WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey New England Water Science Center issued the following report (No. 2024-5090) on Sept. 26, 2024, entitled "Simulated Mean Monthly Groundwater-Transported Nitrogen Loads in Watersheds on the North Shore of Long Island Sound, 1993-2022". The report was written by Janet R. Barclay, Madeleine J. Holland and John R. Mullaney. * * * Elevated nitrogen loads are pervasive in the Long Island Sound, an estuary that recei  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, defended a federal effort to expand health insurance access to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. Established in 2012, DACA enables certain young people, commonly referred to as Dreamers, who came to the United States as children and have lived in America continuously since 2007, to avoid immed  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Oct. 4 (TNSres) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 15 attorneys general in support of a Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rule requiring that freight and passenger trains generally be staffed with at least two crew members. Raoul and the coalition explain in their brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/bc73637d-4d8a-4058-99e5-ef260d2bda26/fileAsset/Filed%20Brief%2010.24.pdf) that re  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * More than $16 million is available for conservation practices on farms, ranches, private forest land & urban gardens * * * Yesterday, USDA announced up to $7.7 billion in assistance for fiscal year 2025 to help farmers and forest managers adopt conservation practices on working lands. It includes up to $5.7 billion for climate-smart practices fund  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Daniel J. McKee, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Tonight, the Board of Directors of the Rhode Island Commerce Corporation approved incentive awards to REGENT Craft, Inc. (REGENT) ahead of the development of a new manufacturing facility in North Kingstown's Quonset Business Park. The incentive awards include $1M under the First Wave Closing Fund Act to support REGENT's operational expansion in Rhode Island and $3M under  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Oct. 4 -- The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management issued the following news release: Governor Dan McKee, the Department of Environmental Management (DEM), and members of the Rhode Island General Assembly announce that close to $500,000 in Local Agriculture and Seafood Act (LASA) grant funding is available (http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/agriculture/grants-lasa.php) for projects that help support the growth, development, and marketing of local food and s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced the expansion of the SBA's Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) network with 14 new awards. These awards aim to enhance the reach and impact of the SBA's support for innovative small businesses and entrepren  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Today, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' National Cemetery Administration awarded $44,553,338 in grants for the expansion and/or improvement of state Veterans' cemeteries during fiscal year 2024. These grants help deliver timely and accessible burial and memorial services to Veterans. The cemeteries receiving grants include California, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon  more