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

WILLIMANTIC, Connecticut, July 12 (TNSres) -- Eastern Connecticut State University issued the following news: Scott Moore, associate professor of history at Eastern Connecticut State University and a native of Virginia Beach, VA, recently published a book about a legendary accused witch from southeastern Virginia. "The Witch of Pungo," published through the University of Virginia Press this May, explores the legend of Grace Sherwood, who was accused of witchcraft and tried by water in 1706. Mo  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Eugene Vindman will keep Virginia's Seventh Congressional District blue and help take back the House majority * * * Today, the DCCC announced that Eugene Vindman has been added to the committee's highly competitive 'Red to Blue' program, signaling that the DCCC is invested in providing Vindman, a top-tier candidate, with the support needed to continue building a wi  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: The room was humming as three high-level federal leaders one each from the White House, the National Cancer Institute, and the Food and Drug Administration mixed with Virginia Tech students, early career researchers and leadership at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Cancer Research Center in D.C. The conclave was a mini-symposium called Engineering Cancer Solutions, organized to show appreciation to Virginia Tec  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 12 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Virginia is ranked "America's Top State for Business" by CNBC. The annual ranking measures all 50 states on 128 different metrics in 10 key categories of competitiveness to determine which states are delivering most effectively on the things that mean the most to business. "When a business chooses to invest and grow in Virginia, we're  more

ATHENS, West Virginia, July 12 -- Concord University issued the following news release: Dr. Shawn Allen, Associate Professor of Social Work at Concord University, has been appointed by Governor Jim Justice to serve on the West Virginia Developmental Disabilities Council. Dr. Allen's term will run through June 30, 2028. This appointment is in addition to Dr. Allen currently being a member of the West Virginia Olmstead Council and the West Virginia Behavioral Health Planning Council, further high  more

HARRISONBURG, Virginia, July 12 -- James Madison University issued the following statement on July 11, 2024, by interim president Charlie King: * * * Charlie King, interim president of James Madison University, issued the following statement regarding Virginia's recognition as "America's Top State for Business" by CNBC: "Virginia's ranking as "America's Top State for Business," as well as its top ranking for education, is a testament to the commonwealth's dedication to helping all Virginians   more

MCLEAN, Virginia, July 13 -- TEGNA, a broadcast, digital media and marketing services company, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: * * * Gray Media stations in Anchorage and Juneau will broadcast all locally available Seattle Kraken games, free over-the-air beginning with the 2024-2025 season * * * Tysons, Va. - TEGNA Inc. (NYSE: TGNA), the Seattle Kraken and Gray Media (NYSE: GTN) today announced that Gray's KAUU in Anchorage and KYEX in Juneau will expand the Kraken broadca  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Lazy summer days can be the perfect times to dive into good books. The College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Bookshelf offers a diverse selection of reads that showcase faculty members' scholarship and research. From poetry and nonfiction to memoirs and history, professors and instructors are writing books from nearly every genre. According to the University Data Commons in 2023, the college's faculty published 28 b  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 13 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: By Sian Wilkerson Samuel Ochinang, a second-year Ph.D. student in Virginia Commonwealth University's School of Social Work and an active-duty Army major with the Medical Service Corps, knew early in life that he had a calling to serve. As he grew up, Ochinang's community was the military community. He and his family lived on military bases around the world, following his father's job as a teacher for th  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: What weighs just 2.5 milligrams, yet is considered the deadliest animal in the world, causing an estimated 700,000 human deaths annually? The mosquito. A stealthy creature that can drink twice its weight in blood with each bite, the mosquito spreads diseases such as malaria, yellow fever, Zika, West Nile virus, and chikungunya. But one particular mosquito-borne disease dengue has piqued the interest of Michael Robert,   more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, July 12 -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: Jessica Black Director of Student Success, DVM Program When did you join the veterinary college? August 2023 The best part of being a faculty is? The opportunity to be part of a student's journey. I love getting to know students and see them accomplish their goals. Each student's journey looks different, and that's OK! Seeing students grow in confidence and resiliency and knowing that I had a small part in that is on  more