ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following news release: In 2018, Tennessee women who were full-time wage and salary workers had median usual weekly earnings of $719, or 80.4 percent of the $894 median usual weekly earnings of their male counterparts, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the 2018 women's-to-men's earnings ratio in Ten  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following memorandum and order (Docket No. 52-047-ESP) involving Tennessee Valley Authority: In the Matter of TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY (Clinch River Nuclear Site Early Site Permit Application) CLI-19-10 MEMORANDUM AND ORDER On August 14, 2019, we held a hearing on the application of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for an early site permit (ESP) for the Clinch River Nuclear site. In this uncontested proceeding, we cons  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey announced that it intends to award a $523,590 cooperative agreement to the University of Memphis of Tennessee for the long-term monitoring of interseismic deformation for dynamic seismic hazard assessment and investigation of fault creep and transient phenomena. The agency description of the grant states: "The main objective of the agreement is responsible for the use of real-time and near real-time data for ear  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency has issued the following news release: USDA's Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced a new crop insurance option for hemp growers in select counties of 21 states in 2020. The pilot insurance program will provide Actual Production History (APH) coverage under 508(h) Multi-Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI) for eligible producers in certain counties in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Ma  more