| News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Tuesday August 08, 2023 ( 5 items ) |
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Soldier Accounted For From World War II (Sweeney, B.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023:
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Army Sgt. Bernard J. Sweeney, Jr., 22, of Waterbury, Connecticut, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 14, 2021.
In December 1944, Sweeney was assigned to Company I, 330th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division. His unit had been engaged in battle with German forces near Str
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Iowa A.G. Bird Sues EPA for Failure to Implement Sale of Year-Round E15 Gasoline
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 8 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023:
Today, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird sued the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") for failing to fulfill Governor Kim Reynolds' request to allow the sale of year-round E15 gasoline.
On April 28, 2022, a bipartisan coalition of governors, led by Governor Kim Reynolds, asked the EPA to allow the sale of E15 gasoline through the summer. Despite the C
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Iowa Gov. Reynolds Statement on Iowa & Nebraska Suing the EPA
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 8 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2023:
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Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement today in response to Iowa and Nebraska bringing a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for its failure to issue final rules on E15, which would pave the way for year-round E15 access. Final rules were required to have been issued by July 2022.
"The EPA's ongoing failure to act following our E15 notification more tha
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Neb. A.G. Hilgers Sues EPA for Failure to Implement Sale of Year-Round E15 Gasoline
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Aug. 7, 2023:
Today, Nebraska Attorney General Hilgers joined Iowa in suing the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") for failing to timely fulfill the request by Iowa and Nebraska Governors to allow the sale of year-round E15 gasoline.
On April 28, 2022, a bipartisan coalition of eight governors asked the EPA to allow the sale of E15 gasoline through the summer. De
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NSF Announces 11 EPSCoR Track-2 Awards to Bolster Innovative and Adaptive Research Infrastructure for Climate Change Research
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release:
The U.S. National Science Foundation has invested $56 million in 11 projects, spanning a total of 21 institutions in 19 jurisdictions, through NSF's Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). This investment is a component of NSF's ongoing effort to build research and development capacity and education in states that demonstrate a commitment to research but have not received th
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