NASHVILLE, Tennessee, June 7 -- The Tennessee Arts Commission issued the following news: The National Endowment for the Arts announced 19 Tennessee arts organizations in each of Tennessee's three grand divisions are receiving a total of $1,495,250 in grants. The recipients are: ArtsBuild, Big Ears Festival, Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley, Hattiloo Theatre, Indie Memphis, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Inc. (aka The Brooks), National Ornamental Metal Museum (aka Metal Museum), New Bal  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, June 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Air Force Institute of Technology faculty member Scott Nykl received the 2023 Harold Brown Award for his groundbreaking research on computer vision-based relative navigation for autonomous aerial refueling. He is the second AFIT faculty member to win this award, following Dr. Peter Collins' selection in 2013. The Harold Brown  more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on June 6, 2024: * * * Name of Product: FURminator deShedding Ultra Premium Dog Conditioner (1 Gallon) Hazard: The recalled conditioner can contain bacteria, including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, an environmental organism found widely in soil and water. People with weakened immune systems or external medical devices who are exposed to Pseudomonas aeruginosa face a risk of serious infection that may requ  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on June 6, 2024: The Board of Regents today approved the annual operating budget for the Universities of Wisconsin for 2024-25, the second year of the State of Wisconsin's 2023-25 biennium. In summary, the expenditure budget for FY25 will increase by $474 million, or 6.3%, while the revenue budget will increase by $515 million, or just under 7%. The increases to the expenditure budget result mainly  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The Wisconsin Department of Health Services issued the following news release: Wisconsin has taken another step forward to help people with mental health and substance use emergencies with the opening of five crisis stabilization centers for adults. Crisis stabilization facilities support people who can't stay in their community safely, but don't need to be hospitalized. Funded by the Department of Health Services (DHS), the centers provide a dedicated location for  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 6 -- The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly today announced she has made appointments to critical leadership positions within the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Following a formal interview process, Dr. Underly appointed Dr. Barb Novak as the director of the DPI's Office of Literacy (also known as the Wisconsin Reading Center), and current Frederic School Distr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, June 7 -- Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul issued the following news release on June 6, 2024: Attorney General Josh Kaul today stopped by a training on the Wisconsin Department of Justice Office of Crime Victim Services' address confidentiality program, Safe at Home, in Appleton, Wis. Safe at Home provides a legal substitute address to be used for both public and private purposes to victims of or those threated with domestic abuse, child abuse, sexual abuse, stalking, an  more