WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46320) on Oct. 17, 2022, entitled "U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Annual Appropriations Process" by natural resources policy analyst Anna E. Normand and natural resources policy specialist Nicole T. Carter. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is an agency within the Department of Defense with both military and civil works responsibilities. The agency's civ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. FDS-22j) entitled "Feed Outlook - October 2022": (Continued from Part 1 of 3) Here are excerpts: * * * By Claire Hutchins, Agricultural Economist in the Crops Branch of the Market and Trade Economics Division at the USDA's Economic Research Service DOMESTIC OUTLOOK U.S. Corn Production Is Cut Again on Declining Yields The USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Se  more

RESTON, Virginia, Oct. 22 -- The First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that oversees the nation's communications network dedicated to emergency responders and the public safety community, issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2022: What's New? September 20, 2022 | New FirstNet Cell Site Launches to Support First Responders Near Deer River: First responders in Northern Minnesot  more

DONALDSONVILLE, Louisiana, Oct. 22 -- Gov. John Bel Edwards, D-Louisiana, issued the following news: Gov. John Bel Edwards, members of Louisiana's congressional delegation and several elected officials celebrated the groundbreaking of a critically needed $96 million pump station in Donaldsonville where Bayou Lafourche meets the Mississippi River. The pump station will protect the drinking water supply for Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, and Terrebonne parishes and will combat saltwater intrus  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Oct. 21 (TNSawa) -- The Association for Career and Technical Education issued the following news release: The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) and its Board of Directors is pleased to announce The Hormel Foundation as the ACTE Business-Education Partnership Award Winner. The Business-Education Partnership Award celebrates the contributions and achievements of schools and businesses that aid in the development and maintenance of partnerships supporting   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the U.S. issued the following written testimony by Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairman Joseph Rupnick involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 14, 2022, on the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Shab-eh-nay Band Reservation Settlement Act (H.R. 8380): * * * I. INTRODUCTION. My name is Joseph Rupnick and I am the Chairman of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (the "Prairie Band" or the "Nation"). We are the de  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Oct. 19, 2022, on a bipartisan infrastructure law: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody. Well, good afternoon. And I want to thank Secretary Granholm for -- and everyone on the screen for being part of this today. And it's been a rough four or five years for the country, but a lot of folks here are still struggling. But there's some real bright spots: 10 million -- 10 million new jobs have been created just since my presi  more

LARAMIE, Wyoming, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The University of Wyoming issued the following news release: After Hurricane Fiona rocked the Dominican Republic last month, Ramesh Sivanpillai received the call. On Sept. 20, the University of Wyoming senior research scientist in the Wyoming Geographic Information Science Center (WyGISC) was tapped by the International Charter Space and Major Disasters to be the project manager for its hurricane response efforts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) initiate  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 20, 2022: * * * Building Bridges to a Better America President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Is Repairing Thousands of Bridges Across the Country Today, President Biden is traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to visit the Fern Hollow Bridge, which collapsed on the day the President was visiting Pittsburgh eight months ago. In less than a year, the State of Pennsylvania and City of Pittsburgh hav  more