WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * 51 Republican Senators Urge FDA To Continue To Stand For Life, Reevaluate Generic Abortion Pill Approval * U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) led a group of 51 Republican Senators in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary commending their   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- AeroX, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) advocating for a comprehensive regulatory framework to promote the safe integration of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) and advanced air mobility (AAM) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The comment supports the FAA's performance-based Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM), which establishes new operational rules under Parts 108 and 146 specificall  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corp., Blue Ridge Energies LLC and Ridgelink LLC, all of Lenoir, North Carolina, have sent a public comment letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) addressing the integration of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) into the National Airspace System (NAS). The organization expresses strong support for the FAA's objectives of facilitating safe UAS operations across various mission types, particularly Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) op  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Foxx Praises Significant Peace Agreement Between the State of Israel and Hamas * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Representative Foxx (R-NC) issued the following statement on phase one of the historic peace agreement - brokered by President Trump - that was agreed to by the State of Israel and Hamas. "Blessed are the peacemakers. This new agreement has undeniably opened the door for peace within t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominations for Seventh Circuit and Four District Courts, Along with Nominations for the Director of National Drug Control Policy and Five U.S. Attorneys The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh  more

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 10 -- The city of Greensboro issued the following news on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * MPO Seeks Public Comment on Draft Program of Projects for FY 2026 The Greensboro Urban Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) has released a draft of its Program of Projects (POP) for Fiscal Year 2026 for public review and comment from October 9 through November 8. The document is available for review at www.guampo.org. The Draft POP details planned transit grants for Greens  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Agronomic Service Waste Lab team pioneers new lab testing protocol that saves processing time and money, produces quicker results and increases safety for employees After four years of extensive testing, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is employing a new method for analyzing nitrogen in swine, dairy and poultry  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * NCDHHS, Universities Partner on a New Five-Year Program to Improve and Expand Social Work Workforce The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Social Work Coalition on Workforce Development are partnering to create a Public Service Leadership Program (PSLP) that will strengthen the state's social work wor  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 9, 2025, at an executive business meeting on judicial and executive nominees: * * * On today's agenda, we have seventeen nominations listed; we'll vote on eleven of them. We'll vote on Rebecca Taibleson to be a circuit judge and on David Bragdon, Lindsey Ann Freeman, Matthew Orso and Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be district judges in North Caroli  more