GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Creative Greensboro's Downtown Arts Special Commission for City Hall Highlights Education Creative Greensboro highlights students and education in the 2025 Downtown Arts Special Commission for City Hall, featuring an original painting by artist Karrington Gardner. Titled "Resilience in Bloom," the artwork portrays young people set against Greensboro's built and natural landscapes, u  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Tech Systems Inc. (TSI), of Apex, North Carolina, concerning a contract for uniform alteration services. The U.S. Marine Corps awarded the contract to TDNA Technologies Inc. dba Hartwood Consulting Group, of Stafford, Virginia. TSI, the incumbent contractor for the services, challenged the Marine Corps's evaluation of its own technical proposal, the evaluation of Hartwood's past performance, exchanges the   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 16 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * North Carolina State Health Plan Premiums Finalized for 2026 The State Health Plan (Plan) Board of Trustees met today to set premiums for 2026. State Health Plan members include teachers, state employees and retirees. This is the final step in the three-pronged effort to provide financial stability as the Plan faces a half a billion-dollar deficit. The approved prem  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Warren David, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, issued the following news release: * * * National Security Subcommittee Examines U.S. Supply Chain Resilience and the Defense Production Act Today, the Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led by Subcommittee Chair Warren Davidson (OH-08), held a field he  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Whitehouse Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding * Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), led 30 of their Senate colleagues in demanding Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin obey  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 15 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Water quality swimming advisory issued for sound-side site in Dare County * An advisory against swimming was posted today at a sound-side site in Dare County, where state recreational water quality officials found bacteria levels in the water that exceed the state's and Environmental Protection Agency's recreational water quality standards. The advisory is for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 15, 2025: * * * Whitehouse, Van Hollen Lead 30 Colleagues in Demanding EPA Obey the Law and Restore Solar for All, Other Green Bank Program Funding Lawmakers warn Trump Administration is violating the law by terminating $27 billion in congressionally obligated funding for affordable clean energy * Senator Sheldon White  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 -- WNCSource, a non-profit organization based in Hendersonville, North Carolina, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) urging the agency to withdraw a notice that reinterprets "federal public benefit" under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), warning it will create eligibility barriers for children and their families. WNCSource cites the potential consequences of HHS's rei  more