BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey issued the following news release: Attorney General Maura Healey joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing a brief in support of the rights of the more than 20 million LGBTQ+ Americans to live, work, and pursue education free from discrimination. Under U.S. Supreme Court precedent, federal protections against sex-based discrimination necessarily guard against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientati  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Dec. 22, 2022: Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti today joined 13 state attorneys general in urging U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice to break their silence on threats posed by foreign third-party litigation funding ("TPLF"). For background, TPLF is a lucrative practice in the United States, valued between $2.3 and $5 billion; an outside third party   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- Bridgestone, a tire and rubber company, issued the following news release on Dec. 22, 2022: Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced it is on pace to achieve one of its highest year-over-year results in its Bandag business with a 9% increase over 2021. With the growth experienced by strategic fleet partners and the unprecedented demand in the market, the company forecasts year-end sales of Bandag retreads will reach more than 7 million units in North A  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSconf) -- Bridgestone, a tire and rubber company, issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: Bridgestone will showcase its comprehensive vision for sustainable mobility at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas from January 5-8. The company's presence at CES 2023 is centered around three key themes: * Renewable natural rubber and tire recycling: Guayule is a domestically sourced natural rubber that is derived from desert shrubs in the arid reg  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 22 -- FedEx issued the following news release on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * Fiscal 2023 Cost Reduction Initiatives Accelerated Fiscal 2023 Capital Spending Forecast Reduced by $400 Million * * * FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) today reported the following consolidated results for the second quarter ended November 30 (adjusted measures exclude the items listed below for the applicable fiscal year): [Table omitted] "The FedEx team moved with urgency to make rapid progress on our   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2022: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn) and Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn) demanded the White House and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reverse their plan to release an unspecified number of single adult migrants into Tennessee due to continued inaction to secure the Southern border. On Monday afternoon, Gov. Lee's office was notified of the Biden admin  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on Dec. 19, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee and Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter announced today 10 new Site Development Grants, totaling approximately $3.1 million. The grants are designed to help communities invest in infrastructure and engineering improvements to land economic development projects and achieve Select Tennessee s  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Brazilian Professionals, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $6.1 million to establish new operations in Mt. Pleasant, Tennessee. Brazilian Professionals, a California-based specialty hair treatment producer and distributor, will create 110 new jobs  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on Dec. 20, 2022: Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart McWhorter and Summertown Metals, LLC officials announced today the company will invest $11 million to expand its manufacturing and distribution operations in Lewis County. With existing operations in Summertown, Summertown Metals will expand by constructing a new   more

CLEVELAND, Tennessee, Dec. 19 (TNSres) -- Lee University issued the following news: Lee University School of Nursing students and faculty recently created a teaching project to educate elementary-aged students and their parents on asthma management. The project was selected to be featured in the Tennessee Nurses Association (TNA) Conference held in Franklin, Tennessee in October. "It was our honor for our abstract, and thus our poster, to be chosen and to be seen by hundreds of nurses througho  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following statement on Dec. 20, 2022: * * * "Late last night, we learned of the President's plan to bus ICE detainees to Tennessee. Tennesseans should not be forced to bear the burden of the federal government's ongoing failure to secure the border. "The Attorney General's Office joins Governor Lee and our federal delegation in demanding the administration abandon their plan to release detainees into our   more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSfund) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Educators at Tennessee Tech University have received the Institute of Museum and Library Services Grant for Tech's Hollister Herbarium and are utilizing it to develop community outreach and botany education in high schools in Putnam and surrounding counties. The IMLS states their mission is to advance, support and empower America's museums, libraries and related organizations throu  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 15 (TNSsro) -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 22-00105): * * * In Re: Complaints And Petitions Of Ronald C. McCabe Against Tennessee Wastewater Systems, Inc. ORDER ESTABLISHING PROCEDURAL SCHEDULE This matter came before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC") during a Status Conference held on December 8, 2022, to establish a procedural schedule for the orderly administ  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Despite a year wrought with market volatility brought about by supply chain issues and global events, researchers and Extension specialists from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture say Tennessee's agricultural and related exports continue to bolster the state's economy. Exports reached $2.7 billion in 2022, up $412 million or 18% over 2021. This in  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 12 (TNSsro) -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III issued the following opinion (No. 22-15) on Seating Requirements for a "Municipal Stadium": * * * Question 1 Does Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 7-3-202, which authorizes the legislative body of a metropolitan government to levy a tax on the privilege of attending an event at a "municipal stadium" that is "constructed or improved after July 7, 1977, to contain seats for not less than thirty thousand (30,000) spe  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 (TNSres) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: When students start their career in agriculture, they might assume they'll be caring for the land and the crops by walking the grounds and checking the plants by eye. This future workforce faces the challenge of increasing yields 70 percent above the current production while decreasing fertilizer inputs. Fortunately, Tennessee Tech University provides students with the opportunity to  more

COOKEVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 (TNSsel) -- Tennessee Technological University issued the following news release: Many freshmen on the campus of Tennessee Tech University took advantage of the opportunity to earn college credit while still in high school thanks to the dual enrollment program. "The program has grown significantly in the past three years. It is an excellent opportunity for Tech to connect and get impressions with students prior to college," Ted McWilliams, admissions counselor,   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 24 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee issued the following news: In 2022, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, experienced a momentum like no other. From student and program successes to athletics teams igniting the polls, the Volunteer community embodied Chancellor Donde Plowman's message of a university on the rise. * * * January UT began the semester a little later than in previous years as the winter mini-term was introduced as an opportunity for studen  more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 (TNSfund) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: Karen Franck, an associate professor and evaluation specialist with University of Tennessee Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, and collaborators from 16 land-grant institutions were recognized as among the national recipients of the 2022 top honors in Extension Excellence and Diversity. Franck is on the team honored with the Inaugural National   more

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 (TNSres) -- The University of Tennessee's Institute of Agriculture issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture has received a grant to launch a new graduate fellowship program aimed at preparing the next generation of leaders in international agriculture. A projected 60,000 job openings are anticipated between 2020-2025 in agricultural related fields; however, only 31,000 graduates are projected to enter the workforce. T  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 22 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Flu season came a month early this year in Tennessee and hit hard, disproportionately affecting children, according to Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) data gathered by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Tennessee Department of Health and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Nearly 30% of 4,633 people tested for influenza at participating clinics (including 12 VUMC w  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 (TNSres) -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: Vanderbilt's Colin Walsh, MD, MA, was recently elected to the American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) class of 2022. The 14 new fellows were inducted into the ACMI at the 2022 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Annual Symposium, held in Washington, DC. "The American College of Medical Informatics includes informatics leaders from around the world, including some of my m  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Dec. 20 (TNSres) -- The University of Memphis issued the following news release on Dec. 19, 2022: Sometimes a name is just a name. Take bears, for example. In Yellowstone National Park, black bears outnumber their brownish-colored grizzly bear cousins, and in coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest, if someone says "brown bear," they mean grizzly bear. But not all brown bears are grizzly bears. American black bears (Ursus americanus), which one would logically assume are, we  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Dec. 21 (TNSper) -- HarperCollins Christian Publishing, a subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, posted the following news release: Zondervan today announced that on December 27, 2022, Paul J. Pastor will join the company as senior acquisitions editor for Zondervan Books, a nonfiction trade book imprint. Zondervan Books is the home to multiple award-winning books and bestselling authors including Rick Warren, Shauna Niequist, Craig Groeschel, Lee Strobel, and Rebekah Lyon  more