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News Tipoffs - Oregon Editors Newsletter for Saturday September 07, 2024 ( 10 items )  

As Students Go Back to School, White House Announces Nearly $94 Million for Local Community Coalitions to Help Prevent Youth Substance Use and Address the Overdose Epidemic
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following news release on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * In support of President Biden's Unity Agenda, new funding continues historic investment in community-led and evidence-based efforts to prevent youth substance use in every state across the country * * * To mark the start of a new school year, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul Gupta announced nearly $94 million in n  more

EPA Announces $78M in Grants to Tribes in Alaska, Pacific Northwest to Cut Climate Pollution, Accelerate Clean Energy Transition
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: SEATTLE - Today, Sep. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that eight Tribes in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon and Washington were selected to receive $78,441,385 in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected 34 applications in total to fund projects nationwide to implement community-driven solutions to tackle the c  more

Item of Interest: NIH Announces Final Winners of the Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, Sept. 6 -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news on Sept. 5, 2024: The National Institutes of Health today announced the final winners of its Connecting the Community for Maternal Health Challenge. Eight nonprofit organizations received cash prizes for their efforts to develop, implement, and conduct research projects to improve maternal health outcomes in their communi  more

Mich. A.G. Nessel Joins Multistate Brief in Support of Cook County, Illinois' Assault Weapons Regulations
LANSING, Michigan, Sept. 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general announced the filing of an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/viramontes-v-county-of-cook-multistate-amicus-brief-0) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the case Viramontes, et al. v. The County of Cook, et al. The brief urges the Court to uphold the determination of the U.S. Dist  more

N.J. A.G. Platkin Returns to Federal Courts to Support Title IX
TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that New Jersey, California, and Pennsylvania co-led two amicus briefs on behalf of a multistate coalition in federal appellate courts to further defend Title IX's protections of all students, including LGBTQ+ students, from gender-based harassment and sex discrimination, and to reverse a preliminary injunction that could affect certain   more

Next Director Named for Bureau of Indian Affairs
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs issued the following news release on Sept. 6, 2024: Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland today announced that Bryan Mercier has been selected to serve as the next director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in the U.S. Department of the Interior. Mercier, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, has served as the director of the BIA Northwest Regional O  more

Raising the Bar Across America
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Education Department Releases State Fact Sheets Detailing Biden-Harris Administration Investments in America's Students, Schools, and Colleges Since day one of their Administration, President Biden and Vice President Harris have made fighting for public education a top priority and they have delivered, with unprecedented investments in our nation's public schools, colleges, and unive  more

Twenty-Eight Projects Selected for EMSL Large-Scale Research Awards
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (TNSres) -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Projects range from research on carbon sequestration to advancing climate models * * * By Genoa Blankenship Twenty-eight principal investigators were recently awarded access to the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) through the Fiscal Year 2025 Large-Scale Research call for proposals. The awarded researchers, who hail from  more

U.S. Trade Representative Tai Issues Remarks at 41st Grand Lodge Convention of International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
NEW YORK, Sept. 6 -- U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued the following remarks on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai today delivered remarks at the 41st Grand Lodge Convention of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM). In her remarks, Ambassador Tai affirmed the Biden-Harris Administration's commitment to a worker-centered trade policy that empowers unions and grows the middle class. Ambassador Tai also emphasized t  more

White House Fact Sheet: Biden-Harris Administration Hits Offshore Wind Milestone, Continues to Advance Clean Energy Opportunities
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 5, 2024: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Hits Offshore Wind Milestone, Continues to Advance Clean Energy Opportunities - Administration approves 10th offshore wind project; previous Administration approved none - With this approval, Nation has permitted 15 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity, as progress continues toward President Biden's goal of deploying 30 gigawatts by 2030 President Biden and Vic  more