COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 11 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: With nearly 1,000 attendees on hand, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost this afternoon presented three statewide awards during the second day of the 2023 Two Days in May Conference on Victim Assistance, held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. During his opening remarks, AG Yost talked about the underlying message of this year's conference theme, "Empowering Survivors to Rebuild Liv  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) announced that the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded three grants totaling $1,656,000 to three organizations in Southeast Ohio to support sewer improvement projects, utilities, and water infrastructure. Funding for this investment was made possible through the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Brown helped to write and pass. "Rural  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, today announced five organizations in West Virginia will collectively receive $6,555,818 in State and National funding, including grants and education awards from AmeriCorps. Through this competition, five succ  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 13 -- Diabetes Spectrum, a peer-reviewed journal that says it features diabetes prevention, medical management, care innovations, nutrition therapy, behavioral science, pharmacy and therapeutics from the American Diabetes Association, published research articles on the following topics in its Vol. 36, No. 1 edition: Feature Articles: * Comparison of the Usability, Accuracy, Preference, and Satisfaction of Three Once-Weekly Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 Receptor Agonist Pen   more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) announced that ten senators--four Democrats, five Republicans, and one Independent--have joined them as cosponsors of their bipartisan legislation, the Recovering America's Wildlife Act (RAWA). This legislation invests in proactive, on-the-ground conservation work led by states, territories, and Tribal nations to support the   more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies issued the following testimony by Lenita Jacobs-Simmons, deputy assistant secretary of the Employment and Training Administration at the Labor Department, at an oversight hearing on March 29, 2023, entitled "Addressing the Challenges of Rural America": * * * Chairman Aderholt, Ranking Member DeLauro, and Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the invitation to joi  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials, issued the following news release on May 10, 2023: Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Chair Bill Johnson (R-OH) delivered the following opening statement at today's Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee hearing titled: "The Fiscal Year 2024 Environmental Protection Agency Budget." Ex  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 9, 2023: A Tennessee woman pleaded guilty today to unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud. According to court documents, Kelly McCallum, 41, of Dyersburg, was an advance practice registered nurse who operated Convenient Care Clinic and held a registration from the DEA, which allowed her to prescribe controlled substances. From January 2017 until early 2021, McCallum had se  more

VERSAILLES, Kentucky, May 13 -- The Kentucky Community and Technical College System issued the following news: The Kentucky Community and Technical College System (KCTCS) is part of the team from Kentucky and Tennessee that has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program. The GAME Change team is among the more than 40 unique teams to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards. This Type-1 award provi  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the National Service Congressional Caucus, announced $8,165,865 to support six West Virginia AmeriCorps programs. The funding was made possible in part by the American Rescue Plan and will support at least 555 AmeriCorps volunteers based in Morgantown, Wheeling, Hillsboro, Charleston and Elkins. "West Virg  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) will provide $100,000 to the Gateway Area Development District (GAAD) through the Ready Local Development Districts (LDDs) Program. Senator McConnell helped advocate for these competitive federal funds in a letter of support on behalf of GAAD, which serves  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Lou Tisler, executive director at the National NeighborWorks Association, involving a hybrid hearing on April 26, 2023, entitled "Building Consensus to Address Housing Challenges": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to testify this morning on building consensus to address housing challenges. My name is Lou Tisler, and I am the Executive Director at the National NeighborWorks Associa  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following written testimony by Nicole C. Deziel, an associate professor at the Yale School of Public Health, involving a hearing on May 3, 2023, entitled "Who Pays the Price: The Real Cost of Fossil Fuels": * * * My name is Nicole Deziel, and I am an Associate Professor at the Yale School of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences. My testimony will address the human health impacts of oil and gas development.  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 13 (TNSgov) -- The Southern Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: In a disappointing move, the Tennessee Valley Authority today announced its preferred plan is to replace its Kingston Fossil Plant with a new gas power plant. While the retirement of the aging and polluting coal plant is long overdue, the reckless proposal to swap one fossil fuel for another will worsen the impacts of climate change and lead to volatile power bills f  more

PORTLAND, Maine, May 12 (TNSgov) -- The Trust for Public Land issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Two key properties totaling 13,640-acres in the Western Maine Mountains - Quill Hill and Perham Stream - have been permanently protected. All of the acreage will be open for public use, and a majority will continue to be managed with timber harvests. This conservation project was led by Trust for Public Land, The Nature Conservancy in Maine, and The State of Maine's Bureau of Parks a  more

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, May 9 (TNSjou) -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release: Birds across the Americas are getting smaller and longer-winged as the world warms, and the smallest-bodied species are changing the fastest. That's the main finding of a new University of Michigan-led study published online May 8 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study combines data from two previously published papers that measured body-size and wing-length   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 9 (TNSres) -- The Risk and Insurance Management Society issued the following news release: At the Spencer Educational Foundation's 2023 RISKWORLD Reception, Spencer's Executive Director, Megan Miller, announced the University of Wisconsin-Madison student team as the winners of the 2023 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge. The team, comprising four risk management students, competed against 24 other universities and delivered the award-winning risk management presentatio  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, May 12 -- Virginia Commonwealth University issued the following news: When Allison Bennett Dyche, Ph.D., was coming up as a student media adviser, she wanted to learn more about audio production and a growing field in media - podcasting - and didn't know where to begin. Turns out, a lot of other people didn't either. So, Dyche became the expert. At the center of her dissertation, "Teach Me How to Podcast: Understanding the Rise of Audio Journalism and its Place in the Curri  more

BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky, May 12 (TNSfund) -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news: Western Kentucky University (WKU), together with a team led by the University of Kentucky and with partners across Kentucky and Tennessee has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program. This team's proposal, "Advancing carbon centric circular economy technologies for advanced manufacturing solutions (KY, TN)," is led by  more