GREENSBORO, North Carolina, June 25 -- The American Baseball Coaches Association issued the following news: * * * 2025 ABCA/Rawlings National Pitchers of the Year Announced 2024 ABCA/Rawlings Pitchers of the Year The American Baseball Coaches and Rawlings Sporting Goods have announced the 2025 National Pitchers of the Year. The ABCA/Rawlings Pitchers of the Year are selected by ABCA coaches committees from nine divisions of amateur baseball: NCAA Div. I, II & III, NAIA, NJCAA Div. I, II & III  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF13038) on June 23, 2025, by legislative attorney Dave S. Sidhu: * * * Affirmative Action at Military Service Academies Under the Trump Administration In 2023, in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard, the Supreme Court held that the race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard College and the University of North Carolina (UNC) were unconstitutional. The Court reasoned  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Introduces FAFO Act to Crack Down on Espionage by Foreign Adversaries * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) introduced the Foreign Adversary Federal Offense (FAFO) Act (link is external), a bill that imposes tough penalties on individuals who commit economic or defense espionage for America's top enemies: C  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Statement on Ceasefire Ending the 12-Day War * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) released the following statement in response to President Trump's announcement of a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, formally concluding the 12-Day War: "This moment marks a turning point in the history of the Middle E  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- The National Association of Counties issued the following news release: [Category: Government/Public Administration] * * * County Leaders Visit Washington to Share Local Perspective on Budget Reconciliation * Elected officials from five states sound alarm about administrative and funding changes to SNAP and Medicaid WASHINGTON - Today the National Association of Counties (NACo) joined five state associations of counties in supporting over a dozen county leaders visi  more

GREENVILLE, North Carolina, June 25 -- East Carolina University issued the following news release: * * * ECU cements BSIT transfer pathway with Pitt Community College GREENVILLE, N.C. (06/24/2025) - East Carolina University and Pitt Community College cemented a transfer partnership with a bilateral agreement signing ceremony last week in ECU's Science and Technology Building. The agreement provides PCC students who graduate with at least a 2.0 GPA and an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) de  more

EAST STROUDSBURG, Pennsylvania, June 25 -- East Stroudsburg University issued the following news release: * * * ESU English Professor Recently Published East Stroudsburg University is pleased to announce that Artress Bethany White, Ph.D., associate professor of English, has recently been published. Dr. White's book, A Black Doe in the Anthropocene, confronts brutal truths unearthed by the present-day descendant of an enslaved American family. It was published by University Press of Kentucky,  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, June 25 -- Forvis, an accounting and advisory firm, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Forvis Mazars Launches U.S. Financial Services Regulatory Center Forvis Mazars, LLP, ranked among the largest public accounting and consulting firms in the United States, today announced the launch of the United States Financial Services Regulatory Center (U.S. Reg Center). The new center showcases the firm's U.S. regulatory expertise and complements the fir  more

BOONE, North Carolina, June 24 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Groups urge Sens. Capito, Justice to protect West Virginians, vote against harmful cuts to health programs and energy tax credits * CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Today multiple groups held a press conference outside the office of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to highlight the damaging cuts to vital programs proposed in the budget reconciliation bill, officially called the "One Big Beaut  more

ENCINO, California, June 25 -- Marcus and Millichap issued the following news release: * * * Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Two-Property Retail Portfolio in Southeast ATLANTA, June 23, 2025 - Marcus & Millichap (NYSE: MMI), a leading commercial real estate brokerage firm specializing in investment sales, financing, research and advisory services, announced today the sale of a two-property retail portfolio totaling more than 53,000 square feet in Spring Lake, North Carolina, and Jackson,   more

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, June 24 [Category: Industrial Materials] -- MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association posted the following news release: * * * MEMA Center for Sustainability and Suppliers Partnership for the Environment Release Resources to Advance Supplier Sustainability Progress and Reporting Efficiency * SOUTHFIELD, MICH. - The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP), in collaboration with the MEMA Center for Sustainability, has released a new set of education  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, June 24 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Pipeline of power: Army Reserve fuel operation drives Mojave Falcon 2025 * FORT BARFOOT, Va. - Thirteen Army Reserve units from more than eight states assembled under the 380th Quartermaster Battalion to carry out a complex fuel supply mission in support of aircraft operations at Langley Air Force Base as part of Mojave Falcon 2025. The mission tested every phase of fuel logistics, from pi  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Colleagues Lead Effort to Strengthen Review of Foreign Land Purchases Near Sensitive U.S. Military Sites * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 10 of his Republican Senate colleagues introduced the Protect Our Bases Act, legislation that strengthens national security by ensuring the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) can effectively review foreign  more