GOLD COAST, Australia, March 9 (TNSRes) -- Griffith University issued the following news: Driving farming production and disease prevention through artificial intelligence technologies is the key aim of an Australian Research Council Research Hub, which has been officially unveiled at the hub's host site at Griffith University. Senator the Honourable Amanda Stoker, Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Assistant Minister for Women, Assistant Minister for Industrial Relations, and acting  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Representa  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, a senior member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that she successfully secured more than $200,345,598 for 105 Maine projects located across the state in the final Fiscal Year 2022 Omnibus Appropriations bill. Of that amount, 37 of the projects totaling $99,307,710 were funded through the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Subcommittee, which  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 9, 2022: With the House passage of the Fiscal Year 2022 Appropriations Bill tonight, Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Chair Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) secured millions of dollars in funding for ten Maine community projects. "In addition to long-overdue investments to protect human health, fight the climate emergency, and meet our trust obligat  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Representat  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) today introduced bipartisan legislation to support lobstermen by creating a grant program to help them comply with federal right whale regulations requiring a change in fishing gear. The Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and Sustainability (SAFE SEAS) Act of 2022 will help lobster  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) today introduced bipartisan legislation to support lobstermen by creating a grant program to help them comply with federal right whale regulations requiring a change in fishing gear. The Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and Sustainability (SAFE SEAS) Act of 2022 will help lobstermen   more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) and Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) today introduced bipartisan legislation to support lobstermen by creating a grant program to help them comply with federal right whale regulations requiring a change in fishing gear. The Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and Sustainability (SAFE SEAS) Act of 2022 will help lobstermen  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) today announced that 92 Maine projects included in his Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests will be receiving $136,002,598 through the bipartisan Fiscal Year 2022 budget that passed by a vote of 68-31. Authorized in 2021 on a bipartisan basis, CDS funding reflects funding priorities advocated for by the lawmakers closest to the projects and   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 8, 2022: U.S. Senators Angus King and Susan Collins and Representatives Jared Golden and Chellie Pingree today introduced bipartisan legislation to support lobstermen by creating a grant program to help them comply with federal right whale regulations requiring a change in fishing gear. The Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and Sustainability (SAFE SEAS) Ac  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release on March 11, 2022: U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King and Representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden announced today that $17,065,000 to support Maine's lobster industry was included in the Fiscal Year 2022 Commerce, Justice, and Science (CJS) Appropriations bill. Senator Collins is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee and a member of the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee. Represent  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on March 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement on final legislation released today by Appropriations leaders in the House and Senate to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Through her leadership on this subcommittee, Shaheen helps write legislation t  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Chair of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, issued the following statement on final legislation passed by the Senate to fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2022. Through her leadership on this subcommittee, Shaheen helps write legislation that invests in important New Hampshire priorities, including   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to support lobstermen by creating a grant program to help them comply with federal regulations that require a change in fishing gear, which reduces the risk of entanglement for highly endangered North Atlantic right whales. The Stewarding Atlantic Fisheries Ecosystems by Supporting Economic Assistance and S  more