LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 9 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release: * * * Attorney General Griffin Praises Federal Court Judgment Declaring Race-Based Quotas for Government Boards Unconstitutional * Griffin: 'With this injunction now in place, Arkansans of all races will be given fair and equal consideration for appointment' LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after a federal district judge issued a declaratory jud  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 9 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * Bank of America Announces Redemption of $3,000,000,000 5.080% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, Due January 2027 * CHARLOTTE, NC - Bank of America Corporation announced today that it will redeem on January 20, 2026 all $3,000,000,000 principal amount outstanding of its 5.080% Fixed/Floating Rate Senior Notes, due January 2027 (CUSIP No. 060  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Jan. 9 [Category: BizFinancial Services] -- Bank of America, a financial institution, posted the following news release: * * * BofA Awards $1 Million to Rebuild Pacific Palisades YMCA Destroyed in Wildfires * PACIFIC PALISADES, CA - In recognition of the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles wildfires, Bank of America announced a $1 million grant to the YMCA of Metropolitan Los Angeles to help rebuild the Lowe Family YMCA serving the Palisades-Malibu community th  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Joins Bipartisan Bill to Maintain U.S. Leadership in Global Race to Advance Quantum Computing * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.), member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, joined U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) in introducing the bipartisan National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act to help maintain American leader  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Ted Budd, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Budd Joins Blackburn, Colleagues in Bicameral Push to Hold Fraudsters Accountable for Stealing Taxpayer Dollars * Washington, D.C. U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) joined U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) in introducing the Fraud Accountability Act yesterday, which would explicitly add fraud as a deportable offense under the Immigration and Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Cantwell Leads Senate Passage of Resolution Congratulating UW Men's Soccer on Winning 2025 National Championship * 01.08.26 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today a resolution by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) congratulating the University of Washington men's soccer team on winning the 2025 NCAA Division I National Championship unanimously passed the United States Se  more

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, Jan. 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on Jan. 7, 2026: * * * Another MN neighbor pledges to opt-in to new education program By Catrin Wigfall Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has announced she will opt the state in to the new federal education tax-credit program, set to take effect January 2027. Iowa joins seven other states -- South Dakota, Colorado,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * Chairman Griffith Delivers Opening Statement at Subcommittee on Health Hearing to Improve Medicare Payment Policies for Seniors Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing titled Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Mark Harris to Sheriff McFadden: 'Take a Leave of Absence or Resign Immediately' * WASHINGTON, DC Congressman Mark Harris (NC-08) called on Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden to step down immediately following multiple serious allegations of misconduct and maladministration. In a letter addressed to Sheriff McFadden, Congressman Harris wrote, "When public confidence erodes   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Pat Harrigan Votes to Protect Affordable Manufactured Housing * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) voted to pass H.R. 5184 (link is external), the Affordable Housing Over Mandating Efficiency Standards Act (HOMES), legislation that stops federal energy rules that would raise the cost of manufactured homes and make housing  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Tim Moore, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Tim Moore Introduces National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Resolution * WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) introduced a bipartisan resolution to recognize January 9, 2026, as National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, honoring the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who wear the badge at the local, state, and federal levels. The resolution, co-led by Cong  more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 9 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment issued the following news: * * * January 2026 Research Rundown: Electric Vehicles, Microbes and Embryos, Meta's Energy Demand, Small-Scale Fisheries Research highlights from across the Nicholas School. * The Duke Environment Research Rundown highlights studies published by faculty and students representing the four research divisions within the Nicholas School of the Environment: Earth and Climate   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 7 -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * From Coursework to Patient Care: Duke Design Health Team Innovates POTS Treatment Student-led startup pursues award-winning treatment for patients with disruptions to their autonomic body processes. * When recent biomedical engineering graduates Kishen Mitra and Sara Taube joined Duke's Design Health program as juniors in the spring of 2023, they became interested in dysautonomia,   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 10 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Using the Physics of Radio Waves to Empower Smarter Edge Devices Duke engineers publish new method to use analog radio waves to boost energy-efficient edge AI. By Andrew Tie As drones survey forests, robots navigate warehouses and sensors monitor city streets, more of the world's decision-making is occurring autonomously on the edge--on the small devices that gather infor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed an administrative settlement agreement involving the Raleigh Durham Airport Authority and the Ward Transformer Superfund Site. The site is the subject of ongoing environmental efforts under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. The agreement outlines specific work to be performed at the site by the Raleigh Durham Airport Authority. As a local government entity and prospective  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Following 5th Anniversary of January 6, Merkley and Tillis Secure Unanimous Passage of Bipartisan Resolution to Display January 6 Plaque Inside U.S. Capitol * After the 2021 attack, Congress agreed to install a permanent plaque to honor law enforcement who helped protect U.S. Capitol; now, Senate has agreed to temporarily install the plaque on the Senate side of the Capitol Washington, D.C. - Today,  more

