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

CHICAGO, Illinois, July 12 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul and District of Columbia Attorney General Brian Schwalb today led a coalition of 18 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief urging a federal court to reject a challenge to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Discriminatory Effects Rule. The homeowners insurance industry is challenging the rule, which under the Fair Housing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on July 11, 2024: * * * Four New Multi-State ARISE Grants spur Economic Development in Eight Appalachian States. * * * Today, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) awarded $1.5 million to fund four projects that will bring together over 40 regional partner organizations to boost growth in the outdoor tourism and aviation industries across   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

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Army Brig. Gen. Stephanie R. Ahern for appointment to the grade of major general. Ahern is currently serving as director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, D.C. Army Brig. Gen. Guillaume N. Beaurpere for appointment to the grade of major general  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina issued the following news release: A Rocky Mount cocaine dealer was sentenced to 600 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of a firearm by a felon. On April 11, 2024, Andre Donnell Downey, age 37, pled guilty to the charges. "This high-volume drug dealer, who previously served a federal sentence for trafficking cocaine, quickly returned to a life  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

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57213) involving Harris Nuclear Plant, North Carolina: * * * Facility: Harris Region: 2 State: NC Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: Trent Plummer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 07:48 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(b  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57213) involving Harris Nuclear Plant, North Carolina: * * * Facility: Harris Region: 2 State: NC Unit: [1] [] [] RX Type: [1] W-3-LP NRC Notified By: Trent Plummer HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 07/08/2024 Notification Time: 11:04 [ET] Event Date: 07/08/2024 Event Time: 07:48 [EDT] Last Update Date: 07/08/2024 Emergency Class: Non Emergency 10 CFR Section: 50.72(  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery I am excited to have the opportunity to welcome you to the Freedman's Bank Summer Symposium, which I am very glad Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and many of my colleagues are able to attend in person. The Freedman's Bank Forum was named for the Freedman's Savings and Trust Company, commonly called Freedman's Bank. It was a private corporation chartered by the U.S. government  more