WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is welcoming new and modified proposals from conservation partners for the State Acres for Wildlife Enhancement (SAFE) initiative, a part of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) focused on effectively managing wildlife habitat. USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) has expanded available practices under this initiative in response to feedback  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 20 -- The Maine Democratic Party issued the following news release: In case you missed it, the Republican National Committee (RNC) yesterday touted Maine's strong economic recovery from the pandemic under Governor Janet Mills, highlighting in a tweet that Maine is in the top fifteen states in the country in terms of jobs recovered. The RNC noted that Maine has recovered 98.5 percent of jobs, making Maine the 14th best state in the nation for job recovery. The RNC also pra  more

BRONX, New York, April 20 (TNStalk) -- Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine issued the following news release: New York State Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett, M.D., M.P.H., will present the keynote address at Albert Einstein College of Medicine's 2022 commencement. The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at Carnegie Hall in New York City. "Dr. Bassett has advocated for public health and social justice throughout her career, prioritizing the need to impr  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, April 20 (TNSfund) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: Adam Blackler, an assistant professor in the University of Wyoming's Department of History, recently received a grant to co-host the Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute (TASI) to discuss reparations in Germany. Blackler will co-lead a two-week seminar titled "Reparations: A Global German Affair" July 18-29 with interdisciplinary faculty at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities' (UMTC) Center for   more

UTICA, New York, April 20 (TNSBook) -- Utica University issued the following news: Benjamin Garcia has been named the winner of this year's Eugene Paul Nassar Poetry Prize at Utica University, for his book "Thrown in the Throat." "Thrown in the Throat" is a brash collection of poems that details the struggles of queer life during troubled and uncertain times. As the son of Mexican immigrants, Garcia also writes candidly of citizenship and family, detailing a childhood spent undocumented. Garci  more