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EDUCATE Act would end race-based mandates in medical schools
Rep. Greg Murphy, R-NC, a physician, has introduced a bill in Congress that would ban race-based mandates in medical schools. His bill, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula, and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act, would cut federal funding, including student loans, to medical schools that have offices of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion or require students and staff to pledge to specific…
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South Carolina Stingrays | STINGRAYS RE-SIGN RYAN LEIBOLD
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The South Carolina Stingrays, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Washington Capitals and AHL’s Hershey Bears, announced today that the club has signed forward Ryan Leibold to an ECHL contract for the 2024-25 season. Leibold, 25, is the Stingrays’ first signing of the 2024 offseason. The Ashburn, VA native tallied 30 points (14 goals, 16 assists) in…
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Department of Labor seeking input from North Carolina highway construction industry for wage survey to establish prevailing wage rates
RALEIGH, NC – The Department of Labor is encouraging employers and stakeholders in North Carolina’s highway construction industry to participate in a statewide survey to help its Wage and Hour Division establish prevailing wage rates for construction workers on federally funded and assisted construction projects. The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts require the department to set the prevailing wage rates that reflect the…
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Election 2024: Primary elections in Maryland, Nebraska and West Virginia
Voters headed to the polls Tuesday for primaries in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska. Angela Alsobrooks’s projected victory, according to the Associated Press, in Maryland’s Democratic primary for Senate sets up a general election contest between the Prince George’s County leader and Republican former governor Larry Hogan in a race that could help determine which party controls the chamber. West…
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Lowering U.S. and NC Flags to Half-Staff in Honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day
Governor Roy Cooper ordered all U.S. and North Carolina flags at state facilities to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Monday, May 6 in honor of National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Day. In accordance to Public Law 107-51, flags are to be lowered annually in recognition of the many firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. Statement from Governor Roy Cooper“Today…
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BMW i Ventures Announces Investment in Simr.
Mountain View, Calif. – May 22, 2024 – BMW i Ventures announced today an investment in Simr, a cloud simulation company that gives engineers a single platform for using any compute resources with any leading simulation tool. The company’s newly launched Simulation Operations Automation (SimOps) platform has the potential to revolutionize how engineers design, verify, and test products by automating…
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More Counties Saw Population Gains in 2023
Population Change Approximately 96% of Florida’s 67 counties grew (and only three counties lost population) from 2022 to 2023. Other states, where a large majority of counties grew, included Idaho, where 95.5% or 42 of its 44 counties gained residents, and Tennessee, where 94.7% or 90 of its 95 counties gained residents. Fastest Growing Among counties with a population of 20,000…
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Disability Rights NC to settle Samantha R case
By Anne Blythe It has been a busy few weeks in the courts for an organization that has been a staunch advocate for North Carolinians with disabilities. Disability Rights North Carolina announced a settlement agreement on Wednesday with the state Department of Health and Human Services in a long-running state court battle known as the Samantha R case. And on…
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UNC-Chapel Hill researchers create artificial cells that act like living cells
Ronit Freeman and her lab use innovative approaches to build functional cells, bridging the gap between synthetic and living materials. Synthetic cells created with programmable peptide-DNA technology that directs peptides, the building blocks of proteins, and repurposed genetic material to work together to form a cytoskeleton, shown in fuscia. In a new study published in Nature Chemistry, Carolina researcher Ronit…
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Tax cuts, teacher raises and a few social issues in South Carolina budget compromise
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A budget compromise reached by a small group of lawmakers Friday means South Carolina will accelerate a planned income tax cut, raise the salaries of all teachers and state employees and send more money to adult and juvenile prisons. A conference committee agreed to the more than $13 billion spending plan for next budget year, sending…
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