WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on April 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today gained a positive response from that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) that funding should be provided to enlarge the authorized levee system that protects the Yazoo Backwater Area, a separate goal from the quest to construct a pumping station for the flood-prone south Mississippi Delta. Hyde-Smith questioned Lt. Gen. Scott A. S  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, April 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District's Regulatory Division recognized environmental specialist Andy Sanderson as the 2023 Larry N. Harper Regulator of the Year at an awards luncheon at district headquarters today. The award recognizes the regulator who exemplifies the Army values of loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, i  more

AMHERST, Massachusetts, April 28 (TNSres) -- Hampshire College issued the following news: She was recognized for her work in cartography among a group of 171 exceptional scientists, writers, scholars, and artists honored across 48 fields. Hampshire College alum Dr. Margaret Wickens Pearce 84F was named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow in the category of Geography and Environmental Studies. Pearce is a map-maker, writer, and Citizen Potowatomi tribal member based in Maine. She sees cartographic langua  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 29 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Allamakee and Muscatine Counties in response to the Mississippi River flooding. The governor's proclamation activates the Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program and the Disaster Case Management Program for Allamakee and Muscatine Counties. The Iowa Individual Assistance Grant Program provides grants of up to $5,000 for households with incomes up to   more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 26 -- The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy issued the following news release: A group of local, state, and national environmental groups alarmed by nitrate-contaminated drinking water in Southeastern Minnesota petitioned federal authorities to intervene in the growing public health crisis this week. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) filed the emergency petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the federal Safe Drink  more

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, April 26 (TNSgov) -- The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators issued the following news on April 25, 2023: The National Association of State Boating Law Administrator's (NASBLA) Chair and Iowa's Boating Law Administrator, Susan Stocker, met with the U.S. Coast Guard's Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, Rear Admiral Wayne Arguin, on Sunday, April 16, in Little Rock, Arkansas, to discuss the mutual recreational boating safety accomplishments over   more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, April 25 (TNSper) -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news: Douglas Laycock doesn't remember all the events surrounding his public high school's 1963 Christmas assembly. Half a century of appellate litigation, writing and teaching will do that. But he does clearly remember hearing the Christian Nativity story from the Gospel of Luke. And he remembers walking out in protest. Laycock, who retires from the University of Virginia School of   more