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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Tennessee Newsletter for Sunday December 11, 2022 ( 2 items )  

American Farm Bureau Federation: Labor Challenges Increase Farm Economy Pressures
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release: Labor demands continue to tax the bottom lines of farmers and ranchers, with rising wage rates and record usage of the H-2A visa program. Meaningful reforms to the federal government's guest worker program must be a priority for Congress by the end of the year. The American Farm Bureau Federation, along with more than 350 other food and farm organizations that are part of the Ag Work  more

ORAU's Ken Tobin Selected As National Academy Of Inventors Fellow
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 9 (TNSper) -- The Oak Ridge Associated Universities issued the following news release: ORAU Chief Research and University Partnerships Officer Kenneth Tobin, Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI), the organization announced on Dec. 8, 2022. Election as a NAI Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors. The NAI Fellow program includes less than 1,700 total Fellows worldwide, representing more than 300  more