VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 20 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: President Donald J. Trump recently appointed Major General Diana M. Holland as a member and as the 41st President of the Mississippi River Commission (MRC). Maj. Gen. Holland is the first woman to serve as the Commission President in its long and storied history. Maj. Gen. Holland assumed command of the Mississippi Valley Division (MVD), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), on June 30, 2020. Maj  more

FRANKFORT, Kentucky, Oct. 24 -- Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Kentucky, issued the following news on Oct. 23: Today, Gov. Andy Beshear congratulated Nucor Corp. on breaking ground on the company's 400-job, $1.7 billion steel plate manufacturing mill in Meade County, a project expected to employ up to 1,500 contractors during construction. "Nucor Steel Brandenburg will be a difference-maker for its employees, their families and the economy of Meade County and the surrounding region," Gov. Beshear said.   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Oct. 21 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news on Oct. 20: Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards announced his appointments to several Louisiana boards and commissions. Residential Building Contractors Subcommittee The Residential Building Contractors Subcommittee serves to protect the general public from incompetent and fraudulent acts of residential contractors while promoting the integrity of the construction industry. Craig A. Stevens of Prairievi  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Oct. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Wisconsin office issued the following news release: Farmers and forest landowners will want to plan ahead and sign up early for USDA conservation funding. Angela Biggs, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist in Wisconsin, announced farmers and forest landowners interested in the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) need to apply by November 20,   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Randy Gordon, president and CEO of the National Grain and Feed Association, at a hearing entitled "Passenger and Freight Rail: The Current Status of the Rail Network and the Track Ahead" on Oct. 21: I am Randy Gordon, president and chief executive officer of the National Grain and Feed Association (NGFA). NGFA greatly appreciates the leadership of this committee and its staff to o  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 20 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released its Draft Supplement No. 2 to the 1982 Yazoo Area Pump Project Final Environmental Impact Statement, today, Oct. 16, 2020. The Yazoo Basin, Yazoo Backwater, Mississippi, Project, of which the pump project is a part, was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1941. The project's other features, including the Yazoo Backwater Levee, a 15-mile-long co  more