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News Tipoffs - New Jersey Editors Newsletter for Tuesday July 09, 2024 ( 5 items )  

EPA Selects Educational Organizations to Receive Over $3.6 Million to Support Environmental Projects Nationwide
WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Today, July 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants Program. "Advancing environmental education advances EPA's mission because it better equips our communities with the information they need to protect public health today and in the future," said   more

ERO Boston removes Brazilian fugitive wanted for rape in home country
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston removed a 40-year-old Brazilian national charged with rape in Brazil. Deportation officers from ERO removed Marcio Dos Santos from the United States to Brazil May 31 and handed him over to Brazilian authorities. "Marcio Dos Santos attempted to flee a rape charge in Brazil by hiding out in Connecticut," said E  more

INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $11 Billion in Grants and Financing for Nation's Most Complex Infrastructure Project, the Hudson River Tunnel
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Hundreds of thousands of commuters travel through the 114-year-old passenger rail tunnel daily, underscoring need to replace and modernize this vital corridor damaged during 2012's Superstorm Sandy NEW YORK - Today, one of the largest infrastructure projects in American history took a huge step forward with billions of dollars in support from the Biden-Harris Administration and the Bipartisan Infra  more

U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su to Travel to Philadelphia to Highlight Actions to Create Good-Paying Clean Energy Jobs and Expand Access to Capital for Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: On Wednesday, July 10, U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to discuss how the Biden-Harris Administration's economic agenda is creating good-paying clean energy jobs and continuing the historic small business boom by expanding access to capital. Deputy Secretary Adeyemo will highlight the Treasury Department's recently released final rules on t  more

USDA Welcomes 2024 Class of E. Kika De La Garza Fellows
WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: July 8, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today welcomed 32 faculty and staff from Hispanic-Serving Institutions and Hispanic-Serving School Districts around the nation to the 2024 class of E. Kika De La Garza (EKDLG) Fellows. The EKDLG Fellows came to D.C. to learn how USDA services and programs can benefit them, their students, and their communities. This effort is part of USDA's commit  more