MONTGOMERY, Alabama, June 27 -- The Alabama Department of Public Health issued the following news release: * * * Shellfish growing waters closed The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) has closed shellfish growing waters in Mobile County. Areas I and II are closed. This includes Cedar Point, Portersville Bay, Heron Bay, and Dauphin Island Bay. The order by State Health Officer, Dr. Scott Harris, closed harvesting on June 24, 2026. The order was issued as a result of possible bacteriological contamination of the oyster beds due to re more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Government Accountability Office dismissed a protest by BCCG JV, Montgomery, Alabama, challenging the Customs and Border Protection's issuance of a sole-source task order valued at up to $641.3 million to Cochrane USA Inc., Fredericksburg, Virginia, for the design and construction of waterborne barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border. The protest challenged the Department of Homeland Security's decision to award the task order without competition under a multiple-award indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract. more ST

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, June 26 -- The University of Arkansas Little Rock campus issued the following news: * * * Nationally Acclaimed Photographers Headline Fall Exhibitions at UA Little Rock * The University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Windgate Center of Art + Design (WCAD) will launch its fall 2026 season with a series of photography-focused exhibitions, headlined by the internationally acclaimed artist Todd Hido. Showing from August through November, these exhibits will feature renowned photographers and explore the evolving direction o more PR

NEW PORT RICHEY, Florida, June 27 [Category: Food/Beverage] -- The Southern Shrimp Alliance posted the following news release: * * * South Carolina Takes a Stand Against Shrimp Fraud * South Carolina just became the latest state to address a widespread form of seafood fraud. With the General Assembly's passage of H4248, the Palmetto State has joined a growing list of states pushing back against restaurants passing off imported, farm-raised shrimp as authentic, wild-caught shrimp. This spring, the South Carolina House and Senate passed dif more PR

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest by South Dade Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Inc., Selma, Alabama, challenging the award of a blanket purchase agreement to AAA Complete Building Services Inc. for building services at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. The procurement, conducted by the General Services Administration under a federal supply schedule solicitation, sought facilities engineering, operations and maintenance, pest control, and elevator maintenance services.  more ST

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, issued the following news release on June 26, 2026: * * * What They Are Saying: Support Grows for Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill 2.0 Discussion Draft U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Chairman John Boozman (R-AR) released the discussion draft for Farm Bill 2.0 on Tuesday. Built for the people who feed America, the proposal delivers more certainty for farm families, rural communities and the nat more PR