WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Chuck Edwards, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * 2025 Congressional Art Competition open for WNC high school students U.S. Congressman Chuck Edwards (NC-11) announced today that his office is accepting submissions for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition from high school students living in North Carolina's 11th district. The winner of the competition will have their artwork displayed in the U.S. Capitol for one year. "High school stude  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources and Biotechnology released the following testimony by Robert Gordon, senior vice president of the American Property Casualty Insurance Association, from a March 6, 2025, hearing on the Fix Our Forests Act (H.R. 471): * * * Chairman Marshall and Ranking Member Bennet, thank you for holding today's hearing to examine the Fix Our Forests Act, H.R. 471, introduced by Hou  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressmen Davis and Nunn Introduce Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Don Davis (NC-01), along with Congressman Zachary Nunn (IA-03), members of the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, introduced H.R. 2109, the Cybersecurity for Rural Water Systems Act. "Our agricultural communities and rural water systems are critical to our national defense, and I'm gl  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 (TNSFRinfo) -- The Department of Defense, General Services Administration and NASA have submitted a request to the Office of Management and Budget for an extension of information collection requirements related to North Carolina sales tax certification. This notice, published in the Federal Register on March 13, 2025, focuses on maintaining compliance with state and local tax regulations for federal contracts performed in North Carolina. The request, pertaining to the Fede  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Hudson Announces 2025 Congressional Art Competition SOUTHERN PINES, NC - Today, Congressman Richard Hudson (NC-09) announced that his Southern Pines and Fayetteville offices are accepting submissions from North Carolina's Ninth District for the 2025 Congressional Art Competition. "The Congressional Art Competition is a wonderful opportunity for our District's high school students to showc  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released the following public communication dated Feb. 27, 2025, from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council and New England Fishery Management Council: * * * To: Lindy Nelson Office of Renewable Energy Programs Bureau of Ocean Energy Management 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA 20166 Dear Ms. Nelson, Please accept these comments from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Mid- Atl  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Murphy Statement on Greenville Plane Crash Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D., issued the following statement in response to the plane crash and fatalities near Pitt-Greenville Airport: "I am deeply heartbroken by the tragic loss of life in the plane crash in Greenville this morning," said Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D."We mourn and pray for peace for their   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Attorney General Jeff Jackson Announces Money Laundering and Health Care Fraud Sentencing RALEIGH - Attorney General Jeff Jackson today announced that Wendell Lewis Randall was sentenced to 30 months in prison and ordered to repay more than $2 million after pleading guilty to one count of health care fraud and one count of money laundering. "This health  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * North Carolina's January Employment Figures Released The state's seasonally adjusted January 2025 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from December's revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.0 percent. North Carolina's unemployment rate increased 0.2 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employ  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 17 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * State invites communities and contractors to apply for Phases 1 through 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality's (NCDEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) invites communities and contractors to apply to participate in Phases 1 through 4 of the N.C. Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP), which ai  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Budget Committee released the following testimony by Dan Bishop, President Trump's nominee to be deputy director of the Office of Management, from a March 5, 2025, confirmation hearing: * * * Thank you, Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Merkley, and members of the committee for this hearing. After 5 years in the House of Representatives, where I had the pleasure of working with several of you, I now find myself facing you on the other side of the dais. If I am  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 17, 2025: * * * Rep. Harris and Rep. Miller: "Trump is right: The Department of Education must go." WASHINGTON, DC -- On Monday, Representative Mark Harris (NC-8) and Representative Mary Miller (IL-15) penned an op-ed in The Washington Examiner supporting President Trump's calls to rethink the Department of Education. Representatives Harris and Miller both serve on the House Committee on E  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Armed Services Committee released the following written testimony by Randall Reed, commander of the U.S. Transportation Command, from a March 5, 2025, hearing entitled "The Posture of the United States Transportation Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program": * * * Who We Are - Our Mission We are the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), a warfighting command who projects and sustain  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 18 -- North Carolina Community College System issued the following news on March 17, 2025: * * * Wake Tech Alumna and FOX5 DC Anchor, Jacqueline Matter, to Emcee the NC Community Colleges Awards Dinner and Celebration RALEIGH, NC - March 13, 2025 Jacqueline Matter, a Wake Tech Alumna, FOX5 DC Anchor, and Miss North Carolina International 2016, will serve as the emcee for the prestigious North Carolina Community Colleges Awards Dinner and Celebration on the eveni  more