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News Tipoffs - South Carolina Editors Newsletter for Thursday August 01, 2024 ( 5 items )  

AG Reyes Supports SAVE Act to Preserve Election Integrity
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 21 attorneys general in a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership, expressing their support of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The letter was led by the States of Iowa and Indiana. According to its congressional bill summary, the SAVE Act "requires individuals to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote i  more

Contracts for July 30, 2024
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

Coordination, Teamwork Leads to Major Equipment Replacement at One-of-A-kind Facility at the Savannah River Site
AIKEN, South Carolina, Aug. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Savannah River Site issued the following news release: After over six months of research, troubleshooting and coordination, contractor employees at the Savannah River Site have recently completed the replacement of a piece of equipment essential for operations in the Site's H Canyon chemical separations capable facility. The General Purpose Evaporator (GPE) is used to help concentrate low-level radioactive wastes from various sou  more

Governor Cooper and EPA Administrator Regan Celebrate Historic Funding for Natural Lands Conservation and Restoration at Green Swamp Preserve
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 1 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on July 30, 2024: Today, Governor Roy Cooper visited Green Swamp Preserve in Brunswick County with United States Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Reid Wilson to celebrate historic federal funding that will support carbon-reducing natural land conservation and restoration projects in North Carolina and b  more

USDA Economic Research Service: 'Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. FTS-379) in July 2024 by Catharine Weber, Helen Wakefield and Seth J. Wechsler entitled "Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook". Here are excerpts: * * * Almonds Set for Near-Record Production in 2024 The 2024 California Almond Objective Measurement Report forecasts that 2.8 billion pounds of almonds will be harvested this fall. If so, the 2024 crop would be the third largest  more