LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 4 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced victories against two recent unlawful and undemocratic mandates by the Biden Administration that inflict harm on Americans, economy, and economic security. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi temporarily stopped the Biden Administration's Department of Health and Human Services from re-defining discriminati  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news: Students from around East Tennessee spent a week in June 2024 building and programming their very own robot, called a Boe-Bot. Working in teams, the rising 7th through 9th graders designed and coded bots to complete challenges. Each day, students built onto skills they had learned the day before. ORISE hosted the Boe-Bots Academy on ORAU's main campus in Oak R  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Christopher Hurd, Army News Service The White House announced President Joe Biden will posthumously award the Medal of Honor to Civil War Soldiers Pvt. Philip Gephart Shadrach and Pvt. George Davenport Wilson for their heroism and courage during the Great Locomotive Chase of 1862. Each Soldier's oldest living relative will accept the award during a ceremony at the White House today. "To volunteer for a venture the  more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama, July 3 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: By Tonya Johnson, DCMA Central Region Public Affairs Army Col. Kenneth Darnall, the Defense Contract Management Agency Central Region commander, oversaw the establishment standup ceremony of DCMA South June 21. The event was held at Redstone Arsenal here, and agency representatives and personnel from the tenant Redstone organizations attended the live-digital hybrid event in person. DCMA senior le  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 4 -- The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority issued the following news release: The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) announced the appointment of new leadership for Nashville International Airport(R) (BNA(R)) and John C. Tune Airport(R) (JWN(R)). "As Nashville, BNA, and JWN continue their remarkable growth trajectory, it's crucial we have a leadership team that reflects both established expertise and innovative thinking," said Doug Kreulen, presid  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Advanced materials research to enable energy-efficient, cost-competitive and environmentally friendly technologies for the United States and Japan is the goal of a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, between the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Japan's National Institute of Materials Science, or NIMS. "This is an important step forward in adv  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 4 -- The Tennessee Department of Education issued the following news on July 3, 2024: * * * Funding Supports Innovative CTE Expansion Across Tennessee * * * Today, the Tennessee Department of Education announced over $2.6 million in Perkins Reserve Grant (PRG) grant funds have been awarded to 55 school districts for the 2024-25 school year to support Career and Technical Education (CTE) across the state. The PRG grant awards support the implementation of programs   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, July 4 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following statement on July 3, 2024: * * * Stops the Biden administration's rule which would have gone into effect Friday * * * "Today a federal court said no to the Biden administration's attempt to illegally force every health care provider in America to adopt the most extreme version of gender ideology," said Tennessee Attorney General Skrmetti. "The administration has over and over again issued regula  more