OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Performing work on tall structures presents unique challenges. But when they're also aging, they bring an even greater dimension to planning. That's the case for EM crews responsible for inspecting the 3039 Stack at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The 250-foot-tall chimney-like structure dates to 1949. It is still in use toda  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 12 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release: State Representatives Sandra Scott (D-Rex), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and Viola Davis (D-Stone Mountain) celebrate the reinstatement of Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones, one of the two Black Tennessee state legislators who were expelled from the Tennessee General Assembly, and call for the reinstatement of Tennessee State Representative Justin Pearson. Reps. Scott, Schofield and Davis issued the follow  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release: Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) announced that Niowave, Inc., a global producer of medical isotopes, plans to expand in the city of Lansing, driving $20 million of investment and creating 35 good-paying jobs in the life sciences and tech industry. "Niowave's expansion in Lansing driving $20 million of investment and creating 35 good-paying  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: Andrew Ullman had the pleasure of graduating high school not once, but twice. He had enough academic credits in Delaware, where he grew up, to graduate midway through senior year, and then he graduated, again, from a high school in Adelaide, Australia, where his father, a professor, was taking a year's sabbatical. "School started in Febr  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers have developed an online resource to help consumers understand the electric vehicle tax credits available through the Inflation Reduction Act. Located on the Department of Energy's fueleconomy.gov website, the tool shows eligible vehicle models along with the corresponding federal tax credit. The new clean vehicle tax cred  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy publicly announced its decision to renew funding for its Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI), one of DOE's six existing Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institutes. IACMI will be receiving federal funding across five fiscal years, with   more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: Every year, the ORISE STEM Workforce Development program hosts approximately 9,000 participants, many of whom engage in what is known as human subjects research (i.e., the systematic and scientific investigation involving living individuals as research subjects). It is federal law that the ORISE research participants and their mento  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release on April 11, 2023: The U.S. Army appointed two new Civilian Aides to the Secretary of the Army during an investiture ceremony on April 11, 2023, at the Pentagon, as Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth swore in Leslie Purser from Tennessee (East) and Jason Allen from Michigan (West). "It's an honor to welcome our two newest CASAs back to the Army team," said Wormuth. "They served with distinction in uniform, and now as   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 12 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 16 states in filing an amicus brief supporting Florida's healthcare regulation that denies Medicaid coverage for gender transitioning procedures. After commissioning a comprehensive review of the medical literature, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration determined that the available scientific evidence does not support the use   more