OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: * * * Teachers representing 11 states have been selected to apply their classroom experience to federal, congressional and executive branch offices. * * * Fifteen K-12 science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers from across the United States have been named 2024-2025 Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellows. Selected Fe  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 (TNSres) -- The Appalachian Regional Commission issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: * * * Region sees increased income, reduced poverty rates, and boosts in educational attainment and broadband access, but still lags behind both the U.S. and non-Appalachian rural areas. * * * New data released today by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) in the 14th annual update of The Appalachian Region: A Data Overview from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey  more

DETROIT, Michigan, June 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: By Michael Davis, Nashville District The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District, together with The Nature Conservancy, hosted a two-day Sustainable Rivers Program (SRP) workshop in Lebanon, Tenn., June 25-26, 2024, aimed at improving the sustainability of the Cumberland River Basin. Scientific experts and key stakeholders were invited to identify environmental opportuniti  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on June 26, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing he has sent a letter on behalf of 20 state attorneys general supporting the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act), legislation sponsored by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) to protect American civil and military officials from unlawful prosecutions by the International Criminal Court (ICC): "A  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 27 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced his support for S. 4484, the Illegitimate Court Counteraction Act (ICC Act), joining a 20-state coalition of attorneys general in a letter to United States Senate leadership. This legislation aims to shield American civil and military officials from unlawful prosecutions by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The House c  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Strengthen American Farms and Rural Small Businesses U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is partnering with rural Americans on hundreds of clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to clean energy and create jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers and agricultural producers. Many of t  more

ROME, Georgia, June 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia issued the following news release: Yunior Hernandez a/k/a "Yunior Hernandez Guzman," Roberto Quesada Lopez, Carlos Alberto Valdes, and Yubani Millares Vera have been sentenced to prison for multiple cargo thefts throughout the Southeastern United States totaling more than $1.7 million. "Thefts of interstate shipments disrupt the production and delivery of needed goods and result in detrimental financ  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 27 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on June 26, 2024: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Commissioner David Salyers today announced a $5.5 million loan for the City of Cookeville to improve water infrastructure. The loan is one of two approved by the Tennessee Local Development Authority, with loans for the City of Rocky Top and the City of Cookeville totalin  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, June 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Despite strong regulations and robust international safeguards, authorities routinely interdict nuclear materials outside of regulatory control. Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are exploring a new method that would give authorities the ability to analyze intercepted nuclear material and determine where it originated. Their find  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, June 26 -- The University of Tennessee System issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees concluded its annual meeting today in the new Agriculture and Natural Resources Building on the UT Knoxville campus. Building on the leadership momentum established with the reappointment of Randy Boyd on Monday, the Board of Trustees continued its commitment to steady, visionary leadership by re-electing John Compton as Chair for an additional tw  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on June 25, 2024: The Federal Communications Commission's Enforcement Bureau today announced a settlement to resolve its investigation into whether Verizon Wireless violated FCC rules by failing to deliver 911 calls during an outage in December 2022, in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. As Congress and the Commission have found, robust and reliable 911 service i  more