more

Pre-College Development Academy and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Partner to Offer Educational Opportunities for Student-Athletes
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, March 30 -- Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Pre-College Development Academy (PCDA), a leading post-high school soccer academy, today announced a groundbreaking partnership with Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College (A-B Tech), a respected community college based out of Asheville, North Carolina. This collaboration ensures that all PCDA student-athletes, regardless of their future goals, w  more

University of North Carolina-Asheville: New Report Documents Research Pilot Exploring Connections Between Craft and Community Vitality
ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, March 30 (TNSres) -- The University of North Carolina-Asheville issued the following news: A new report from the UNC Asheville-UNC Gillings Master of Public Health (MPH) program documents an innovative research pilot with the Center for Craft. The project paired six MPH students with six Craft & Community Vitality grant awardees to explore how the craft artists' work connects with community health. The report presents narrative portraits of awardees that contributes t  more

Volvo Financial Services, JA Worldwide Expand Partnership, Bringing Financial Literacy Education to More Youth
GREENSBORO, North Carolina, March 30 -- Volvo Financial Services issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Volvo Financial Services (VFS) today announced a continuation of its partnership with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide through 2025, bringing financial literacy skills and knowledge to even more youth around the world. In addition, VFS and JA are expanding their geographic reach with the addition of programs in Romania and Sweden. These new programs will be in addition to effor  more