ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, Feb. 19 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news on Feb. 18, 2022: By Jon Connor Last call for tenants to fill out the Army's housing survey. You have until Feb. 24. The Army's survey gives people living in on-post housing an opportunity to have a direct link to those in charge of housing, to be able to share what they think of their current home, and to suggest how to make things better. "The 'Tenant Satisfaction Survey' is a satisfaction survey  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47032) on Feb. 16, 2022, entitled "Bureau of Reclamation Provisions in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act" by natural resources policy specialist Charles V. Stern and natural resources policy analyst Anna E. Normand: * * * SUMMARY In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; P.L. 117-58), Congress provided a major influx of funding   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following testimony by Julie Hill-Gabriel, vice president for water conservation at the National Audubon Society, involving a hybrid hearing on Feb. 8, 2022, entitled "Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Stakeholder Priorities": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to represent the National Audubon Society (Audubon), to discuss the Water Resources De  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands issued the following testimony by Ste. Genevieve City Administrator Happy Welch in Missouri, involving a remote legislative hearing on Feb. 3, 2022, on the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park Boundary Revision Act (H.R. 6199): * * * The National Park Service has become a major asset in our community bringing people together and highlighting our history. Expanding the Historical Dis  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 17 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Origin Materials, a carbon-negative materials company committed to leading the global transition to sustainable materials, announced that the company plans an investment of at least $750 million to develop a biomass manufacturing facility in Ascension Parish that will result in 1,057 new direct and indirect jobs. The plant in Geismar will utilize sustainable wood residue   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Feb. 16 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards and Syrah Resources CEO Shaun Verner announced that the company is investing $176 million to expand its Syrah Technologies graphite processing facility in Vidalia, giving the state a supply-chain foothold in the rapidly expanding market for electric vehicle components produced in the United States. Syrah Technologies is retaining 19 employees and creating 36 direct new jobs w  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Feb. 19 (TNSEco) -- The Mississippi State University Foundation issued the following news: A novel technology developed at Mississippi State University will be used in a new industrial facility that is turning solid waste into liquid fuels. Circular SynTech broke ground Friday [Feb. 18] on its new waste-to-renewable-chemicals production facility in New Madrid, Missouri. The company uses a patented process developed by researchers in MSU's Dave C. Swalm School of Chemic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Feb. 18, 2022: U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S. Representative Cheri Bustos (D-IL-17) today announced that Rock Island County will receive $1,850,000 in federal funding to expand MetroLINK's passenger ferry service. The funding, awarded by the Federal Transit Administration's (FTA) Passenger Ferry Grant Program, will support the construction of a terminal near the   more