VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center In 2020, inventors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, embarked on the innovative development of a Roller Jack for ISO-type containers. A patent application for this invention was filed the same year and officially granted in 2024. Th  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Alaska - 2023": * * * In 2023, Alaska women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,035, or 80.5 percent of the $1,286 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Arizona - 2023": * * * In 2023, Arizona women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,019, or 82.6 percent of the $1,233 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chr  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Colorado - 2023": * * * In 2023, Colorado women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $1,235, significantly below the $1,505 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report entitled "Women's Earnings in Missouri - 2023": * * * In 2023, Missouri women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $915, significantly below the $1,091 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commission  more

RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: During an assumption of leadership ceremony, Col. Scott D. Ryder, 14th Mission Support Group commander, presented the 14th Force Support Squadron guidon to Andre Logan, appointing him as new director of the 14th FSS on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, October 18, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center. "Commanders are responsible for executing the mission, leading people, managing  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Funding from USDOT's INFRA and Mega grant programs are helping build complex, ambitious projects across the country that improve safety, mobility, and economic competitiveness Today, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced more than $4.2 billion in funding from the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda through two major discretionary grant programs, the National I  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Oct. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Oct. 21, 2024: United States Attorney Todd Gee announced today that Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSAs) Bert Carraway and Samuel Goff will lead the efforts of his office in connection with the Justice Department's nationwide Election Day Program for the upcoming November 5, 2024, general election. AUSAs Carraway and Goff have been appointed to serv  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Oct. 22 -- The Mississippi Department of Health issued the following news release: This week, October 20-26, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the Mississippi State Department of Health is spreading awareness about the dangers of the toxic metal and imploring parents to get their children and homes tested. Between 2017 and 2021, 845 Mississippi children tested positive for elevated blood lead levels. Medicaid recipients were more than twice as likely to test   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