WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news on Oct. 27, 2024: The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) today honored the campaign to designate sites in Mississippi and Illinois as the Emmett Till & Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument with the National Trust/Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Award for Federal Partnerships in Historic Preservation. The event took place du  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * AmeriCorps joins Serve Illinois to enhance its ability to service Illinois residents during times of need * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, Serve Illinois, to unify and expedite the volunteerism efforts for natural disaster recovery projects that occur in Illinois. Throug  more

OAKLAND, California, Oct. 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief pushing back on an effort to undermine civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ Americans in the workplace. The case, McMahon v. World Vision, Inc., arose when World Vision, Inc. rescinded a job offer to Aubry McMahon upon discovering that she was in a same-sex marriage. In to  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and domestic mineral resources, both in the ground and in mine waste. Since 2021, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) has advanced scientific inn  more