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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Thursday October 31, 2024 ( 6 items )  

$16 Million in Federal Funding Fuels Tennessee's Recovery a Month After Helene
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: A month after the major presidential disaster declaration for the Sept. 26-30 flooding from Tropical Storm Helene, Tennessee families and communities are recovering with $16.4 million in funding from FEMA as well as support from the state, other federal agencies, and voluntary and community organizations. Helene's rains devastated Eastern Tennessee, leaving mou  more

DOE Office of Environmental Management: University Launches New Degree With Support From Oak Ridge
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management issued the following news: Environmental cleanup and transformation are happening across the Oak Ridge Reservation, and leadership with Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management (OREM) and contractor UCOR are focused on ways to maintain that momentum. One of the highest priorities is maintaining and attracting a workforce capable of taking on the complex projects slated in the years  more

Frontier users' exascale climate emulator nominated for Gordon Bell Climate Prize
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The team has been working on the climate emulator for the past four years. This work has focused on developing the algorithms and optimizing the code to run efficiently on supercomputers with various architectures. The emulator is highly scalable and has demonstrated exceptional performance on four of the world's top 10 most powerful supercomputers, including the F  more

Miss. A.G. Fitch Praises Supreme Court Decision Allowing Virginia to Remove Noncitizens From Voter Rolls
JACKSON, Mississippi, Oct. 31 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on Oct. 30, 2024: On Monday, Attorney General Fitch joined attorneys general from 25 states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove noncitizens from its voter rolls. Today, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Virginia. "It is critical that we uphold state authority to determine voter qualifications and ensure the integrity of our elections," sai  more

Utah A.G. Reyes Applauds SCOTUS Decision on Non-Eligible Voters in Virginia
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct. 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined attorneys general from 25 other states in filing an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Virginia to remove non-citizens from its voter roll. Today, the Supreme Court made the decision on its emergency docket that Virginia does not have to restore the registrations of 1,600 voters before next week's election. "We applaud the Supre  more

White House Fact Sheet: One Month Following Hurricane Helene, Biden-Harris Administration Spearheads Ongoing Recovery Efforts and Support for Survivors
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * One Month Following Hurricane Helene, Biden-Harris Administration Spearheads Ongoing Recovery Efforts and Support for Survivors Since Hurricane Helene's destructive landfall one month ago, the Biden-Harris Administration has mobilized a Federal response that has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in financial assistance to survivors, substantial debris removal and power restoration,   more