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News Tipoffs - Nebraska Editors Newsletter for Wednesday September 06, 2023 ( 3 items )  

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Pilot Accounted for From WWII (Barnett, E.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Edward Barnett, 24, of Chicago, Illinois, killed during World War II was accounted for May 5, 2023. In the summer of 1943, Barnett served with the 66th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), 44th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 8th Air Force. On Aug. 1, 1943, the B-24 Libera  more

DOE: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $125 Million in Grid Resilience Grants for States, Tribal Nations to Modernize Electric Grid
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2023: * * * President Biden's Investing in America Agenda Provides 7th Round of Funding to States and Tribal Entities to Modernize the Electric Grid and Deliver Clean Energy Across America * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced nine states and five tribal nations will receive a combined total of $125 million as the seventh coh  more

Small Business Administration Recognizes Legacy Businesses During SBA's 70th Anniversary Celebration
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2023: Today, as part of the agency's 70th anniversary celebration, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman, the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, recognizes U.S. Small Business Administration(SBA) Legacy Businesses from our 68 district offices of which many recipients started small and leveraged SBA resources on their journey to becoming  more