BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 27 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development issued the following news release on July 26, 2022: The Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.2 million in grants to six dredging projects through the Massachusetts Dredging Program, established to promote the strength and sustainability of the Commonwealth's coastal harbors through support of saltwater dredging. The Dredging Program awards grants on a competitive basis, with a focus on s  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 28 -- The Florida Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 27, 2022: Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Secretary Shawn Hamilton announce the award of $8 million from the Fiscal Year 2022-23 budget for 31 coral projects across the state. Projects would include monitoring and support of stony coral tissue loss disease response, restoration of Florida's Coral Reef and the enhancement of   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 30 (TNSawa) -- GBH issued the following news release: Boston public media producer GBH has been honored with 16 nominations by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for the 2022 Annual Emmy(R) Awards. FRONTLINE, NOVA, and WORLD Channel received nominations for the News and Documentary Emmy Awards while ANTIQUES ROADSHOW received its 20th nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. FRONTLINE, GBH's investigative journalism series received 13 nominatio  more

WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, July 30 (TNSjou) -- The Marine Biological Laboratory issued the following news: Many crustaceans, including lobster, crabs, and barnacles, have a cape-like shell protruding from the head that can serve various roles, such as a little cave for storing eggs, or a protective shield to keep gills moist. This shell (carapace), it's been proposed, didn't evolve from any similar structure in the crustacean ancestor, but appeared de novo (or out of the blue) through somewha  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on July 28, 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 legislation released today by the Appropriations Committee that would fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY) 2023. Through her leadership on this subcommittee, Shaheen helps write legislation that invests in im  more