BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, March 28 (TNSres) -- Louisiana State University issued the following news release: * * * With investment by the state, LSU is attracting and supporting top research talent to solve some of the biggest challenges in cancer care for patients and families, starting with Louisianans. The effort builds on a historic $75 million investment in LSU by LCMC Health to rapidly advance cancer research, treatment and good outcomes in Louisiana and ensure a sustained talent pipeline   more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), author of the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act (DWWIA), which is helping rebuild our nation's crumbling and dangerous water infrastructure, this morning met with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Rock Island District Commander Colonel Jesse Curry to discuss critical water infrastructure projects in the Quad Cities region, which includes several hun  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) met with Dubuque Chamber of Commerce members, local business leaders and local government officials to underscore her commitment to helping create good-paying regional jobs and career training programs in Illinois and throughout the nation. The Dubuque Chamber of Commerce represents businesses throughout the Dubuque area, which sits near the Mississippi River and enco  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 28 (TNSbook) -- The Mississippi State University issued the following news: Josh Foreman, an instructor in Mississippi State's communication department and advisor to The Reflector, has released a new book in his "Hidden History" series, the fifth in a series of works detailing the mysteries and unseen aspects of the Deep South. Co-written by Foreman and Ryan Starrett--a fellow Jackson native and Foreman's childhood friend--"Hidden History of the Mississippi Delt  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Office of Habitat Conservation issued the following news: * * * With more than 1,070 acres of the massive project complete, the marsh creation project is well ahead of schedule. * * * NOAA's largest wetland restoration project ever is ahead of schedule, and is on track to be completed months earlier than anticipated. When finished, the Upper Barataria Marsh Creation project in coastal Louisiana will create  more