WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Expand Access to Cleaner Fueling Options ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024 - Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The White House issued the following remarks on April 23, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at "Walkin' After Midnight: The Music of Patsy Cline" event: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Melodies that fed our souls with a voice that demanded a place on stage - and didn't take "no" or "wait" for an answer. Patsy Cline created a rupture, a shift, a before and an after. She changed the music industry so profoundly, it's hard to imagine what our world looked like b more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Thomas Proffen, a neutron scattering scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and founder of Oak Ridge Computer Science Girls, was recognized with an award from the National Center for Women & Information Technology, or NCWIT. In addition, one of his students received a national honor from the organization. Proffen was one of two educators to receive an Aspirati more PR

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs A photo of test cells in the new Engine Test Facility at Arnold Air Force Base spanned the entire width of the page. Just below the picture was an accompanying article announcing that, after a decade of planning that included three years of brick-and-mortar construction, test work would begin in the ETF within the next month. Adjacent to the report was t more PR

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 24 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 24 of her Republican colleagues issued a joint statement opposing the Biden Administration's ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas: "As governors, we are very concerned by the Biden Administration's move to pause approvals of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects, especially after Iran's recent attack on Israe more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) has designated State Director of Conservation Programs Roger McCoy with the honorary State Naturalist title, the third person ever to hold the title in the state. The honorary title is given to a TDEC staff member who displays a wealth of knowledge and a special ability to share an appreciation of Tennessee's natur more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation issued the following news on April 23, 2024: The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) will host an online public input session on May 3 at 1 p.m. (CDT) to provide an update on the status of the Inflation Reduction Act's Home Energy Rebate Programs and solicit comments. In July 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released guidance for states to apply for the Home Energy Rebate more PR

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Twelve drug traffickers tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel have been sentenced to between four and a half and 40 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Francisco Javier Rodriguez Arreola, a top source of supply charged in the case, was sentenced Tuesday to 40 years in federal priso more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 24 -- The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development issued the following news on April 23, 2024: Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter today announced the 12 Tennessee communities selected to participate in the ninth round of the Tennessee Downtowns program. The communities selected are Adamsville, Baxter, Byrdstown, Camden, Decatur, Gleason, Jellico, Loudon, McEwen, Munford, Spring City and Wart more PR

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method that demonstrates how fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials used in the automotive, aerospace and renewable energy industries can be made stronger and tougher to better withstand mechanical or structural stresses over time. The composites already have many good thi more PR

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense expanded their existing partnership to allow Veterans, soldiers, cadets, and other beneficiaries to receive care from the Keller Army Community Hospital (KACH) on the West Point Army Installation and at the VA Hudson Valley Health Care System. Enrolled Veterans can now receive mammograms and orthopedic care from more PR