MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Jan. 26 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Memphis District proudly announces the Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) STEM Conference has selected Operations Division Chief Andrea L. Williams to receive a 2024 Career Achievement Award in recognition of her significant achievements as an engineer for a U.S. Government organization. Williams is the first woman in district histor  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The investments from the Mega and INFRA competitive grant programs are made possible by President Biden's Investing in America Agenda and Bidenomics WASHINGTON - Today, President Biden and U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced more than $4.9 billion in funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to 37 projects through two major discretionary grant programs, the Natio  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11672) on Jan. 25, 2024, by naval affairs specialist Paul K. Kerr. Here are excerpts: * * * Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (WLICs), and in  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Jan. 25 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the Morganza to the Gulf Project, Surveys and Borings Analysis, Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes, Louisiana Environmental Assessment #597 and the associated 404(b)(1) for a 30-day public review and comment period starting January 24, 2024. The draft assessment evaluates the potential impacts to the environment from the surveys, b  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: As current Chair of the International Grains Council (IGC), the United States hosted the 59th International Grains Council Session and 2024 Grains Forum in New Orleans, Louisiana this week. The IGC discusses current and prospective world grain market developments, and monitors changes in national grain policies and their market implications. IGC provides critical grain and  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as "Cancer Alley" has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Cancer Alley refers to an approximately 85-mile stretch of communities along the banks of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, where communities exist side by side wi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (TNSres) -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release: * * * Dire Health Crisis From Government Failure to Rein in Fossil Fuels * * * The fossil fuel and petrochemical industry in the Louisiana area that has come to be known as "Cancer Alley" has devastated the health, lives, and environment of residents, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Cancer Alley refers to an approximately 85-mile stretch of communities along the banks of the Mississippi   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Jan. 22, 2024, by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard at an event at the Brookings Institution entitled "Place-Based Growth: Helping Communities Making a Comeback": * * * Today I want to focus on an area this institution has been emphasizing for many years: place-based growth. When communities across the country thrive economically, so too does our overall economy. Economic growth takes root at the local level. From tha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Rep. Troy Carter, D-Louisiana, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Troy A. Carter, Sr. (D-LA) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will grant an additional $226,220,195 to the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) Louisiana International Terminal Project to build a new container terminal in St. Bernard Parish along the Mississippi River. This funding was made possible through the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFR) grant program,  more

RIVER FALLS, Wisconsin, Jan. 26 -- The University of Wisconsin's River Falls Campus issued the following news release: A former University of Wisconsin-River Falls student athlete who found his life's direction after enrolling at the university nearly three decades ago as a nontraditional student has been hired to raise money for his alma mater's Athletic Department. Scott Sekelsky recently began working in a newly created position in the UW-River Falls Advancement Office. Sekelsky will focus  more