ATLANTA, Georgia, April 20 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings In Tennessee - 2021": * * * In 2021, Tennessee women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $781, or 80.0 percent of the $976 median usual weekly earnings for their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: The Bureau of Reclamation awarded funding for 15 projects under the Desalination and Water Purification Research program. The research projects are innovative solutions that seek to reduce water treatment costs and improve performance. "Developing new technologies that can treat currently unusable water will help communities worldwide," said Research and Development Program M  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs Guy Chastain now traverses hallways, offices and test facilities throughout Arnold Air Force Base to ensure safeguards designed to keep base personnel out of serious and potentially life-threatening situations are working as they should. In mid-January, Chastain took on the role of fire inspector for the Arnold Air Force Base Fire and Emergency Services   more

WASHINGTON, April 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following fact sheet: * * * Fact Sheet: House Republican Proposals Hurt Children, Students, and Borrowers, and Undermine Education Congressional Republicans are holding the nation's full faith and credit hostage in an effort to impose devastating cutbacks that would hurt children and undermine education, raise costs for hardworking families, and set back economic growth. And they are demanding these slashes while sep  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 26 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Valentino "Tino" Cooper, a scientist at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been appointed to DOE's Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee for a three-year term. Cooper's research elucidates the fundamental understanding of advanced materials for next-generation energy and information technologies. The BESAC provides advice and   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 26 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on April 25, 2023: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) today announced 32 of the 57 Tennessee State Parks have attained Platinum status, the highest level of achievement, in the department's Go Green With Us program. It is the highest number of Platinum parks in the program's history. "Our state parks are setting an example for environmental protectio  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, April 26 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Kevin G. Ritz, issued the following news release on April 25, 2023: Five former Methodist Hospital Employees and Roderick Harvey, 41, of Memphis, have pled guilty to unlawfully disclosing patient information in violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, commonly known as "HIPAA." United States Attorney Kevin G. Ritz announced the guilty pleas today. According to United St  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on April 25, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and the cast of "The L Word" and "The L Word: Generation Q": * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everybody. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: What's going on? (Laughs.) All right, happy Tuesday. So, this week is Lesbian Visibility Week. And as the first openly queer person to hold the position of Press Secretary for the President of the Un  more