GREENSBORO, North Carolina, April 12 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: Five students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's Journalism and Mass Communications Department have been selected to receive scholarships from Spotify, the global music and podcast streaming platform. The 2024 Spotify NextGen Scholarship has been awarded to Armani Ross, a junior mass media production major from Atlanta; Christen Davis, a j  more

HIGH POINT, North Carolina, April 12 (TNSres) -- High Point University issued the following news release: The latest High Point University Poll finds that self-identified registered voters in North Carolina are split in their intended votes for U.S. president and U.S. Congress, as well as North Carolina governor, House of Representatives and Senate. Election for President, N.C. Governor and U.S. Congress The most recent HPU Poll included self-identified registered voters who were asked who th  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina has ended the backlog of untested older sexual assault kits. Attorney General Stein shared the following statement: "Today is a great day: North Carolina has ended the rape kit backlog. I am incredibly proud of the bipartisan and collaborative effort that produced this achievement - Republican a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: On Thursday evening, Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper greeted Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio and Mrs. Kishida Yuko upon their arrival at RDU-International Airport. This historic visit to North Carolina by the Prime Minister and his wife comes following a White House State Dinner on Wednesday night hosted by President Biden and honoring America's re  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies North Carolina, Inc. will expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wake County, adding 680 jobs and investing $1.2 billion in the Town of Holly Springs, Governor Cooper announced today. In 2021, the company announced that it would construct one of North America's largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 11 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Tailored Plans are a new kind of NC Medicaid Managed Care health plan for approximately 210,000 beneficiaries with a serious mental illness, a serious emotional disturbance, a severe substance use disorder, an intellectual/developmental disability or a traumatic brain injury in North Carolina. They will cover doctor visits, prescription drugs and services for mental  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announces today that the state of North Carolina is now the third largest domicile for captive insurance companies in the U.S., trailing only Vermont and Utah. A captive insurance company is a type of self-insurance that businesses use to manage their own risks. A 'domicile' is the country, state or territory that  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release: North Carolina Insurance companies have filed a request with the N.C. Department of insurance to increase insurance rates for mobile home policies. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies and is not a part of the Department of Insurance, has requested an overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies (MH-F) over a three-year peri  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: Researchers have developed synthetic platelets that can be used to stop bleeding and enhance healing at the site of an injury. The researchers have demonstrated that the synthetic platelets work well in animal models but have not yet begun clinical trials in humans. A number of medical situations require platelet transfusions - such as cases of severe bleeding, or for patients who a  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, April 11 (TNSres) -- Quinnipiac University Poll has issued the following news release: * * * Governor's Race: Stein Leads Robinson 52% - 44% * * * In a state considered pivotal to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are locked in a race that is too-close-to-call with 48 percent of voters supporting Trump and 46 percent supporting Biden, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pea-ack) University poll of register  more

CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, April 12 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news: By Bill Studenc A team of students from the Western Carolina University College of Business finished near the top in an annual competition sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority, putting together an investment portfolio that outperformed the stock market average. The WCU finance students exceeded the Standard & Poor's 500 index by nearly basis 400 points, earning not just another award for the C  more