ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Jan. 14 (TNSOps) -- The American Sportfishing Association issued the following agency statement: * * * As we look towards 2022, the American Sportfishing Association is proud of its Government Affairs team's national and regional 2021 accomplishments. ASA concentrates on the laws, polices and trade decisions that can help or hinder or members business prospects. Learn more (https://asafishing.org/legislative-priorities-for-the-117th-congress/) about the ASA's policy pri  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Jan. 15 -- Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Arkansas, issued the following weekly radio address on Jan. 14, 2022: This week, we announced an economic development win for Arkansas that is the largest single project investment in state history. Today, I'd like to share some details about the new U.S. Steel plant, which eventually will create more than 900 high-paying jobs and will make Mississippi County the Number 1 steel-producing county in the nation. The competition for the mill  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2021 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Jan. 10. During the 2021 season, Corps staff supported 1,274 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 3, near Red Wing, Minnesota, which was blow the 10-year average of 1,571 lockages. The 2021 lockages supported 6,977,580 tons, or approximat  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2021 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Jan. 10. During the 2021 season, Corps staff supported 1,636 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 4, near Alma, Wisconsin, which was above the 10-year average of 1,547 lockages. The 2021 lockages supported 7,880,695 tons, or approximately  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2022: As part of the Biden-Harris administration's goal of permitting 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is preparing a draft environmental assessment (EA) to consider the impacts of potential offshore wind leasing in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The area that will be  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 10 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, released its 2021 navigation statistics for the Upper Mississippi River today, Jan. 10. During the 2021 season, Corps staff supported 1,359 commercial navigation lockages at Lock and Dam 2, near Hastings, Minnesota, which was blow the 10-year average of 1,421 lockages. The 2021 lockages supported 7,009,191 tons, or approximat  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Jan. 14 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today announced $1.9 million in investments have been awarded to 10 projects in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee through the Delta Workforce Grant Program. "The Delta Workforce Grant Program makes targeted investments into programs throughout the Delta region that are solving skilled labor shortages by meeting local indust  more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Jan. 14 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Jan. 13, 2022: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Alternate Federal Co-Chairwoman Leslie Durham today was joined by Louisiana Workforce Commission Secretary Ava Cates, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and additional Louisiana leaders to announce $1.9 million in investments awarded through the Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP). Two New Orleans-based organizations were among 10 projects selected   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Jan. 13 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) today graduates 24 regional leaders from the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy. The 2021 DLI class marks the 16th year of DLI-trained regional leaders, comprised of government, non-profit, and business professionals from all eight DRA states. Since 2005, the DLI Executive Academy has enhanced leadership skills, policy knowledge, an  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 13 (TNSRep) -- The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency issued the following news release: New draft reports released by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) find that the majority of monitored stream sections and lakes in the Minnesota River Headwaters Watershed are not meeting water quality standards designed to support recreation and protect fish and aquatic bugs. The Minnesota River flows into the Mississippi River, so the restoration of its headwaters water  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Jan. 14 -- The Minnesota House Democratic-Farmer-Labor Caucus issued the following statement on Jan. 13, 2022: * * * Rep. Carlos Mariani (DFL - Saint Paul) announced today his intention to not seek reelection to the Minnesota House this November. First elected in 1990 and now serving his 16th term representing Saint Paul's Downtown, West Side, and West Seventh neighborhoods, Rep. Mariani currently chairs the House Public Safety & Criminal Justice Reform Finance & Policy Co  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2022: In conjunction with its much-anticipated presentation of Afro-Atlantic Histories, today the National Gallery of Art announced an extensive schedule of performances, films, lectures, concerts, and community programs centered on art of the African Diaspora. The exhibition, which will be on view in Washington from April 10 through July 17, 2022, will also be accompanied by educational resources,   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), senior member of the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, questioned witnesses at a hearing on the Water Resource Development Act Oversight: USACE Implementation of Water Infrastructure Projects, Programs and Priorities. Witnesses included: the Honorable Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Scott Spell  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 13 (TNSRes) -- The University of California-San Diego Scripps Institution of Oceanography issued the following news: * * * Filling data gaps will improve precipitation forecasts for western states * * * "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft are mobilizing for an expanded 13-week period that began Jan. 5 to glean critical data for improving forecasts of atmospheric river storms over the Pacific Ocean. Such storms provide up to half of the U.S. West Coast's annual precipitatio  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Jan. 13 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 12, 2022: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that GreenPower Motor Company Inc. has signed an agreement with the state to lease/purchase a 9.5-acre manufacturing facility in South Charleston, including an 80,000-square-foot building, where the company will manufacture zero-emission, all-electric school buses, bringing hundreds of new jobs and millions of dollars in economic impact to  more

HILLSBORO, Missouri, Jan. 12 (TNSRes) -- St. Louis University issued the following news: Thanks to $5.3 million from the Department of Defense (DOD) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Saint Louis University pain researcher Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., and colleagues from the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) are in pursuit of a new way to treat migraine pain, a complex and painful disorder that affects over 30 million people in the U.S., including children as young as 5   more