NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The Tennessee Arts Commission issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2024: By Lee Baird, Director of Literary Arts McCarthy, Agee, Giovanni, Patchett, Marius; with these being just a few names from a list too long to cite, it's well established that our state has a storied literary tradition. We can add the names Eaddy, Guth, and White to that list. In recognition of their outstanding contributions to Tennessee's literary landscape, they have bee  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Chemical Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2024: Today the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released an update into its ongoing investigation of a May 30, 2024, accidental release of a molten mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium nitrate which fatally injured one employee and resulted in injuries to a second employee at the Techniques Surfaces USA ("TS USA") Liquid Nitriding facility in Chattanooga, Tennessee.   more

TAMPA, Florida, Sept. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: Acadia Healthcare Company Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in Franklin, Tennessee, has agreed to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and related state statutes by knowingly billing for medically unnecessary inpatient behavioral health services or for services that did not meet federal and state regulations. Acadi  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Jim Pillen, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: Governor Jim Pillen has joined 25 other Republican governors calling for passage of legislation in the U.S. Senate reinforcing Jewish civil rights. The unified message comes ahead of the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israeli and American citizens. The letter draws attention to the recent deaths of hostages and the dozens more still held captive, as well as the rising acts of antisemitism i  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Sept. 26, 2024, on the death of William "Bill" Lucy, ex-secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees: * * * Bill Lucy was a courageous labor leader who dedicated his life bending the arc of history toward justice. Of his seven decades as a giant in the movement, Bill spent nearly forty years as Secretary-Treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employ  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Sept. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: "Determining isotopic ratios on single particles takes a lot of time," said ORNL's Benjamin Manard, who led the study. "Rapid particle analysis for fluorine and uranium isotopic determination is what we've enabled." His team combined two techniques to analyze 40 particles each about the size of a red blood cell in less than five minutes. The first technique is lase  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 27 -- Gov. Bill Lee, R-Tennessee, issued the following news: * * * State of Tennessee will not move forward with plans for a new psychiatric hospital on site * * * Today, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced that the State of Tennessee will no longer move forward with plans to build a new psychiatric hospital on state-owned land at Moccasin Bend in Chattanooga. The decision is based on initial findings of an ongoing archeological review. This is the first archeologic  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Sept. 27 -- The Tennessee Military Department issued the following news release: More than 700 Soldiers from the Tennessee Army National Guard's 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment are departing Saturday, September 28, on the first leg of a year-long deployment to the Middle East. The Task Force, comprised primarily of Soldiers from the 278th's 2nd Squadron, will initially deploy to Fort Bliss, Texas, for a few weeks of additional deployment training before flying to Kuwait.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute issued the following news release: The JGI is excited to announce the 18 scientists selected for our 2025 Community Science Program Annual Call. These projects include cutting-edge research into microbial communities -- from freshwater estuaries reshaped by dam removal to Antarctica's photosynthetic mats -- to reveal how these systems adapt and contribute to global biogeochemical cycles. Additional efforts in  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: The United States seized over $6 million worth of cryptocurrency from perpetrators overseas, announced U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Matthew M. Graves, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee Francis M. Hamilton III, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri, head of the Criminal Division, and FBI Special Agent in Charge Joseph E  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Sept. 26, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Q: Hi. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon. Sorry. Somebody -- we've been gone too long. Somebody has been messing with this stuff. Okay. So, the president has been briefed on Hurricane Helene, and at his direction, administration officials   more