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News Tipoffs - Tennessee Editors Newsletter for Wednesday November 20, 2024 ( 14 items )  

Fla. A.G. Moody and Multistate Coalition Urge Congress to Pass Kids Online Safety Act
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Nov. 20 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is fighting to protect children online. Attorney General Moody, along with 31 other attorneys general, is urging Congress to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act, crucial legislation that protects children from online harm, before the end of the year. Attorney General Moody and the coalition are emphasizing the need to address the growing  more

Forest disturbance tool tracks Hurricane Helene devastation
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: A visualization tool that tracks changes to the nation's forests in near-real time is helping resource managers pinpoint areas with the most damage from Hurricane Helene in the US Southeast. The ForWarn visualization tool was co-developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory with the U.S. Forest Service. The tool captures and analyzes satellit  more

ILL. A.G. RAOUL URGES CONGRESS TO PASS KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 20 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: * * * Bipartisan Coalition of AGs Seeks Protections to Enhance Safety and Prevent Addiction * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 32 attorneys general, called on Congressional leadership to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), legislation that protects children from online harm, before the end of the year. In a letter (https:  more

Louisiana A.G. Liz Murrill Joins Tennessee and 30 States in Urging Congress to Pass Kids Online Safety Act
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Nov. 20 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: Led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General Liz Murrill and 30 states today called upon Congressional leadership to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act ("KOSA"), crucial legislation that protects children from online harm, before the end of the year. In a letter, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to address the growing crisis of youth ment  more

Md. A.G. Brown Joins Bipartisan Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Kids Online Safety Act
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 20 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Attorney General Anthony G. Brown has joined a coalition of 32 attorneys general calling upon Congressional leadership to, before the end of the year, pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) to protect children from online harm. In a letter, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to address the growing crisis of youth mental health linked to social media us  more

N.M. A.G. Raul Torrez and Coalition of 30 States Urge Congress to Pass Kids Online Safety Act
SANTA FE, New Mexico, Nov. 20 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Led by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez and 30 states today called upon Congressional leadership to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act ("KOSA"), crucial legislation that protects children from online harm, before the end of the year. In a letter, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to address the growing cr  more

Oak Ridge National Laboratory receives honors in 2024 HPCwire Editors' Choice award
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The coveted annual 2024 HPCwire Readers' and Editors' Choice Awards are determined through a nomination and voting process with the global HPCwire community, as well as selections from the HPCwire editors. The awards are an annual feature of the publication and constitute prestigious recognition from the HPC community. They are revealed each year to kick off the annu  more

Okla. A.G. Drummond Pushes Back Against Crypto Regulatory Overreach
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Nov. 20 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond is challenging the Biden Administration's unlawful and sweeping regulations of cryptocurrency with a lawsuit against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Drummond and a coalition of 17 other state attorneys general filed the litigation last week in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. Recent   more

President Biden Issues Letter to House Requesting for Additional Funding for Disaster Relief
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- President Biden issued the following letter to House on Nov. 18, 2024: * * * Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Requesting for Additional Funding for Disaster Relief Dear Mr. Speaker: With the Congress now back in session, I write to request urgently needed emergency funding to provide for an expeditious and meaningful Federal response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton and other natural disasters. In the weeks since these deadly storms tore through com  more

S.C. A.G. Alan Wilson Part of 32-State Coalition Urging Congress to Pass Kids Online Safety Act
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Nov. 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson and 31 other states are calling on Congressional leadership to pass the bipartisan Kids Online Safety Act ("KOSA"), crucial legislation that protects children from online harm, before the end of the year. In a letter, the coalition emphasized the urgent need to address the growing crisis of youth mental health linked to social m  more

U.S. Department of Energy Invests Nearly $15 Million to Enhance Hydropower's Ability to Support Electricity Grids
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced nearly $15 million for nine research and development projects to increase hydropower's ability to respond to changing demand on the electric grid. This ability to operate flexibly allows hydropower facilities to help balance electricity grids with an increasing amount of variable renewable resources such as   more

USDA Trade Mission to Expand Exports to Morocco and West Africa
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following news release: Representatives from nearly 50 U.S. agribusinesses and trade groups and 14 state departments of agriculture will travel to Casablanca, Morocco, Dec. 2-5, as part of a U.S. Department of Agriculture trade mission to expand U.S. farm and food exports to Morocco and other West African markets. "This mission offers a crucial opportunity for U.S. agribusinesses to enter into M  more

Utah A.G. Reyes Leads Coalition of 18 States Against SEC Regulation of Cryptocurrency Industry
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Nov. 20 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Nov. 19, 2024: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, the outgoing chairman of the national Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), helped rally and lead a coalition of 18 states to challenge the Securities Exchange Commission's (SEC) attempt to exclusively regulate most cryptocurrencies with enforcement policies that may contradict state crypto statutes. General Reyes and the coalition of   more

Wis. A.G. Kaul Calls on the FCC to Strengthen Vetting Process to Block Robocallers
MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 20 -- The Wisconsin Department of Justice issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Kaul and a bipartisan coalition of 46 Attorneys General called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to improve their Robocall Mitigation Database (RMD) and close what has effectively been an unmonitored loophole that bad actors can exploit to access the U.S. telephone network. "People shouldn't have to be annoyed by robocall after robocall," said Attorney Genera  more