RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 26 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Secretary Dev Sangvai and Partner Organizations Release Impact Statements Regarding Proposals that Threaten SNAP in North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and governors from 23 other states released a letter to congressional leadership Tuesday, warning of the impact potential changes to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) would  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 27 -- The North Carolina Department of Labor issued the following news release on June 26, 2025: * * * Commissioner Luke Farley Applauds Passage of House Bill 559 - "Make Elevators Great Again" (MEGA) New legislation will eliminate the state's long term elevator inspection backlog by ensuring the North Carolina Department of Labor has the resources needed to modernize and keep up with the state's tremendous growth--all without added cost to taxpayers. * This we  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 27 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release: * * * New Bill Helps Democrats Finally Learn What A Woman Is The North Carolina General Assembly approved House Bill 805 this week, which codifies biological gender definitions of male and female in State law. In addition, the bill prohibits state funds from being used to fund surgical gender transition procedures, puberty blocking drugs, or cross-sex hormones to any prisoner incarcera  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 26 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Treasurer Briner Applauds Judges' Ruling Affirming Utilities Commission Appointment State Treasurer Brad Briner hailed today's decision by a Superior Court three-judge panel upholding his authority to appoint a member to the N.C. Utilities Commission. "This decision affirms that the governor does not have ultimate authority over other duly elected members of the Co  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 27 (TNSrep) -- The North Carolina Office of the State Auditor issued the following news release on June 26, 2025: * * * Performance Audit Confirms Deficit Projections of State Health Plan Actuarial projections showing a $949 million cash deficit by the end of 2027 were accurate * A new performance audit from the North Carolina Office of the State Auditor (OSA) has confirmed actuarial projections showing growing net losses and a cash deficit for the North Caroli  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 26 -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: * * * UT Extension to Lead Value-Added Dairy Experiential Learning Course in Southeast Activities Include On-farm Learning at Locations in Tennessee and North Carolina, July 29 - August 4 * COLUMBIA, Tenn. - Dairy farmers, value-added dairy producer-processors, and industry partners from Tennessee, North Carolina, Kentucky, and other southeastern states are invited to j  more