WASHINGTON, July 18 (TNSres) -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following news release on July 17, 2024: "They're trying to wash us away," declared the song, Louisiana 1927. Since The Great Mississippi Flood in 1927, a complex ecosystem of resources and helpers evolved to protect and restore the coast of the Mississippi River delta that dominates Louisiana's coast. Over the decades, some attempts to halt flooding did more harm than good. The demands of the area's oil indu  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Independent Community Bankers of America issued the following news release: Mississippi, Alabama and Minnesota Community Bankers Join Board TCM Bank, N.A., the credit card bank of ICBA Payments, announced the election of new board members Robert Barnes, president and CEO of PriorityOne in Magee, Miss.; Brad Bolton, president and CEO of Community Spirit Bank in Red Bay, Ala.; and Anita Drentlaw, president and CEO of New Market in Lakev  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club issued the following news release: DULUTH, MN About one million gallons of coal ash wastewater spilled from Minnesota Power's Boswell Energy Center, the largest coal plant in Minnesota, with some reaching Blackwater Lake, a reservoir of the Mississippi River. The spill, discovered on Tuesday morning, prompted the company to contain the leak and notify environmental authorities, who are still investigating the extent of the contamina  more