WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Chairman Cruz Announces Hearing for Transportation Nominees U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a hearing to consider nominees to the Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority at 2:15 PM EST on Wedn more PR

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, North Carolina, Oct. 30 [Category: Industrial Materials] -- MEMA, The Vehicle Suppliers Association posted the following news release: * * * Daimler Truck North America's Drew Backeberg to Deliver OEM Perspective Keynote at Heavy Duty Aftermarket Dialogue 2026 * RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - MEMA Aftermarket Suppliers, in partnership with MacKay & Company, are pleased to announce Drew Backeberg, senior vice president of aftermarket at Daimler Truck North America (DTN more PR

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Oct. 31 -- Duke Energy issued the following news release: * * * Duke Energy Foundation gives $100,000 to One SC Fund as part of annual campaign to help fight hunger in South Carolina * In addition, the company throughout November will provide another $500,000 to at least 60 feeding programs statewide amid funding uncertainties as colder weather and the holiday season approaches * Since 2021, Duke Energy and the Foundation have dedicated more than $2.6 million to su more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Honeywell, Charlotte, North Carolina, announced on Oct. 30, 2025, that its carbon capture technologies will be used to transform a former gasification facility in West Terre Haute, Indiana, into a new plant focused on producing hydrogen and ammonia fertilizer. The project, led by Wabash Valley Resources (WVR), aims to strengthen national energy security and reduce the U.S. reliance on imported fertilizer supplies for American farmers. To finance the ambitious modernizat more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Honeywell, Charlotte, North Carolina, has introduced a process technology capable of converting agricultural and forestry waste into low-cost, high-quality renewable fuels. The innovative Biocrude Upgrading technology is designed to create lower-carbon marine fuel, gasoline, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from abundant biomass sources, such as crop residues and wood chips. The technology is particularly critical for hard-to-abate sectors like the maritime industry, w more PR

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, Oct. 31 -- North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University issued the following news: * * * Prestigious NIH Grant to Power Food Scientist's Fight Against Heart Disease A leading food scientist at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is part of a team that has received the most competitive grant offered by the National Institutes of Health to investigate whether plant-rich diets can become the newest weapon in the fight against cardi more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 31 (TNSjou) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: * * * Nanotyrannus Confirmed: Dueling Dinosaurs Fossil Rewrites the Story of T. rex What if everything we know about T. rex growth is wrong? A complete tyrannosaur skeleton has just ended one of paleontology's longest-running debates - whether Nanotyrannus is a distinct species, or just a teenage version of Tyrannosaurus rex. The fossil, part of the legendary "Dueling Dinosaurs" sp more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Alma S. Adams, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * NC Congressional Democrats Call on USDA to Fund SNAP Benefits in November * WASHINGTON, DC Today, North Carolina Representatives Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12), Deborah Ross (NC-02), Valerie Foushee (NC-04), and Don Davis (NC-01) led a letter calling on U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins to use "all available contingency funds and statutory transfer authority" to fu more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Ross, Kiley Lead Lawmakers in Opposing Commerce Proposal to Tax Patent Holders * Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) and Congressman Kevin Kiley (CA-06), members of the House Judiciary Committee, led their colleagues in expressing their serious concerns about the Department of Commerce's reported plans to impose valuation-based fees on patent holders. From the Research Triangle to Calif more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis Introduces Discussion Draft on Legislation to Ban Politically Motivated De-banking * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a discussion draft of the Ensuring Fair Access to Banking Act, legislation that seeks to prevent the denial of banking services for politically motivated reasons. Specifically, the legislation guards against both regulator and financial ins more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis: Democrats Must End the Shutdown * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) released the following statement on the status of the ongoing government shutdown: "It is impossible to negotiate in good faith when one side holds the entire federal government hostage, and political extortion cannot be the new precedent. Senator Schumer has boxed himself in, and Democrats are fin more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * Whatley-Backed Health Care Crisis Sends Costs Soaring for North Carolina Families * As health care open enrollment kicks off this week, and Americans begin to feel the fallout of the health care crisis backed by Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, which will cause North Carolinians' health insurance costs to rise by an estimated $672 per year on average, Democratic Senatorial more PR