WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following article: * * * U.S. Obesity Rate Changes Differ for Rural and Urban Areas, as Well as Across Regions By Mariah Ehmke and Brandon J. Restrepo Highlights * Despite a slight decline in the U.S. overall obesity rate from March 2022-2023 to March 2023-2024, rural obesity rates rose 0.5 percentage points during the same time. * The U.S. obesity rates in rural areas were higher than urban rat  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 6 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta and SouthState Bank award $200,000 grant to Central Pines Regional Council ATLANTA (Aug. 5, 2025) - Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) and SouthState Bank are delivering a $200,000 grant to Central Pines Regional Council. The grant will be used to prevent and resolve heirs' property issues t  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 6 -- The South Carolina Department of Education issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2025: * * * State Board of Education Approves State-of-Education Emergency Declaration in Jasper County School District Today, the State Board of Education voted unanimously to approve State Superintendent of Education Ellen Weaver's request for the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE) to assume full management of the Jasper County School District (JSCD). On Ju  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2025: * * * Scott Delivers Results in First Seven Months as Banking Committee Chair In his first seven months leading the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Chairman Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has delivered results for the American people. From advancing legislation through the committee and to President Trump's  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Scott, Budd, Norman Lead Push for Wage Rate Reform to Support U.S. Farmers * WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) joined Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) in leading a bipartisan, bicameral effort urging Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer to reform the Biden administration's wage rate rule for farm workers on the H-2A visa program. The c  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in collaboration with North Carolina State University, has released a report on the '2023 Earthquake Ground-Motion Workshop for the Central and Eastern United States, with a Focus on the Gulf and Atlantic Coastal Plains--Agenda and Abstracts'. The document, Scientific Investigations Report 2025-5025, was prepared by Oliver S. Boyd, Julie A. Herrick, Ashly Cabas, and Sean K. Ahdi. It documents the agenda, presentations, and panel   more