ARLINGTON, Virginia, May 29 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America issued the following news release: Baton Rouge, La. and Fairbanks, Alaska Have Highest Number and Percentage of Year-over-Year Job Gains, While Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, Colo. and Augusta-Richmond County, Ga.-S.C. Experience Worst Job Losses Construction employment rose in 218, or 61 percent, of 358 metro areas between April 2023 and April 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Con  more

WASHINGTON, May 31 -- The Corporation for Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: Alabama Public Television, KLRN-TV in San Antonio, and KYUK/TV-AM-FM in Bethel, Alaska, have been awarded funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to upgrade their equipment to provide enhanced emergency alerting. CPB awards the grants through the Next Generation Warning System (NGWS) grant program, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). "Public media stations h  more

WASHINGTON, May 29 (TNSres) -- The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation issued the following news release: * * * New Index Ranks States and Regions on Performance Contributing to Energy Transition The global transition to clean energy will hinge on developing and adopting new innovations that drive price and performance improvements in a diverse array of clean energy sources and uses. States and regions have important roles to play in that effort, bringing resources to bear throug  more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, May 30 -- NDN Collective, an indigenous-led organization dedicated to building indigenous power, issued the following news release: NDN Collective, an Indigenous-led organization dedicated to building Indigenous power, announces the fourth year of the Community Self-Determination Grant offered to Indigenous communities throughout Turtle Island, also known as North America, and related Island Nations. This includes Tribes, First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Indigenous-led   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: The Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club sued the federal government today for failing to properly evaluate harms from the Alaska LNG project to several threatened and endangered species. Biological opinions issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service violate the Endangered Species Act by not fully examining and mitigating the project's harms to pol  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, May 29 -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana issued the following joint statement on May 28, 2024, with four organizations: * * * Nearly one year after Indiana's abortion ban took effect, a trial is set to begin tomorrow, May 29, in a legal challenge to the ban brought by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawai'i, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, All-Options, Inc, and Dr. Amy Caldwell. The legal challenge seeks to broaden and clarify the scope of the unconstitution  more

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, May 30 -- The Planned Parenthood Federation of America issued the following joint statement on May 28, 2024, with eight organizations: * * * Nearly one year after Indiana's abortion ban took effect, a trial is set to begin tomorrow, May 29, in a legal challenge to the ban brought by Planned Parenthood Great Northwest, Hawaii, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, All-Options, Inc, and Dr. Amy Caldwell. The legal challenge seeks to broaden and clarify the scope of the unconstitutiona  more

FALMOUTH, Massachusetts, May 31 (TNSres) -- Woodwell Climate Research Center, formerly the Woods Hole Research Center, issued the following update on May 30, 2024: * * * The event brought together researchers local community members and permafrost experts to share new technology and learn more about permafrost thaw and its impact on people living in Fairbanks and beyond * * * Earlier this month, Woodwell Climate Research Center and University of Alaska Fairbanks, with support from Google.org  more