MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following analysis on June 6, 2024, by Caryn Mohr, ex-senior writer for the center for Indian country development: * * * CICD tools help tell individualized data stories for communities across Indian Country * * * Much has been said about economic data gaps in Indian Country. The basic premise is that too often, research and data that inform policymaking and funding allocations lack specificity for Native Am  more

HOBOKEN, New Jersey, June 7 -- Freshwater Biology, a journal that focuses on the ecology of inland surface waters, including connected ground waters, flood plains and freshwater wetlands, micro-organisms, algae and macrophytes, published research articles on the following topics in its June 2024 edition (Vol. 69, Issue 6): ORIGINAL ARTICLES: * Spatial factors overcome seasonality regulating the consumption of allochthonous food resources by fishes from tropical lotic ecosystems * Fishes move   more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, June 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced the publication of the Draft Environmental Impact Study (DEIS) for the Pearl River Basin Mississippi Federal Flood Risk Management Project. This significant step in the project's development marks the beginning of a 45-day public review period, concluding on Monday, July 22, 2024. The DEIS and its appendices are accessib  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Tom Carper, D-Delaware, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: On June 5, 2024, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee held a hearing on the U.S. Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) proposed budget for fiscal year 2025 and its implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. Below is the opening statement of Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.)  more

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, June 7 (TNSres) -- The Universities of Wisconsin issued the following news on June 6, 2024: The Board of Regents today approved the annual operating budget for the Universities of Wisconsin for 2024-25, the second year of the State of Wisconsin's 2023-25 biennium. In summary, the expenditure budget for FY25 will increase by $474 million, or 6.3%, while the revenue budget will increase by $515 million, or just under 7%. The increases to the expenditure budget result mainly  more