NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is opening Historic Mill Springs Mill May 6-7, 2023, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EDT) each day on the shoreline of Lake Cumberland. The public is invited to learn, participate, and experience stone sharpening activities as Miller John Childers hones the grist stones used throughout the recreation season to grind corn into cornmeal  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 1 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * SB23-188 establishes shield laws to protect those seeking or performing reproductive health and gender-affirming care * * * The House passed legislation on a preliminary vote to establish that the state of Colorado will not recognize any out of state prosecutions for those receiving, providing, or assisting with legally-protected health care, including abortion and gender-affirming care.SB23-18  more

JERSEY SHORE, Pennsylvania, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Retailer continues to defy federal workplace safety requirements, fined $15M since 2017 * * * A U.S. Department of Labor investigation has again found Dollar General exposing workers to dangerous safety hazards - including blocked emergency exit routes and electrical panels - this time during a November 2022 inspection at a Jersey Shore, P  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA announced that federal disaster assistance has been made available to the state of Tennessee to supplement recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds and tornadoes from March 31 to April 1, 2023. The President's action makes federal funding available to affected individuals in Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Lewis, Ma  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for ready-to-eat (RTE) fresh salad products with chicken and ham that contain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulated lettuce that has been recalled for possible Listeria monocytogenes (Lm) contamination. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to en  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, April 8 -- The Missouri House issued the following news: False reports of school shootings and other crimes have been rampant for months throughout the United States, and the state House is considering a bill to deal with such crimes. The practice is commonly called "swatting:" making a false report of a crime so that law enforcement - particularly a SWAT team - will respond to an address. It is often used as a revenge tactic, as a way to cause unrest, or in the minds  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 7, 2023: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. declared that a major disaster exists in the State of Tennessee and ordered Federal aid to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by severe storms, straight-line winds, and tornadoes from March 31 to April 1, 2023. The President's action makes Federal funding available to affected individuals in the counties of Cannon, Hardeman, Hardin, H  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- President Biden issued the following statement on April 6, 2023, on the expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers for acting on gun safety: * * * Last week, three more students and three school officials were gunned down in yet another tragic mass shooting in Nashville. On Monday, 7,000 Tennesseans, many of them students, marched to their state capitol to call on their lawmakers to take action and keep them safe. Instead, state Republican lawmakers called votes today to expel th  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- President Biden issued the following statement on April 7, 2023, on the March jobs report: * * * This is a good jobs report for hard-working Americans. Today's report shows that we continue to face economic challenges from a position of strength, with the economy adding 236,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate at 3.5%. My economic agenda has powered an historic economic recovery. We've created 12.6 million jobs since I took office. The unemployment rate is close  more

MORRISVILLE, North Carolina, April 7 -- Raleigh-Durham International Airport issued the following news release: Avelo Airlines will launch direct flights to Melbourne on Florida's Space Coast this summer. Melbourne will be the 11th route for the fast-growing airline and a new nonstop destination for RDU. "Avelo continues to build momentum at RDU as they grow along with our community and add new nonstop destinations," said Michael Landguth, president and CEO of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Author  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 8 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news on April 7, 2023: Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced approval of his federal emergency assistance request, which will support ten counties impacted by tornadoes and severe storms on March 31 and April 1. "As Tennessee continues to rebuild, we remain focused on ensuring critical resources are made available to each impacted community across our state," said Gov. Lee. "I thank Tennessee's congressional dele  more

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee, April 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On April 7, 2023, Armando Mejia-Almazan, 44, a Mexican National, was sentenced to 292 months in prison by the Honorable Travis R. McDonough, Chief United States District Judge, in the United States District Court at Chattanooga. As part of the plea agreement filed with the court, Mejia-Almazan agreed to plead guilty to an indictment charging h  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Depository Insurance Corporation (FDIC), is hosting a series of regional economic development workshops on the "Path to Prosperity" in Mississippi, Kentucky, and Georgia to provide small businesses, including farmers and ranchers, with the resources and tools they need to grow. "These   more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The White House issued the following readout of the Investing in America Cabinet meeting on April 6, 2023: * * * Chief of Staff Jeff Zients hosted an Investing in America Cabinet meeting. During the meeting, President Biden stopped by to thank members of his Cabinet and his Administration for implementing his historic economic agenda and delivering for hardworking families - including the Inflation Reduction Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure L  more

WASHINGTON, April 7 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on April 6, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and John Kirby, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Oh, I heard a "knock 'em dead." All right, everybody. Happy Thursday. Good afternoon. I have a few things at the top before I turn it over to the Admiral. As I was walking out here today, we saw news that Republican legislators in Tennessee we  more