WASHINGTON, May 30 -- The U.S. Election Assistance Commission issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: Today, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) announced the 32 winners of the Clearinghouse Awards, recognizing best practices in election administration. Also known as the "Clearies," the awards program celebrates the hard work of election offices across the country for programs that took place in 2023. Winning jurisdictions range from counties with 25,000 registered voters t  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 30 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news dated May 16, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter announced today that the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Roane State Community College will receive funding from Tennessee's Nuclear Energy Fund. The institutions will use the additional dollars to support existing nuclear programs as well   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Oak Ridge cleanup contractor UCOR is awarding $45,000 in grants for science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) projects benefiting 29 schools across the region. Since launching the grants program in 2012, UCOR has given $395,000 to support education, heighten awareness about STEM fields and help develop the next-generation workforce through the awards, k  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: With crews set to finish remediating soil at the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) this year, the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) is shifting focus to groundwater -- the final phase of cleanup there. That work can now move forward with the recent signing of two records of decision between OREM, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency a  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, May 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Sean Hollander beams when he describes his work on the beamline at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Hollander, an associate technician in the Neutron Symmetries group who has been at ORNL only since December 2022, is enthusiastic about maintaining and servicing the beamline assemblies and associated hardware at one of the world's most powerfu  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on May 29, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis released its portion of the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, published today. The local report summarizes economic conditions for the Eighth District, which is based in St. Louis and covers all of Arkansas and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. View the St. Louis Fed's most recent Beige Book (ht  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 30 -- The Tennessee House Republicans issued the following news dated May 24, 2024: Republican Caucus Chairman Jeremy Faison, R-Cosby, announced passage of a new law designed to help counties designated as economically distressed advance out of that category and prosper. Tennessee has eight counties, including Cocke, that rank among the nation's most economically distressed counties. These counties are identified through a composite measure of each area's three-year a  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, May 30 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Ensign Colby James, USS Iwo Jima Public Affairs Officer Capt. Brian Hamel relieved Capt. Stephen Froehlich as USS Iwo Jima's 17th commanding officer during a May 17 ceremony held at Naval Station Norfolk. Froehlich led the LHD 7 crew of for the past two years, overseeing a maintenance period, the ship's transition from the General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) shipy  more