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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for 2025-08-12 ( 12 items )  
3rd Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) conducts Arctic Edge training in Alaska (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * 3rd Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) conducts Arctic Edge training in Alaska * ANCHORAGE, Alaska - From July 31 through August 14, Soldiers from the 3rd Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary) (3rd TBX) participated in Arctic Edge training in Anchorage, Alaska, enhancing their ability to operate in challenging and unpredictable environments. The training focused on the unit's strate more PR

ABP Unveils New Enhancements for MOCA-Peds Participants (10)
CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina, Aug. 12 -- The American Board of Pediatrics issued the following news release on Aug. 11, 2025: * * * ABP Unveils New Enhancements for MOCA-Peds Participants MOCA-Peds participants may now use several new platform tools designed to help them select answers and manage their time when answering questions. The features were rolled out by the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) in recent months. Dr. Laura Brooks When pediatricians complete the end-of-quarter MOCA-Ped more PR

Adams, Crockett, McBath, Pressley Lead Letter on Extreme Heat Safety in Federal Prisons (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Adams, Crockett, McBath, Pressley Lead Letter on Extreme Heat Safety in Federal Prisons * WASHINGTON, DC-- Today, Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Lucy McBath (GA-06), and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) sent a letter signed by 40 House Democrats to the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) William Marshall regarding extreme heat protections for incarc more PR

Army Reserve observer coach/ trainer shares his story of service working on Army watercrafts (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve observer coach/ trainer shares his story of service working on Army watercrafts * YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Washington - Standing next to a Humvee, Sgt. 1st Class Jake Brand, Observer Coach Trainer, 1-364th Transportation Support Battalion, 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command, based out of Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, smiled as he recalled why he joined the U.S. Army R more PR

Army Reserve Soldiers bring the thunder in Global Strike (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Soldiers bring the thunder in Global Strike * FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Approximately 7,000 from around the Army Reserve are training at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as a part of the Combat Support Training Exercise 25, Global Strike, an annual exercise designed to prepare reserve Soldiers for the transforming battlefield of the future. The exercise focuses on training for Large Scale Comb more PR

Army Reserve Soldiers facilitate, augment Eastern Phoenix 2025 medical training exercise (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Soldiers facilitate, augment Eastern Phoenix 2025 medical training exercise * FORT GORDON, Ga. - Thirty-nine Army Reserve Soldiers of the Richmond, Virginia-based 7457th Medical Operational Readiness Unit collaborated alongside their Active Component counterparts during the Eastern Phoenix 2025 training exercise held in between the Dwight D. Eisenhower Army Medical Center in F more PR

Army Reserve Soldiers use SpaceX's Starshield technology for faster, more convenient military communication (10)
FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Aug. 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve Soldiers use SpaceX's Starshield technology for faster, more convenient military communication * FORT MCCOY, Wis. - Many things can cripple a military. One is the inability to adapt and integrate new technology and remain competitive on the battlefield, and the other is the loss of communication between personnel, military systems, and allies. U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assign more PR

Duke University Pratt School of Engineering: Predictions Under Pressure - Using AI to Study Porous Materials (10)
DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 12 (TNSjou) -- Duke University Pratt School of Engineering issued the following news: * * * Predictions Under Pressure: Using AI to Study Porous Materials By Maddie Go Advances in artificial intelligence for porous materials design could impact a wide variety of fields, from orthopedic implants to next-generation batteries. The world is full of holes. Bones, rocks, wood, concrete...look at any of these materials close enough and you'll see that their structur more PR

EPA allocates $409.4 M to North Carolina to prepare local drinking water utilities for future natural disasters (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA allocates $409.4 M to North Carolina to prepare local drinking water utilities for future natural disasters * RALEIGH, North Carolina - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $409.4 million to North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) for public water systems to improve local drinking water utility infrastructure so their systems can better withstand natu more PR

Questing for the quantum AI advantage (10)
CARY, North Carolina, Aug. 11 [Category: BizComputer Technology] -- SAS Institute, a business analytics software and services provider, issued the following news release: * * * Questing for the quantum AI advantage * The clock is ticking down to the realization of quantum AI and the sought-after "quantum advantage." In many boardrooms, however, quantum remains mysterious: full of promise, but not fully understood. Still, desire to profit from being first on the scene is already driving sig more PR

Reps. Foushee, Murphy Introduce Resolution To Support Red Wolf Recovery And Repopulation Efforts (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Foushee, Murphy Introduce Resolution To Support Red Wolf Recovery And Repopulation Efforts * WASHINGTON, DC (August 11, 2025) -- Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) and Congressman Greg Murphy (NC-03) introduced a bipartisan resolution which expresses support for continued red wolf repopulation and recovery efforts. The resolution calls on the continued approval of federal programs more PR

University of Mount Olive: Isaac Linton Cultivates Knowledge Through Crop Internship (10)
MOUNT OLIVE, North Carolina, Aug. 12 -- The University of Mount Olive issued the following news: * * * Isaac Linton Cultivates Knowledge through Crop Internship MOUNT OLIVE-- University of Mount Olive senior Isaac Linton is spending his summer getting a firsthand look at the world of agronomy, an area far removed from his family's livestock roots. Linton, a native of Grantham, NC, and an ag production systems major with a minor in plant science, is interning with agronomist Josh Joyner, owne more PR