WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) issued the following news: Amtrak has been awarded nearly $126 million from the Federal Railroad Administration's Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) competitive grant program for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. Many Amtrak partners also received funding that will improve the safety, efficiency and reliability of Amtrak service and support the expansion of intercity passenger rail. "These grants will  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Nov. 2 (TNScapv) -- The Indiana Chamber of Commerce issued the following news release: With entries and anticipation at all-time highs, the Indiana Chamber's fourth annual Coolest Thing Made IN Indiana online tournament is now underway. New in 2024, the Indiana Chamber is joined by the Indiana Destination Development Corporation (IDDC) in putting on the program. There is a record 90 entrants from more than 50 cities, nearly doubling the field from last year. The contesta  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: The grants fund innovations like innovative debris removal, enhanced work zone safety, integrating technology to support emergency responders, using drones to conduct infrastructure inspections, and improving bridge design and developing more sustainable materials. FHWA's Accelerated Innovation Deployment Demonstration program supports the Biden-Harris Administration's I  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: Indianapolis, IN, October 31, 2024- The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is one of 29 agencies under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is dedicated to helping landowners and communities voluntarily manage natural resources on private lands. With roots dating back to the 1930s, NRCS has been working with farmers, ranchers and private forest landown  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- Rep. Larry Bucshon, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN-08) released the following statement after joining U.S. Representative Greg Murphy, M.D. (R-NC-03) and other bipartisan cosponsors in introducing the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act to support physicians and protect access to care for Medicare beneficiaries earlier this week: "All patients deserve timely access to healthcare from quality p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2024: An Indiana man pleaded guilty today to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Troy Allen Koen, 54, of Brownsburg, Indiana, pleaded guilty to on  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: They have quirky names and are often mistaken for stones, but freshwater mussels are very much alive and perform critical ecological functions in rivers and streams. We at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have published a recovery plan to save four imperiled mussels protected under the Endangered Species Act: the rayed bean, sheepnose, snuffbox and spectaclecase. The   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: The draft GCP is a comprehensive strategy to promote the long-term conservation of the federally endangered Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis) and northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis), and the proposed endangered tricolored bat (Perimyotis subflavus). This plan focuses specifically on these three states and will allow the Service to work more effi  more