WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSFR) -- 1EdTech Consortium Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts, has formally notified the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division about recent shifts in its membership. This filing extends the provisions of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993 which limits the recovery of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specific circumstances. The consortium has added several new members. These include Aurora Public Schools of Aurora, Colorado; Unive  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Joins Cornyn, Colleagues in Introducing Bill to Hold Illegal Aliens Accountable for Committing Murder * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Justice for Victims of Illegal Alien Murders Act, which would create a new federal offense for an illegal alien or deportable alien who commits murder in the United States. "Under t  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Richard Hudson, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Hudson Urges Action on Counterfeit Chinese Weight Loss Drugs Hurting Americans * WASHINGTON, D.C - Today, U.S. Representative Richard Hudson (NC-09) led a group of bipartisan House colleagues in sending a letter to FDA Commissioner Marty Makary urging immediate action against the rising threat of illegal, counterfeit anti-obesity medications entering the U.S. These counterfeit  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Congressman Tim Moore Introduces Legislation to Redirect Unspent IRS Funds to Border Security Measures Today, Congressman Tim Moore introduced the Securing Our Border Act to redirect unobligated Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funds toward border security measures. The funding was initially intended to hire 87,000 additional IRS enforcement agents. "Our southern border was left w  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 26 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news on July 25, 2025: * * * Creative Greensboro to Award $300K in Nonprofit Grants Creative Greensboro, the City's office for arts and culture, will award $300,000 through its Sustaining Creativity: Community Partnership Grants program. The grants will provide financial support for general operations, administration, and programs for nonprofit organizations with a primary focus on creative programming. This o  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. John Joyce, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Dr. Joyce Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Support Physicians Serving Rural Communities This week, Representative John Joyce, M.D. (PA-13), and Representative Deborah Ross (NC-02) introduced the Specialty Physicians Advancing Rural Care (SPARC) Act. This legislation would create a student loan repayment program for specialty physicians who practice in rural areas. "Rural com  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule (Docket No. FAA-2024-2591) entitled "Amendment of VOR Federal Airways V-38, V-133, and V-144 and Revocation of VOR Federal Airway V-214 in the Vicinity of Zanesville, OH." This action amends Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range Federal Airways V-38, V-133 and V-144 and revokes VOR Federal Airway V-214. FAA is taking this action due to the planned decommissioning of the Ver  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 26 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta Announces Second Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights and Declares Dividend ATLANTA, July 24, 2025 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2025. All numbers reported below for the second quarter of 2025 are approxim  more

BANNER ELK, North Carolina, July 26 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 25, 2025: * * * Foxx Issues Warning to Columbia University Administrators Today, Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement regarding Columbia University's $200 million agreement with the Trump administration. "Last April, on the steps of Low Library at Columbia University, I stood alongside Speaker Johnson, several of my Republican colleagues, and Je  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, July 26 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news on July 25, 2025: * * * Neighborhood Arts: Next Up Offers Youth-focused Workforce Development Program Creative Greensboro has partnered three professional artists with three youth artists to work in mentor-apprentice teams to create art for Greensboro bus shelters. The teams are part of the Neighborhood Arts: Next Up program, which is designed for youth artists to express themselves positively and constru  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Revenue issued the following news release on July 24, 2025: * * * President Of Tobacco Road Sports Cafes Pleaded Guilty To Embezzling Over $1.7 Million In North Carolina Sales Tax An Apex businessman was previously indicted on felony state tax charges on March 7, 2023, and pleaded guilty on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Wake County Superior Court to 15 felony state tax charges filed by the North Carolina Department of Revenue  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, has established an additional comment period regarding "2025 Solar Resource Procurement Request for Proposals for Solar and Solar Paired with Storage Resources" (Docket No. E-2, Sub 1373 and Docket No. E-7, Sub 1327) of Duke Energy Progress LLC, Raleigh, North Carolina and Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina. This decision, issued by the Chair on July 24, 2025, allows interested parties to provide further i  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, July 24 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Reminder: Division of Water Infrastructure announces Fall 2025 funding application training at six locations statewide * The Division of Water Infrastructure will conduct its Fall 2025 Funding Application Training July 29 - Aug. 8 at six locations statewide*, including an Aug. 8 virtual option that will be recorded and posted on the Division's website. Fall 20  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Padilla Applaud Senate Judiciary Committee Passage of the TRACE Act * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) applauded the passage of the TRACE Act out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The TRACE Act is a bipartisan, bicameral bill that would require the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to include an additional category to the existing National M  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Trump Administration to Release Remaining Withheld Education Funding Following Pressure from Adams, Colleagues * WASHINGTON, DC-- After illegally withholding $7 billion in education funding approved by Congress, officials within the Trump Administration have announced they will release the remaining funds. The restored funding comes after pressure led by Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (N  more