LEBANON, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: A planning team with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District met with Wilson County officials this morning to begin moving forward with a watershed study focused on several local creeks. The Wilson County local government requested planning assistance and a watershed study that focuses on flood risk management and updated flood mapping of the 100-year and 500-year   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Inspector General's Office of Investigations issued the following investigation report: * * * On March 9, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee sentenced Diana Threadgill to 12 months of probation, a $5,000 fine, $846 in restitution, and a $25 special assessment in connection with a multi-year grant fraud scheme. Threadgill was the former Executive Director of the Mississippi River Corridor Tennessee (MR  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 13 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota today granted a preliminary injunction, stopping the Biden Administration's new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule for Iowa and 23 other states. The WOTUS rule is now on hold in a majority of states. The new WOTUS rule expands the definition of "Waters of the United States" under the Clean Water Act to a  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation issued the following order (MDL No. 3071) on April 10, 2023: * * * In Re: RealPage, Inc., Rental Software Antitrust Litigation (No. II) TRANSFER ORDER Before the Panel:* Defendant RealPage, Inc., and 34 defendant property managers, owners, operators, and/or lessors (the "lessor defendants") move under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1407 to centralize this litigation in the Northern District of Texas./1 Defendants alternatively support ce  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 13 -- North Dakota Attorney Drew Wrigley issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley announces that the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota today issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency from implementing its final rule redefining Waters of the United States (WOTUS). "Federal Judge Hovland's ruling stops the Biden Administration's  more

BISMARCK, North Dakota, April 13 -- Gov. Doug Burgum, R-North Dakota, issued the following news on April 12, 2023: Gov. Doug Burgum issued the following statement today after U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland granted a preliminary injunction blocking the implementation or enforcement of the Biden administration's new Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. North Dakota was one of 23 states that joined West Virginia in February in bringing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Prote  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 13 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction today against the Biden Administration's implementation and enforcement of the Waters of the United States rule. The WOTUS rule, which was recently promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, significantly expan  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The lanthanide metals are unique resources with applications ranging from magnets and catalysts to cancer treatments. Their future availability hangs on the creation of better strategies to separate lanthanide groups into individual elements because conventional approaches are laborious, costly and generate waste. "Our approach is flexible and can be tailored to se  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 13 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Xiao Wang, a research scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the world's largest organization for technical professionals. Wang works in the lab's Computing and Computational Sciences Directorate's Advanced Computing for Health Sciences Section. Senior membership,  more

SALEM, Oregon, April 13 -- The Oregon State Legislature issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Black Members of the Oregon State Legislature sent a letter to Tennessee Speaker of the House Cameron Sexton calling for the reinstatement of wrongfully-expelled Representative Justin Pearson. Today, Rep. Pearson was reinstated to his office by the Shelby County Commission. The letter was signed by Senator James I. Manning Jr. (D-Eugene), Senator Aaron Woods (D-Wilsonville), Senator Kay  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Gerard M. Karam, issued the following release on April 12, 2023: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Asbury Communities, Inc. and Albright Care Services, which operate eight continuing care retirement communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Tennessee, have agreed to pay $215,000 to resolve a Fair Housing Act lawsuit brought by the Department of  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined 18 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the brief, the coalition argues that the Biden Administration and the FDA's attempt to roll back safety mechanisms for the abortion-inducing  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order (Docket No. 23-00008) on April 12, 2023: * * * In Re: Petition of Atmos Energy Corporation for Approval of its 2023 Annual Rate Review Filing Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 65-5-103(D)(6) ORDER GRANTING CONSUMER ADVOCATE'S MOTION FOR LEAVE TO ISSUE MORE THAN FORTY DISCOVERY REQUESTS This matter is before the Hearing Officer upon the Consumer Advocate's Motion for Leave to Issue More than Fo  more

GREENEVILLE, Tennessee, April 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Francis M. Hamilton III, issued the following news release: On April 7, 2023, Robert Lee Allen, Jr., also known as "Skeeter," 55 of Morristown, Tennessee, was sentenced to 210 months in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm by the Honorable Clifton L. Corker, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Greeneville. As part of the plea agreement filed with  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 13 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean. D. Reyes filed an amicus brief, along with 18 other Attorneys General, in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In the brief, the Attorneys General argue that the Biden Administration and the FDA's attempt to roll back safety mechanisms for the abortion-inducing drug mi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, April 13 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on April 12, 2023: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 23 other state attorneys general today announced that the United States District Court for the District of North Dakota issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency from implementing its final rule redefining Waters of the United States (WOTUS). "The Biden Administration has a len  more

WEST POINT, New York, April 13 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, PV Managing Editor The date was May 8, 2021, and the Colonial Pipeline Company announced it halted its operations due to a ransomware attack, which disrupted critical supplies of gasoline and other refined products throughout the east coast of the United States - most notably, the southeast part of the U.S. In the previous three years from 2018-20, similar ransomware attacks shutdown pi  more