VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist Scientists and engineers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting research that could lead to sustaining and advancing technology more efficiently and at a lower cost, both on Earth and in space. Luke Gurtowski, an EL research chemical engineer, is working wi  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: FALLS CHURCH, Va. - The Bureau of Land Management Eastern States State Office today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on three oil and gas parcels totaling 91 acres that may be included in an upcoming lease sale in Mississippi. The comment period ends Dec. 29, 2023. The BLM completed scoping on these parcels in November 2023 and is now seeking publ  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $374,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Corps Island, near Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin in Pool 3 of the Mississippi River. Corps Island is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site. The Corps' contractor will modify the site and ins  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following analysis on Nov. 29, 2023, by Kathleen O'Neill Paese, interim president and CEO: * * * The Federal Reserve System's decentralized structure--with a Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., and 12 regional Reserve banks--allows monetary policy deliberations to incorporate input from around the country. While not every Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participant votes at each meeting, all seven members  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Nov. 30 -- The Mississippi Department of Education issued the following news release: The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition is seeking sponsors to operate the 2024 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in counties across the state of Mississippi. The federally funded program provides nutritious meals to children during school vacation periods, though the program operates from June through August in most areas of Mississippi. Meals and snacks  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 30 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis released its portion of the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, published today. The local report summarizes economic conditions for the Eighth District, which is based in St. Louis and covers all of Arkansas and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee. View the St. Louis Fed's most recent Beige Book (  more