WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * North Carolina Doctors Sound the Alarm on Extremist Jennifer Balkcom * "We are deeply concerned about what State Representative Jennifer Balkcom's record on health care could mean for our region and our patients" After North Carolina Republican leadership handpicked Jennifer Balkcom to be their NC-11 nominee, local doctors and physicians are calling out Balkcom's reckless health care agenda. Balkcom's laundry list of offenses  more PR

LA GRANGE PARK, Illinois, Aug. 20 [Category: Energy] -- The American Nuclear Society posted the following news: * * * ANS names 2027 Congressional Fellows * Loumis Lockhart The American Nuclear Society is excited to announce that it has officially selected two of its members to serve as the 2027 Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellows. Madeline Lockhart and Aristidis Loumis will provide key support to one of the Society's four strategic pillars of action: informing policymakers to enable better decisions and stronge more PR

BUIES CREEK, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- Campbell University issued the following news: * * * Campbell Law Clinic Director Ciara Rogers at heart of St. Augustine's University bankruptcy case RALEIGH - Ciara L. Rogers, director of Campbell Law School's Stubbs Bankruptcy Clinic, has been a key voice in Saint Augustine's University Chapter 11 proceeding since the institution filed bankruptcy earlier this year. Rogers, who is an attorney for Saint Augustine's University, represented the 158-year-old beleaguered HBCU this week in front of Judge D more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release: * * * Coast Guard Sector North Carolina holds change of command ceremony * PORTSMOUTH, Va. -Coast Guard Sector North Carolina bid farewell to Capt. Timothy J. List and welcomed Capt. Jared A. Harlow as the new sector commander during a change of command ceremony held Friday in Morehead City, North Carolina. Rear Adm. Zeita Merchant, commander of the Coast Guard East District, presided over the ceremony, a time-honored military tra more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * FACT SHEET: Republican Senate Candidates' Corruption Takes Center Stage in Battleground Races GOP Senate candidates are facing scrutiny over extensive lobbying ties and corporate conflicts, mired in corruption and ethics scandals, and caught red-handed in self-dealing Across key Senate battleground states, GOP Senate candidates have a corruption problem - with records chock-full of ethics scandals, conflicts of interest, insider lobb more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * DSCC FRIDAY TAKEAWAYS: Get Out of My Swamp, Sullivan is Ruined in Alaska, Crumbling Little Bigot Mike Collins, and All-Inclusive Ashley TGIF. Welcome back to Friday Takeaways from the DSCC - your weekly update from the DSCC Press Team on what you need to know across the Senate battlegrounds. There are 74 days until the midterms. DROP US A LINE: press@dscc.org. GET OUT OF MY SWAMP! Damning new reporting from HuffPost is exposing the " more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following research: * * * 421M birds, 3.6M tons of manure: North Carolina poultry boom fuels growing water pollution crisis EWG calls for stricter poultry farm rules and oversight to reduce health threats to state residents Crowded white broiler chickens with red combs in an indoor poultry house Overview * Over 421 million chickens and turkeys were housed in North Carolina in 2024 * An eye-popping 3.6 million tons of poultry manure the birds generate is applied to nearby f more PR

MIAMI, Florida, Aug. 21 [Category: BizLaw/Legal] -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: * * * Greenberg Traurig Advises TPG AG-Led Consortium on $628M Industrial Real Estate Portfolio Acquisition * NEW YORK - Aug. 21, 2026 - Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP represented a TPG AG-led consortium in its $628 million acquisition of a 53-building industrial real estate portfolio. The portfolio comprises approximately 5.4 million square feet of distribution, logistics, and manufacturing facilities across seven s more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- Meredith College posted the following news: * * * Legacy Pinning Ceremony Celebrates Meredith Families * Meredith College welcomed legacy students and their families during Move-In Day on August 15 by hosting its second annual Legacy Pinning Ceremony and Reception. Organized by the Office of Alumnae Relations, the event honored students whose mothers or grandmothers attended Meredith. The celebration welcomed new first-year and transfer legacy students, along with current sophomore, junior, and senior le more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * Marine Fisheries Commission receives draft Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Amendment * The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission received a presentation on the draft Coastal Habitat Protection Plan 2026 Amendment, one of several agenda items during the board's regular quarterly business meeting in Raleigh this week. The Fisheries Reform Act, adopted into North Carolina law in 1997, requires the Department of Envir more PR

DURHAM, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- North Carolina Central University issued the following news: * * * Miriam Johnson to Lead Technology Law and Policy Center * North Carolina Central University School of Law has appointed Miriam Johnson '18 as interim director of the Technology Law and Policy Center. Johnson is a technology and privacy attorney, legal scholar and educator. Since joining NCCU Law's Technology Law and Policy Center as a Technology Law Fellow in 2023, Johnson has helped expand the center's communications, programming, scholar more PR

SANTA BARBARA, California, Aug. 21 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news: * * * PPE, Medications Depart for DRC Ebola Response, Solar Power Strengthens Haiti Hospital, and More * Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 365 shipments of requested medical aid to 39 U.S. states and territories and 23 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 13.9 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications and supplies shipped this week included antibiotics, diabetes treatments, cancer therapies, cold-chain e more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Aug. 22 -- Princeton University issued the following news: * * * Roy Jackson, titan of fluid mechanics, dies at 94 By Scott Lyon, Office of Engineering Communications Princeton professor Roy Jackson, who applied mathematical rigor to the study of flowing mixtures to shape a new era of chemical engineering, died on July 20. He was 94. Jackson, the Class of 1950 Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, and professor of chemical engineering, emeritus, joined the Princeton faculty in 1982 and transferred t more PR

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 21 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release: * * * Some North Carolinians to Receive Payments as Part of $700 Million Settlement in Google Play Store Antitrust Lawsuit * RALEIGH-Some Google Play Store customers in North Carolina will begin to receive restitution payments as part of a $700 million settlement with Google. The North Carolina Department of Justice led a bipartisan coalition of 52 other attorneys general in resolving a lawsuit that accused Google of anticompe more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Endorses Rep. Addison McDowell for North Carolina's Sixth Congressional District * WASHINGTON, D.C. \- Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced its endorsement of Rep. Addison McDowell for North Carolina's Sixth District. The U.S. Chamber endorses candidates for federal office who will support policies that drive innovation, grow the economy, and create opportunities for American businesses and workers. "The  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "GOP's Senate Map Gets Shakier" as IA and TX Races Shift Toward Dems - Creating "Multiple Paths" to the Senate Majority Cook Political Report's Jessica Taylor on CNN: "Democrats have increasingly expanded the competitive battlefield and are putting Republicans on the defensive in more states in double-digit Trump states that really should not be competitive" MS NOW's Erielle Reshef: "And these aren't the states t more PR