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. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 1 -- 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 $347,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Wilds Bend, near Fountain City, Wisconsin, in Pool 5 of the Mississippi River. Wilds Bend is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site. The Corps' contractor will modify the site and install  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has announced open houses to solicit input from residents in neighborhoods adjacent to the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock on ways to offset community impacts related to the IHNC Lock Replacement. These meetings are being held to gather feedback for the Community Opportunities Plan of Action (COPA), which is   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Nov. 30 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $31 million in investments to 34 projects across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri through the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: The Louisiana Board of International Commerce (LaBIC) today released a new Comprehensive Development Plan that establishes a detailed blueprint for sustaining the recent rapid growth of foreign trade and business investment in the state. LaBIC was created legislatively in 2012 to advance the state's international commerce initiatives and enhance the state's trade-based economy i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2023: River District Neighborhood Investors, LLC (RDNI) and the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority broke ground today on New Orleans' newest mixed-use neighborhood located on the banks of the Mississippi River. Joined by anchor commercial tenant Shell Gulf of Mexico Operations, Louisiana Governor-elect Jeff Landry, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Adam Rose, a research professor at the University of Southern California, involving a hearing on Oct. 25, 2023, entitled "Bottlenecks and Backlogs: How Climate Change Threatens Supply Chains": * * * Chairman Whitehouse, Ranking Member Grassley, members of the Committee, my name is Dr. Adam Rose and I'm a research professor at the University of Southern California. I am also a research team member on the Defens  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news on Dec. 1, 2023: By MKCS Tina M. Claflin, U.S. Coast Guard (Ret.), MSLIS, Simmons University The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian's Office's Long Blue Line online archives, located here: THE LONG BLUE LINE (uscg.mil) Today, it seems surprising that women hav  more