WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Expand Access to Cleaner Fueling Options ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024 - Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels  more

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 24 -- Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09), Co-Chair of the House Great Lakes Task Force announced two awards totaling $239,262 to Put-In-Bay Township Port Authority to enhance the ground circumstances at the Put-In-Bay Airport. This funding, part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Airport Improvement Grant (AIG), was awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). "These grants underscore our c  more

GREENVILLE, Pennsylvania, April 27 -- Thiel College issued the following news release: Thiel College hosted its third annual Mentor of the Year event on Friday, April 26. The event recognizes the extraordinary contributions of alumni, educators, and professionals in a ceremony held in the Howard Miller Student Center's Sawhill Georgian Room. The event, part of the Thiel College Mentor of the Year Initiative, underscores the significant professional and civic impacts of these individuals, celebr  more

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 23 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news: ERIE, Pa. -- Penn State Behrend has been awarded $2.5 million in federal funding to develop a battery-testing facility in the college's Knowledge Park, where a planned Center for Manufacturing Competitiveness will support the transition to battery-powered heavy-haul equipment in the rail, marine and mining industries. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman helped secure the funding, which was included in a co  more