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How many H-1B petitions were made by North Carolina employers during 2024?
Old North News - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
IBM Corporation Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 2,920 99.5% 0.5% Bank of America, N A Finance and Insurance 498 100% 0% Truist Bank Finance and Insurance, Public Administration 248 98.4% 1.6% Lowes Companies, Inc. Retail Trade 219...
Housing construction remains hot in Alamance
The Times-News - North Carolina
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Local governments in Alamance County are authorizing more new housing construction than almost any other place in the U.S. of similar size, according to a report by a company that follows the construction industry. Last year, governments in the...
HR1 keeps solar manufacturing credits but adds new hurdles 45X for solar and storage is still mostly intact.
Solar Power World
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July 15, 2025
Passing the Inflation Reduction Act was the starting gun for the race to build up the domestic supply chain for the solar and storage industries. The Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit (45X) offers incentives to American companies making...
Kobach announces $720 million opioid settlement with drug manufacturers
Newstalk KZRG - Missouri
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July 15, 2025
TOPEKA – (July 15, 2025) – Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced an approximate $720 million nationwide settlement with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Kansas stands to...
Fields of destruction. Central NC farmers devastated by Chantal.
Carolina Public Press - North Carolina
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July 15, 2025
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Energy Cuts in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Raise Costs, Threaten Jobs, Investment in Rural Communities Across U.S.
Daily Yonder - Kentucky
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July 14, 2025
In the mountains of western North Carolina, local renewable energy company Sugar Hollow Solar is already working through contingency plans to avoid laying off staff. Despite five new hires coming on board in June to install panels in rural...
Residents fight back as chemical manufacturer looks to make major expansion: 'We think it's a terrible idea'
The Cool Down - Oregon
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July 15, 2025
"It's nothing you can control 100 percent." by Simon SageJuly 15, 2025 Chemical manufacturer Chemours is looking to make a big expansion in North Carolina, and, according to E&E News, many residents are unhappy about it. What's happening? Chemours...
Trump touts $90B in energy, AI deals announced during Pittsburgh summit
Pittsburgh Tribune Review - Pennsylvania
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July 15, 2025
Tech and energy investors announced a flurry of multibillion-dollar development deals across the state Tuesday during the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit at Carnegie Mellon University. U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick, serving as host of the...
Sprouts Farmers Market On Pace for Slew of Openings Before End of ‘25
Progressive Grocer
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July 15, 2025
This Sprouts in Ocala, Fla., is one of 35 new stores added to the roster in 2025. Sprouts Farmers Market set a course to open 35 new stores in 2025 and is well on its way. The specialty grocer is hiring mode for locations expected to be up and...
Kobach announces $720 million settlement with opioid manufacturers
WIBW 13 - Kansas
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July 15, 2025
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday announced an approximate $720 million nationwide settlement with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and worsened the nationwide opioid crisis. Kansas stands to...
Midwest farm economies suffered while some Sun Belt states rolled in early 2025
Nebraska Examiner
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July 15, 2025
Global clashes and trade wars hammered Midwestern states’ agricultural economies early this year, while a continuing boom in Southeastern states’ housing and tech jobs kept their economies humming along. Some Southeastern states were seeing a...
500+ layoffs coming from major manufacturer in Gaston County
WBTV - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. (WBTV) - More than 500 employees are set to be laid off from a major Gaston County manufacturer. Records showed the state was notified of the layoffs at Daimler Truck in Mount Holly on Friday, July 11. A letter sent from Daimler...
How many H-1B petitions approved for employers classified under the Retail Trade industry in East Lake Norman News publication area during 2024?
East Lake Norman News - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (left) and Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director. | https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/organization/leadershipUr Mendoza Jaddou, Director of the U.S. Citizenship and...
Year-round strawberries in Wyoming? Welcome to Pinedale’s indoor farm.
WyoFile - Wyoming
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July 14, 2025
SUBLETTE COUNTY—None of the traditional trappings of farm life greet visitors to this windy rim north of Pinedale. No crops waving in field rows, no sounds of cows lowing, no odors of animal manure lacing the air, no mud to wipe off your boots....
Trump promised to lower energy costs – his tax bill will raise them for people in red states the most
The Guardian
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July 14, 2025
The cost of electricity is poised to surge across the US in the wake of Republican legislation that takes an axe to cheap renewable energy, with people in states who voted for Donald Trump last year to be hardest hit by the increase in bills. As...
North Guilford News publication area records 2 H-1B petitions approved for employers classified under Finance and Insurance industry during 2024
North Guilford News - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...
Chapel Hill Review publication area records 2 H-1B petitions approved for employers classified under Health Care and Social Assistance industry during 2024
Chapel Hill Review - North Carolina
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July 14, 2025
Jennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services | https://medium.com/the-u-s-digital-service/meet-the-dhs-digital-service-champions-may-2018-caee7dade2bJennifer B. Higgins, Deputy Director, U.S. Citizenship and...
Appeals Court allows lawsuit linked to Rockingham County casino fight to proceed
Carolina Journal
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July 16, 2025
The North Carolina Court of Appeals will allow neighbors of a 192-acre Rockingham County property to move forward with a lawsuit connected to the property’s rezoning. The suit stemmed from concerns that the property could be used for a casino. The...
Maltby girl needing heart transplant can use help
Snohomish County Tribune - Washington State
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MALTBY —Nine-year-old Katja de Groot was born with truncus arteriosus, which is a complex congenital heart defect. After three major open-heart surgeries, she is now preparing for a life-changing partial heart transplant at Duke University in...
Eton Solutions Secures $58M Series C to Bring AI-Driven Wealth Management Technology to the World’s Leading Family Offices, PEs and Funds
GlobalFinTechSeries
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July 16, 2025
Navis Capital Partners Leads Round to Accelerate AI innovation and Global Expansion of Solution That 800 Families Use to Manage More Than $1 Trillion in Assets Eton Solutions, the wealth management platform that the world’s wealthiest single and...