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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Wednesday August 21, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Assistant A.G. Clarke Delivers Remarks Announcing Civil Rights Investigation Into Conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center in Tennessee
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on Aug. 20, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke announcing a civil rights investigation into the conditions at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, Hartsville, Tennessee: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. My name is Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the Department of Justice. I am joined by U.S. Attorney Henry Leventis for the Middle District of Tennesse  more

Columbus AFB: Ready to Respond
COLUMBUS AFB, Mississippi, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Columbus Air Force Base (14th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Adam Prince, 14th Flying Training Wing The 14th Flying Training Wing hosted an emergency response table-top exercise on August 15, 2024, at the Columbus Event Center on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, in preparation for the upcoming Thunder Over Columbus Air Show September 21 and 22. The exercise focused on validating the ability of the 14FTW and su  more

Floating Classroom Event Hosted by EPA Regional Leaders to Promote Healthy Waters Along Mississippi River During National Water Quality Month
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 20, 2024) - Today on a barge docked near Alton, Illinois, EPA regional leaders held a first-ever, four-region event to promote water quality along the Mississippi River. EPA leadership from Regions 4, 5, and 6 joined EPA Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister during National Water Quality Month to host a floating classroom and share their commitments to the river. Together, these fo  more

NSF awards $38 Million to strengthen research infrastructure, build partnerships and improve STEM workforce development
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation has awarded researchers in Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Puerto Rico and Rhode Island roughly $38 million through the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR), which promotes the development of research competitiveness among twenty-eight targeted states and territories, called jurisdictions. The awards, facilitated by the EPSCoR Collabor  more

U.S. National Science Foundation, Paul G. Allen Family Foundation double investment in science-driven conservation projects
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation are investing $16 million across 10 projects that will conduct basic science with direct conservation applications to benefit species and ecosystems. The projects are awarded under the second year of grants from the Partnership to Advance Conservation Science and Practice (PACSP) program, a first-of-its-kind collaboration  more