WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Advocate Health, Charlotte, North Carolina, submitted a public comment letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) addressing regulatory reform related to artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare. The letter highlights the need to improve the development, deployment, and adoption of AI technologies within the sector by eliminating existing statutory and regulatory barriers. In its response to the OSTP's Request for Information, Advocate Health emphasize  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd, Hagerty, Colleagues Reintroduce Legislation to Prohibit Foreign Nationals from Funding American Elections * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined Senator Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and several of his Senate Republican colleagues in reintroducing the Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act to prevent foreign nationals from improperly influencing American electi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- Jeffrey Ferranti, senior vice president, and Eric Poon, chief health information officer, both of Duke Health, Durham, North Carolina, has expressed its commitment to advancing artificial intelligence (AI) by submitting a public comment letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy regarding regulatory reform. The organization's letter addresses the administration's request for information aimed at promoting AI innovation and adoption within the healthcare sector.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a rule to establish revised emission limits and work practice standards for hazardous waste combustors (HWC) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). This proposed action follows the agency's mandatory residual risk and technology review for the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from HWCs. The EPA plans to establish emission limits and work practice standards specifically targeting hydrogen fluorid  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 11 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on Nov. 10, 2025: * * * North Carolina Prepares for Workforce Pell, Expanding Access to Workforce Training Programs Governor Josh Stein has directed the Governor's Council on Workforce and Apprenticeships to make recommendations to effectively implement the newly created Workforce Pell grants to help North Carolina students take advantage of additional career training opportunities.  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Over the Weekend and During the Democrats' Longest Government Shutdown in American History, ICE Arrests Worst of the Worst Criminal Illegal Aliens Including Pedophiles, Murderers, and Drug Traffickers Despite the Democrats' longest government shutdown in American history, ICE law enforcement officers are still hard at work making America safe again *  While Americans enjoyed their weeke  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has issued report PNNL-36759, titled 'Final ARPA-E Report: Microstructure Optimization and Novel Processing Development of ODS Steels for Fusion Environments,' authored by Dalong Zhang, Jens T. Darsell, Iver E. Anderson, Timothy J. Horn, and Djamel Kaoumi. Prepared under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830 for the U.S. Department of Energy and completed in October 2025, the report documents the Advanced Research Projects Agency-  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * State-owned buildings saved $196M by reducing energy use in FY2024 * The State Energy Office, within the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), reported that efforts to reduce energy consumption in state-owned buildings have saved taxpayers more than $196 million in the year covering July 2023 to June 2024. The program, the Utility Savings I  more