NEW YORK, Jan. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York posted the following news release on Jan. 9, 2026: * * * Former Corporate Executive Pleads Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Insider Trading Scheme * United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Jay Clayton, and Assistant Director in Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI"), Christopher G. Raia, announced today that PAUL JORGENSEN pled guilty to co  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Stein Announces Johnson & Johnson Will Build Second Major Facility in Wilson County * Today Governor Josh Stein announced Johnson & Johnson, the world-leading health care company, will expand its presence in North Carolina. The company says it will make an additional multibillion dollar investment in the City of Wilson. According to the company, the project is estimated to   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 9 -- Gov. Josh Stein, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Stein Highlights Helene Housing Recovery, Visits Polk County Worksite of Nonprofit Helping to Rebuild Western North Carolina * Today Governor Stein visited Saluda to tour a home repaired by the Housing Assistance Corporation, a volunteer organization working to rebuild homes across western North Carolina. In October, the nonprofit was awarded a $300,000 grant to repair at l  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Graham Joins Republican Senators in Demanding Accountability from Tim Walz Amid Minnesota Fraud Scandal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) joined his Republican Senate colleagues in demanding accountability from outgoing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz amid widespread reports of fraud and abuse of federal funding in Minnesota. Graham and his colleagues slammed Govern  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * Health Subcommittee Holds Legislative Hearing on Improving Medicare Payment Policies for Seniors Today, Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-09), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Health, led a hearing titled Legislative Proposals to Support Patient Access to Medicare Services. "As our population ages, it is critical that Med  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Congressman Pat Harrigan Leads Letter to Governor Stein After Federal Audit Exposes Dangerous CDL Failures in North Carolina * Contact: Lexi Kranich (814) 380-4408 WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Congressman Pat Harrigan (NC-10) is leading a letter to North Carolina Governor Josh Stein after a federal audit revealed widespread failures in the state's commercial driver's license program that p  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Addison McDowell, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * McDowell Announces NC-06 Congressional App Challenge Winner * Washington, D.C. - Today, Congressman Addison McDowell (NC-06) announced Haashini Balasubramanian, a 10th-grade student at Cox Mill High School in Concord, as the winner of North Carolina's 6th Congressional District in the 2025 Congressional App Challenge. Balasubramanian's app, "Nestling: Your NICU Parent Copilot," is an AI-  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- Rep. Gregory Murphy, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Murphy Applauds Passage of Community Project Funding for NC-03 in Appropriations Package * Washington, D.C. Congressman Greg Murphy, M.D., issued the following statement in response to the passage of H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, which included enormous community project funding wins for North Carolin  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Adams Calls for Independent Investigation into ICE Shooting of Minnesota Woman * WASHINGTON, DC Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) released a statement calling for an independent investigation into the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a masked ICE agent during ICE's siege of Minneapolis. "I am appalled at the video of a masked ICE agent fatally shooting  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Republicans Blast Tim Walz for Rampant Child Care Fraud, Demand Accountability for American Taxpayers The entire Senate Republican Conference, led by Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy (R-Louisiana), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Majority Leader John Thune (R-South Dakota) and Majo  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Colleagues Demand Accountability From Governor Walz Over Child Care Fraud * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and his Republican Senate colleagues recently sent a letter to Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) demanding accountability amid widespread reports of fraud and abuse of federal child care funding in Minnesota. "We write to express serious concern regarding recent reports and  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 10 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on Jan. 9, 2026: * * * Tim Melton Named Interim General Counsel While State Treasurer Launches National Search State Treasurer Brad Briner announced today that Tim Melton will be the Department of State Treasurer's interim general counsel. The move follows current General Counsel Ben Garner's decision to resign at the end of this month to take a job in the private sector. "Ben has been a  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued the following news release on Jan. 8, 2026: * * * Trump's Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Exposes Over 50% of North Carolina Trucking Licensees for Foreigners Were Issued Illegally The Department will withhold nearly $50 million in federal funding if North Carolina fails to revoke licenses issued illegally to foreign drivers * U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy tod  more

WILMINGTON, North Carolina, Jan. 10 -- The University of North Carolina Wilmington campus issued the following news: * * * Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Launches Thrive Lab By Lydia Thomas UNC Wilmington's Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (UNCW CIE) launched the Thrive Lab, powered by Wells Fargo, a new multi-month development program designed to equip business owners with the skills, mentorship and strategic foundations needed to grow and strengthen their businesses.   more

ORANGEBURG, South Carolina, Jan. 10 -- South Carolina State University issued the following news: * * * Where it all began: Yolanda Williams, SC State and the power of connection Rooted in family and focused on the future, Williams leads the SC State University National Alumni Association with resolve for student success. Author: Sam Watson, Executive Director of Strategic Communications and Marketing South Carolina State University has been part of Yolanda Williams' life for as long as she  more