RICHMOND, Virginia, July 25 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares and 24 other States have filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new rule imposing burdensome regulations on existing coal-, natural gas- and oil-fired power plants. On Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit declin  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY KBR Wyle Services LLC, Lexington Park, Maryland, is awarded a $153,606,550 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. This contract provides for certified and qualified operational contractor support services aircrew to support mission essential testing and evaluation of all manned air vehicles under the operational responsibility of the Naval Test Wing A  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Federal Communications Commission Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau issued the following public notice (PS Docket No. 23-237; WT Docket 02-378) on July 24, 2024: * * * The Region 37 (South Carolina)/1 Regional Planning Committees (RPCs) will hold two consecutive planning meetings on Wednesday, October 23, 2024. Beginning at 9:00 a.m., the 800 MHz RPC will convene at the Sheraton Myrtle Beach, 2101 North Oak St., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577. The agenda for the 80  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Getting a new variety of corn, tomato, soybean or other crop to market can be a long and costly effort, with breeders working to ensure the eventual product has the right mix of genetics that will let it withstand change, produce large amounts of fruit or seed and taste good. A new technology, developed with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation, seeks to shorten that process and make   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Lindsay French is a Marine Habitat Resource Specialist based in Charleston, South Carolina. She supports the work of the Office of Habitat Conservation's Restoration Center in the southeastern United States. What is your key responsibility? I am a technical monitor for habitat restoration projects funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act in North and South   more

AIKEN, South Carolina, July 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release on July 24, 2024: The Department of Energy's Savannah River Site (SRS) has reached a major milestone in the construction of a plutonium pit production facility at the site located near Aiken, S.C. After 18 months of "hands on" work involving local trade unions, the dismantlement and removal (D&R) of commodities and equipment throughout the Savannah River Plutonium Processing   more

ABUJA, Nigeria, July 25 -- The U.S. Embassy in Nigeria issued the following news release: Lagos----Thirty-three high achieving Nigerian students have received full scholarships totaling $2.92 million to attend American universities and colleges for the 2024/2025 academic session. This feat was made possible through the Opportunity Funds Program of the United States Consulate General Lagos that is designed to increase access to U.S. higher education institutions for highly qualified internationa  more