ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Oct. 21, 2024: Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) today announced the results of the 2024 director election. The Bank conducted an election to fill the member directorships for North Carolina and Virginia, an independent directorship and a public interest independent directorship. Each director-elect will serve a four-year term c  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Oct. 22 -- The Georgia House issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: On Monday, October 21, 2024, Speaker of the House Jon Burns (R-Newington) sent a letter to Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson, Leader Chuck Schumer, Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Leader Mitch McConnell, as well as members of Georgia's Congressional Delegation, to request that emergency relief funds be provided to the southeastern states impacted by recent severe weathe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Eddie Morris as its new resident inspector at the Joseph M. Farley nuclear power plant near Dothan, Alabama. The plant is operated by Southern Nuclear Operating Co. He joins Senior Resident Inspector Sarah Temple at Farley. Morris rejoined the NRC in July 2024 after a decade at Idaho National Laboratory, where he held increasingly senior oversight and manag  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Oct. 22 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following statement on October 21, 2024: Secretary of State Wes Allen wants to remind eligible Alabama citizens that today, October 21, 2024, is the deadline to register to vote before the November 5, 2024 General Election. Electronic voter registration may be completed up until 11:59 PM today by visiting https://www.alabamainteractive.org/sos/voter_registration/voterRegistrationWelcome.action. A paper voter registratio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The study's novel methodology, carried out collaboratively by the USGS and the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment's Office of the State Geologist, made it possible to quantify the amount of lithium present in brines located in a geological unit known as the Smackover Formation. Extracting lithium from brines co-produced during oil and gas operations provides an oppor  more