TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 12 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit secured a payment of more than half a million dollars to Florida Medicaid from laboratory services providers. Attorney General Moody's MFCU, along with the federal government, the state of North Carolina and the Commonwealth of Virginia, secured the recovery from Vista Clinical Diagnostics, LLC, Access Dermpath, Inc., and Advanced   more

BELMONT, North Carolina, July 12 -- Belmont Abbey College issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Today, on the Feast of St. Benedict, Belmont Abbey celebrates the first Profession of Vows of Brother Gabriel Hamilton, formerly known as John Paul Hamilton, an alumnus of Belmont Abbey College's Class of '20. The profession took place during the monastic community's Conventual Mass, which was attended by Brother Gabriel's family and friends and members of the college community. In his  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 13 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Today, the Biden Administration announced a transformational $242 million grant to support the Cape Fear Memorial Bridge replacement project in Wilmington. Funding for this grant gives this project an extraordinary boost toward completion and comes from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The U.S. Department of Transportation notified Congress on Friday of the   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 13 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Today, CNBC named North Carolina as second best state to do business and in the top three for the fifth year in a row thanks to our well-trained and diverse workforce, booming economy, and strong business environment. In 2019, North Carolina ranked third; in 2021, the state ranked second; and in both 2022 and 2023 North Carolina ranked first. "Investing in our people makes  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 13 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release: Durable skills included in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction's Portrait of a Graduate are essential to every occupation in the state, and jobseekers need these skills to meet employer demand, according to a new analysis (https://www.commerce.nc.gov/news/the-lead-feed/portrait-of-a-graduate-skills) from the North Carolina Department of Commerce's Labor and   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 13 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: More than half a million North Carolinians have now enrolled in Medicaid expansion since the program began seven months ago. Beneficiaries are now able get the quality health care they need at low cost. Roy Cooper was joined by North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kody Kinsley, Dr. Karen L. Smith MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Raeford and Verlina Lomick,CHW-IV,  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources issued the following news release: The North Carolina Museum of History is pleased to announce that Maria Vann will now lead the three North Carolina Maritime Museums: the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras, the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Beaufort, and the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport. Vann is a historian and museum professional from New York who serves as deputy   more