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

HANCOCK, Michigan, April 15 (TNSpar) -- Finlandia University issued the following news: Finlandia University has finalized a Teach-Out Agreement with the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa. UD is Finlandia's eighth official Teach-Out Institution, joining Adrian College, Bay College, Michigan Technological University, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, Northern Michigan University, Waldorf University, and Wartburg College. Founded in 1852, the University of Dubuque is a private, coed un  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 11 -- The Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, a journal that focuses on the history of the built environment, published research articles on the following topics in its March 2023 edition: Articles: * The Architecture of the Leisure Class: Thorstein Veblen and the University of Chicago * The Southern Picturesque: Visions of the New and Old South in the Lower Mississippi River Valley * Home Planning and Gender in Mandatory Palestine * Shibui Katsura:  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 (TNSgov)(TNScapv) -- The National Association of Conservation Districts issued the following news release and letter: On Monday, April 10, the National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) and a coalition of agriculture and conservation organizations sent a letter to congressional appropriations leaders requesting at least $1.2 billion for NRCS Conservation Operations and full authorized funding for farm bill conservation programs in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24). More t  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Radhika Fox, assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency, involving a hearing on March 15, 2023, entitled "Implementing IIJA: Perspectives on The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act." The IIJA is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. * * * It is good to be with you again. I am Radhika Fox and I have the great honor of serving as the Assista  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 12 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release on April 10, 2023: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District held a career fair at the Warren Central Junior High School basketball gymnasium on Thursday for over 400 eighth graders from four local junior high schools. District team members from 18 different occupations discussed their various fields of expertise, provided demonstrations and answered quest  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- The White House issued the following news release: President Biden's Investing in America agenda is growing the American economy from the bottom up and middle-out, not top-down, and as part of that is rebuilding our nation's bridges in cities and towns across America. Today, to close out the Investing in America tour, Vice President Harris and senior administration officials will announce nearly $300 million for nine bridge projects in both rural and urban areas in eight  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, April 14 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the "incidental taking" of a rare frog, which may result from the Xcel Energy: 3444 Pole Replacement project. Incidental take refers to the unintentional loss of individual endangered or threatened animals or plants that does not put the species' overall population at risk. Xcel Energy Inc. (Xcel) is   more