NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 24 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: The American Farm Bureau Federation applauds the U.S. Department of Agriculture's announcement today that the Dairy Margin Coverage program will begin enrollment following publication of the rule in the Federal Register next week. The program will be retroactive to Jan. 1 of this year, and coverage will be available through December. AFBF previously sent a letter to Deputy U  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The American Farm Bureau Federation issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The American Farm Bureau Federation and National Farmers Union sent a letter today requesting that USDA bring stability to Class I milk prices. The letter, sent jointly by AFBF President Zippy Duvall and NFU President Rob Larew, asks Secretary Tom Vilsack to issue an interim final decision to return the Class I mover formula to the "higher of" the Class III or IV calculations  more

BOONE, North Carolina, Feb. 23 -- Appalachian Voices issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: In response to concerns from a diverse array of communities, Appalachian Voices and a broad set of partners launched the Upper South and Appalachia Citizen Air Monitoring Project, or USACAMP, in 2023. With funding from the EPA, Appalachian Voices purchased dozens of PurpleAir PM sensors, and distributed these to individuals and grassroots organizations in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2024: The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a neo-Nazi march in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday. Some of the neo-Nazis reportedly carried black Nazi flags. "We condemn this display of neo-Nazi hate and urge local and state leaders to speak out strongly to repudiate all forms of bigotry  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 21 -- The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network issued the following news release: The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) calls on Tennessee lawmakers to appropriate more money to the state's tobacco control program, which provides invaluable resources to help people quit tobacco and prevent others, including vulnerable children, from starting habits that lead to dangerous addictions. The need for lawmakers to act comes after Gov. Bill Lee  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 19 -- NATE - Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association issued the following news release: NATE announced today that Board of Directors' members Victor Drouin, Randy Scott, and Kevin Dougherty were selected by their peers to continue serving on the Association's Executive Committee for the upcoming year. The Association made the announcement on the first day of the NATE UNITE 2024 Conference and Trade Show in Memphis, Tennessee. Victor Drouin, President of G  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 16 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: On Friday, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced it will move forward with plans to build a new gas plant and pipeline, forcing families in the Tennessee Valley to foot the bill for the polluting and outdated fossil fuel infrastructure. TVA's Final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Kingston gas plant is another dangerous step in the federal utility's plans to replace the Kingston coal plant wit  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association issued the following news: More than 175 electric cooperative leaders from across the state gathered in Nashville on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 20 and 21, for the Tennessee Electric Cooperative Association's 2024 Legislative Conference. Electric co-op members and employees in attendance had important conversations about energy and policy that will impact electric co-ops and the rural and suburban communities they s  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 23 -- The Mechanical Licensing Collective issued the following news release: The Mechanical Licensing Collective (The MLC) announced six appointments to the organization's advisory committees, including three appointments to the Dispute Resolution Committee, one appointment to the Operations Advisory Committee and two appointments to the Unclaimed Royalties Oversight Committee. Dispute Resolution Committee Songwriter, David "DQ" Quinones, has been appointed to the   more