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According to Department of Education figures, an estimated 1.4 million North Carolinians currently owe student loans, contributing to the Tar Heel State ranking as the eighth highest state on the average amount of student debt owed, with the average borrower owing $37,920.
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 6:26 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Funding will support projects under the Endangered Species Act and leverage an additional $17.6 million in partner funds
Published: Wednesday, September 27th, 2023 @ 4:27 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Department of Defense announced on Thursday that it had a new website where it will release declassified information about UFOs, which are officially referred to as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs).
Published: Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 @ 1:49 am
By: Daily Wire
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Disgraced former Biden Energy Department official Samuel Brinton pleaded “no contest” this week after being caught on video allegedly stealing luggage at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 10:38 pm
By: Daily Wire
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Funding will provide Indigenous youth with opportunities to engage in meaningful public service projects on federal and Tribal lands
Published: Sunday, September 24th, 2023 @ 3:34 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Carmen G. Cantor and Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland visited Ottawa, Canada, this week to highlight the United States’ ongoing work with Canadian leadership
Published: Wednesday, September 20th, 2023 @ 1:55 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America agenda making Western communities more resilient to drought
Published: Tuesday, September 19th, 2023 @ 7:44 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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$5 million in funding will further goals of Department’s Grasslands Keystone Initiative
Published: Friday, September 15th, 2023 @ 8:25 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Department of the Interior cancels oil and gas leases in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge; proposes new protections in National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska
Published: Tuesday, September 12th, 2023 @ 2:23 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Spotlighting the Work to Restore, Connect and Conserve 30 Percent of Lands and Waters by 2030
Published: Sunday, September 10th, 2023 @ 3:31 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Investment from Inflation Reduction Act will help Tribes electrify homes, expand availability of clean energy in Indian Country
Published: Friday, September 8th, 2023 @ 9:07 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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While many view Labor Day simply as the unofficial end of summer or an opportunity for a three-day weekend, the holiday's significance should not be lost on the average citizen.
Published: Tuesday, September 5th, 2023 @ 11:32 am
By: Ben Coulter, Ed.D.
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that the Department has committed nearly $16 million as part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to prevent the imminent extinction of Hawaiian Forest Birds.
Published: Sunday, August 27th, 2023 @ 8:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Historic investments are helping to protect and sustain the Colorado River System
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 7:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Justice Department has asked a judge to order Hunter Biden’s former business partner, who is scheduled to testify about alleged past criminal business dealings involving President Joe Biden on Monday, to report to prison on previous charges.
Published: Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 @ 1:24 am
By: Daily Wire
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Today, President Biden established the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni -Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument in northern Arizona
Published: Sunday, August 13th, 2023 @ 11:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Department leaders will span across America to highlight the law’s historic investments
Published: Wednesday, August 9th, 2023 @ 1:01 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today applauded President Biden’s designation of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, which protects three historic sites in Illinois and Mississippi that will help tell a more complete story of our country’s history.
Published: Monday, August 7th, 2023 @ 12:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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NGERULMUD, PALAU — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland has completed a visit to the Republic of Palau as part of her weeklong visit to the Pacific Islands, where she highlighted the United States’ historic and long-standing relationship with Palau
Published: Sunday, August 6th, 2023 @ 9:54 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America agenda investing in climate resilience, ecosystem restoration
Published: Tuesday, August 1st, 2023 @ 2:17 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Policy updates expand opportunities for Tribes, underrepresented communities
Published: Monday, July 31st, 2023 @ 3:45 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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President Biden’s Investing in America agenda investing in climate resilience, ecosystem restoration
Published: Sunday, July 30th, 2023 @ 5:42 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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WASHINGTON – The Department of the Interior and the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Alaska Native Science and Engineering Program (ANSEP) today announced a new partnership that will increase employment opportunities for Alaska Native youth across the Department’s offices and bureaus.
Published: Thursday, July 27th, 2023 @ 10:04 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The North Carolina Department of Commerce announced Tuesday the launch of two new initiatives and web pages that will help companies in the state potentially receive federal designation as Regional Technology and Innovation Hubs (Tech Hubs)
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 3:21 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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The Department of the Interior today announced significant action to better facilitate species recovery by providing more flexibility for the introduction of threatened and endangered species to suitable habitats outside their historical ranges.
Published: Wednesday, July 26th, 2023 @ 9:46 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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WASHINGTON — In celebration of Great Outdoors Month and National Trails Day on June 3, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced the designation of nine new national recreation trails in nine states, adding 340 miles to the National Trails System.
Published: Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 @ 7:57 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Department of the Interior worked with officials from a global non-profit linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China on a key study of COVID and bats in the United States, according to a watchdog group.
Published: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 @ 10:32 am
By: Daily Wire
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The N.C. Revenue Department accuses tobacco manufacturer Philip Morris of misreading state law in a legal dispute over an $8.7 million tax bill. The dispute sits with the N.C. Supreme Court.
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 4:43 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda will support 21 projects across the West
Published: Friday, July 21st, 2023 @ 7:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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State Department officials have reportedly canceled a meeting with Facebook after a federal judge ordered that the Biden administration limit its communications with social media companies after describing an “Orwellian” relationship between the two.
Published: Wednesday, July 19th, 2023 @ 10:57 am
By: Daily Wire
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Program compensates communities for supporting the nation’s public lands, waters; invests in firefighters, police, schools and road construction
Published: Tuesday, July 18th, 2023 @ 4:08 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Commerce Department provides more resources for rural economic development
Published: Monday, July 17th, 2023 @ 5:05 pm
By: Governor's Office
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A split N.C. Court of Appeals panel is blocking an order that would have forced the N.C. Department of Transportation to change vendors for a state electronic lien and titling system.
Published: Saturday, July 8th, 2023 @ 2:27 pm
By: Carolina Journal
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WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today issued a joint memo to federal agency leaders with wildfire responsibilities outlining their vision and goals for managing wildland fires this year.
Published: Wednesday, July 5th, 2023 @ 7:19 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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