WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts issued the following news: * * * Judges Bring Oral Arguments to Law School Campuses Law students were asked to set aside their casebooks to witness "justice in action" as Federal Circuit judges and attorneys recently gathered for oral arguments at three North Carolina law schools. "This program has universal benefits," said Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore, of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, who participate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus Leader Encouraged by new Executive Order on HBCUs WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, Congresswoman Alma S. Adams Ph.D. (NC-12), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development, and Founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Bipartisan, Bicameral Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Caucus, released a statement fol more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis Introduces Bill to Ensure U.S. Coast Guard Veterans Receive Earned Benefits WASHINGTON, D.C. --U.S. Representative Don Davis (D-NC) and U.S. Representative Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced H.R. 2973, the Coast Guard Combat-Injured Tax Fairness Act, which ensures U.S. Coast Guard veterans receive the full benefits they earned through their service. The legislation would close a l more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis Introduces Bill to Strengthen Federal Government-to-Government Relationship with the Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe Washington, D.C. -- Congressman Don Davis (NC-01) introduced H.R. 2929, the Haliwa Saponi Indian Tribe of North Carolina Act, legislation that extends the full measure of the federal government-to-government relationship between the United States and the Haliwa Sa more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Don Davis Remarks at Press Conference on First 100 Days of the 119th Congress ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. -- Congressman Don Davis delivered the following remarks at his press conference on the first 100 days of the 119th Congress: Hi, everybody! It is always great to be back home, in eastern North Carolina. I have worked to share the stories, concerns, and issues impacting eastern North Caro more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 23, 2025 NAVY PCG-SMX JV, LLC,* Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $532,138,874 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract This contract will provide support services for enterprise-wide applications, server, storage, data protection/recovery, data transport, and data environment engineering, operations, and hosting support services. Re more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 24, 2025 NAVY Black Construction - Tutor Perini JV, Harmon, Guam (N62742-25-D-1327); CDM Constructors Inc., Boston, Massachusetts (N62742-25-D-1328); Conti Federal Services LLC, Orlando, Florida (N62742-25-D-1329); ECC Expeditionary Constructors LLC, Burlingame, California (N62742-25-D-1330); Icon SI (AUST) Pty Ltd., Richmond, Victoria, Australia (N62742-25-D-1331); MVL USA Inc., Lans more PR

SAVANNAH, Georgia, April 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Savannah District issued the following news release: * * * Corps of Engineers gets new survey boats, names each after fallen Soldier from Georgia The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, has now received three new hydrographic survey vessels which will play a vital role across the Savannah District's area of responsibility, and have named each boat after a fallen Soldier from Georgia. The 30-foot Wright is named for  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 25 -- 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 First Quarter 2025 Operating Highlights and Declares Dividend ATLANTA, April 24, 2025 - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (the Bank) today released preliminary unaudited financial highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. All numbers reported below for the first quarter of 2025 are approxi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Announces Nearly $6 Million to Virginia for Helene Relief The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded three Hurricane Helene-related grants to the Commonwealth of Virginia. The grants will help the Washington County Service Authority repair and replace waterline that serves Washington County and the Town of Damascus, Virginia. The gr more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. John B. Larson, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Larson, Blumenthal, Murphy, Courtney, DeLauro, Hayes Call on Trump Administration to Reverse Dismissal of AmeriCorps Volunteers and Staff Hartford, CT - Today, Rep. John B. Larson (CT-01), Senators Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy, and Reps. Joe Courtney (CT-02), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) and Jahana Hayes (CT-05) called on the Trump Administration to reverse last week's sudden dismissal (link is more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 25 -- The North Carolina Department of Public Safety issued the following news release on April 24, 2025: * * * NC S.A.F.E. for Schools Debuts with the Wake County School System Today, in partnership with the Wake County Public School System, the NC S.A.F.E. campaign announced a new program, NC S.A.F.E. for Schools. This groundbreaking program is designed to help North Carolina school districts share resources about safe gun storage with parents in their distric more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news: * * * From Vision to Action: Community-Led Solutions Bridge Climate and Health in Network's First Year The Climate Communities Network set out with a simple but bold idea: that the communities most affected by climate change are the best poised to build solutions. In the Network's first year, that idea is already yielding success. By Jamie Durana On a warm day in November 2023, the National Academy of Medici more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following news on April 23, 2025: * * * Scientists Speed Up the Groundwork Essential for Quantum Computing Additional AI-driven formula finds the best balance between resources and detail RICHLAND, Wash.--Quantum computers promise to speed calculations dramatically in some key areas such as computational chemistry and high-speed networking. But they're so different from today's computers th more PR

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 1:23-cv-00434; M.D.N.C. filed May 30, 2023): * * * Securities and Exchange Commission v. Marshall E. Melton, et al., No. 1:23-cv-00434 (M.D.N.C. filed May 30, 2023) On April 17, 2025, the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina granted the Securities and Exchange Commission's motion for summary judgment against Marshall E. Melton and his company, Integrate more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Legislation to Help Small Businesses Affected by Helene WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Thom Tillis recently introduced the Helene Recovery Small Business Act and the Loans in Our Neighborhoods ( LIONs ) Act of 2025, legislation that would provide much-needed relief to small businesses as they work to recover from the devastation of Helene. "Western North Carolina's small busine more PR

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Wyden, Gillibrand, Schumer, 100+ Lawmakers Demand Social Security Head Keep Field Offices Open Volunteers across country to visit 50+ field offices in support, deliver copies of lawmakers' letter, emphasize harm of shutting down offices "Field offices provide vital services to Social Security recipients, and beneficiaries need the opportunity to seek assistance from SSA in person more PR