Agriculture
The North Carolina State Ports Authority announced it is expanding capabilities to help support the state’s agriculture through a new partnership with the company Scoular. According to a release, N.C. Ports received approval Tuesday from the N.C. Council of State for a land lease to develop an agricultural transload facility on the Port of Wilmington.
Economic Development
American Fuji Seal Inc, will invest at least $52 million to establish new production operations in Catawba County, NC. The packaging solutions provider plans employ up to 101 workers by 2025 at its new site in Hickory. Bardstown, KY-based American Fuji Seal is part of Japan’s Fuji Seal International and also maintains locations in Indiana and Mexico.
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Tanya Bradsher, the former chief of staff of U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, will serve as Biden s director for partnerships and global engagement. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)
ARLINGTON, VA President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be sworn in on Wednesday. That means numerous people will be hired to fill government jobs in support of the new administration. One of those people is Tanya Bradsher, the former chief of staff of U.S. Rep. Don Beyer, who represents the Arlington and Alexandria area in Congress. Everyone who knows Tanya knows she is a wonderful person who is bound for greatness, Beyer said, in a release. I wish her all the best as she continues her already-storied career of service to this country. I can t fault President-elect Biden for stealing my Chief of Staff, he showed excellent judgment in hiring her. I will feel safer knowing that Tanya is playing this important role on the National Security Counci
CITAP researchers will discuss how intersections among media, asymmetric political polarization, white supremacy, and alternate truth-building created the perfect conditions for a crisis, and what our next steps as a nation should be.
With the U.S. Supreme Court shutting the door this month on future legal action, a state Supreme Court decision will continue to dictate the University of North Carolina’s compliance with public records requests linked to sexual assaults.
Now is a good time to review the issue. Membership on the N.C. Supreme Court has changed since justices split, 4-3, on the topic last spring.
The dispute dates back more than four years. In September 2016, media organizations including the student-run Daily Tar Heel issued a request to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The media wanted copies of records of all students found responsible through campus agencies for rape, sexual assault, or other related misconduct. Within a month, the university denied the request.
IRE announces winners of 2020 Philip Meyer Journalism Award
The New York Times’ groundbreaking coronavirus tracking project took first place in the 2020 Philip Meyer Journalism Awards. Other top awards go to investigations that uncovered how deeply race and income determine causes of death in Massachusetts and how qualified immunity impacts excessive force cases against police.
“In this difficult year, journalists and news organizations stepped up to fill the void of important information for the public,” said Sarah Cohen, a contest judge and the Knight Chair in Data Journalism at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University. “In the tradition of Philip Meyer, they created data and analyzed information using social science methods to help the public understand the pandemic, racial justice and other key issues.”