LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 29 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address: The state's emergency health declaration ends this Sunday, and today I'd like to encourage Arkansans to remember that although the emergency has passed, we are still in a pandemic. We have plenty of reasons to be optimistic, though. Our hospitalizations are down. The General Assembly enacted into law my emergency orders that allowed telemedicine and liability protection. Now every Arkan  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, May 26 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: Finding the right resident for your property is kind of like dating. You want to showcase your best qualities, while weaving in the not-so-attractive flaws and shortcomings to which we all have some variance. These are things we know we cannot hide (nor should we), and expect to be detractors to those looking for their perfect match. What we don't take into account is the very real prospect that the t  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, May 25 (TNSRep) -- The Environmental Working Group issued the following news release: The Minnesota Court of Appeals will not reverse the state's decision to allow more irrigation permits in the Pineland Sands region, despite the lack of full environmental review - a ruling that clears the way for the further expansion of industrial-scale potato farming that has razed forests, poisoned drinking water wells and exposed communities to aerial spraying of toxic pesticides.   more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, May 29 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: By Paul Levesque In a ceremony tinged with emotion and expressions of gratitude, Maj. Gen. Daniel Mitchell relinquished command of the U.S. Army Sustainment Command and retired from military service here, May 27. Gen. Ed Daly, commanding general of the U.S. Army Materiel Command - ASC's higher headquarters - served as presiding officer at the ceremony. Daly passed the ASC flag from Mitchell to Matthe  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 29 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Chicago District issued the following news release: The President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 includes about $6.8 billion in gross discretionary funding for the Civil Works program of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The budget will provide about $100 million in funding for the USACE Chicago District. Of great significance for the region is an additional $500,000 for the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study, a new start project t  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, May 29 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), a senior member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today welcomed a decision by Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to come to Memphis on Thursday, June 3, to assess the disruption to traffic caused by the closure of the Hernando DeSoto-Interstate 40 bridge over the Mississippi River. "I'm gratified Secretary Pete accepted my invi  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 27 (TNSOps) -- Rising Tide North America issued the following news release: While Enbridge's effort to build the Line 3 pipeline is beginning to resume, our resistance to this horrible project grows in size and militancy. Last week, water protectors in Minnesota took action to stop oil giant Enbridge's assault on the regions waterways by disrupting another work site with direct action. Enbridge is just weeks away from resuming large scale construction on 22 water  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) introduced their bipartisan Bridge Investment Act ahead of th  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Patty Murray (D-Wash.), and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) introduced their bipartisan Bridge Investme  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), along with Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Roger Wicker (R-MS), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), John Boozman (R-AR), Ed Markey (D-MA), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Bob Casey (D-PA), introduced their bipartisan Bridge Investment Act ahead of the Senate Environme  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 28 (TNSGra) -- Tulane University issued the following news release: The National Endowment for the Arts has awarded A Studio in the Woods one of 63 grants designed to integrate arts and culture into activities that strengthen communities economically, physically and socially. A Studio in the Woods, a program of Tulane University's ByWater Institute, will use the $75,000 Our Town grant to support Search for the Ghosts of the Gulf, a collaborative project with artist,  more