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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Wednesday October 23, 2024 ( 7 items )  

81st TRW CD & Yellowhammer Futbol Club Members tour Keesler AFB
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Oct. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Official websites use .mil Secure .mil websites use HTTPS Yellowhammer Futbol Club members and their families pose for a group photo in front of a static aircraft display after they finished touring the 81st Training Wing on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 27, 2024. The members and their families came to Keesler for a greater understanding of the 81 TRW mission and lif  more

INVESTING IN AMERICA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $200 Million to Replace Aging Gas Pipes, Lower Household Energy Bills and Cut Methane Emissions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced $196 million in grants, funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to repair and replace aging natural gas pipes. In total, this round of funding will support 60 modernization projects for natural gas pipelines across 20 states. "Aging, leak-prone n  more

Iowa A.G. Bird Urges Supreme Court to Hear State's Request for Control Over Its Own Land
DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 23 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led eight other states in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear Utah's case requesting control over its own land. The federal government owns nearly 70 percent of Utah's land--almost half of which is being held by the government without any designated purpose, such as for national parks, national monuments, wildlife, or recreation areas. Uta  more

Naval Research Laboratory's Compact Coronagraph-1 Instrument Captures Its First Images of the Sun's Atmosphere
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Emily Winget, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory's (NRL) Compact Coronagraph (CCOR) instrument has successfully collected its first images of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). CCOR is a small space telescope designed to observe the Sun's atmosphere. On Sept. 19, the aperture door of CCOR was opened for the first time since it was launched on National  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Asks Federal Court to Halt Program Rewarding Illegal Immigration
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Oct. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Oct. 22, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is pushing back against a Biden Harris Administration rule to allow illegal immigrants to remain where they are in the country while also affording them the possibility of employment and access to public benefits programs. In an amicus brief filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Drummond and   more

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration: Investing In America - Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $200 Million to Replace Aging Gas Pipes, Lower Household Energy Bills and Cut Methane Emissions
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued the following news on Oct. 22, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced $196 million in grants, funded by the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, to repair and replace aging natural gas pipes. In total, this round of funding will support 60 modernization projects   more

U.S. Transportation Command Announces 15 Additional Installations to Begin Domestic Phase-in Under Global Household Goods
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Transportation Command issued the following news release: SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- U.S. Transportation Command's Defense Personal Property Management Office (DPMO), in coordination with the military services and U.S. Coast Guard, has selected the following additional installations to begin servicing Global Household Goods (GHC) shipments during the month of October: 1. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 2. Eglin Air Force Base, Florid  more