BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 7 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: This week, Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards welcomed the leadership of the United States Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council and the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) to Louisiana, where they toured key infrastructure projects, met with environmental justice and energy transition leaders, and engaged with the Governor, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and several Cabine  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 8 (TNSJou) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: The Mississippi River Delta is home to the world's largest contiguous swath of Phragmites australis, or more commonly known as the common reed. But the plant that can grow to nearly 20 ft. and has been a critical component in stabilizing the state's coastal erosion is not actually native to Louisiana--well, not entirely. There are multiple P. australis genotypes. P. australis subspecies (s  more

WASHINGTON, April 1 -- Rep. Cheri Bustos, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: The New York Times reported that Congresswoman Cheri Bustos (IL-17) was the top House Democrat in bringing home federal community project funding. Last month, Bustos announced that she secured more than $55.65 million for local projects in Peoria, Rockford, the Quad-Cities, Galesburg, East Dubuque, Freeport and Morrison, Illinois. READ: The New York Times Analysis of Community Project Funding (https://www.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 5 (TNSRes) -- Rice University issued the following news release: * * * Duel between deluge and drought will impact more than 25% of US population * * * A Rice University-led team of climate scientists and engineers is studying how climate change will impact the frequency and severity of flooding on the Mississippi River thanks to a new grant awarded by the National Science Foundation. "The real question motivating our research is: How will climate change alter the freq  more

GREENVILLE, Mississippi, April 5 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., today welcomed a construction contract for the new U.S. courthouse in Greenville, which will be built on the "Stein Mart Site" at 200 Washington Avenue in the historic downtown area. The new federal courthouse will provide the judiciary with a 55,639 gross square foot facility along with secure parking. The  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today welcomed a construction contract for the new U.S. courthouse in Greenville, which will be built on the "Stein Mart Site" at 200 Washington Avenue in the historic downtown area. The new federal courthouse will provide the judiciary with a 55,639 gross square foot facility along with secure parking. The award is  more