WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * Carter County Awarded $10.77 Million for Bridges Destroyed by Helene The State of Tennessee and FEMA have approved $10.77 million for emergency measures and the restoration of two Carter County bridges that cross the Elk River in Elizabethton. Both were destroyed when Tropical Storm Helene swept across Eastern Tennessee in late September. The two-lane b  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: * * * Greene County Awarded $6.2 Million to Replace Poplar Springs Bridge The State of Tennessee and FEMA have approved $6.2 million to replace Greene County's Poplar Bridge, which spans the Nolichucky River and was destroyed and submerged in the river when Tropical Storm Helene swept across Eastern Tennessee in late September. The nearly 10,000 square foot br  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Groundhog Day: Civil War Regiment's Knack for 'Digging In' Still Relevant When America's favorite groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, emerged from his cozy burrow at Gobbler's Knob, Feb. 2, 2025, he saw his shadow, and according to legend, that means we're in for six more weeks of winter. Many Americans associate Groundhog Day with the clairvoyant rodent -- or the 1993 comedy film that pokes fun at the festival   more

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 6 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Attorney General Raul Labrador joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in defending a religious organization's broad authority to make employment decisions based on religious beliefs to accomplish the organization's mission and goals. The coalition filed an amicus brief with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. In the case of Union Gospel Mission of Yakima Washington v  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The White House issued the following executive order on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and Purpose. In recent years, many educational institutions and athletic associations have allowed men to compete in women's sport  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is leading a coalition of state attorneys general in an investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci's role in the COVID-19 pandemic response, demanding accountability for alleged mismanagement, misleading statements, and suppression of scientific debate. In a letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thu  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Feb. 6 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a court victory in fighting government overreach and Biden-era woke policies. The U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota ruling in favor of a 21-state coalition, including South Carolina, stopped a federal agency from making any more regulations and threw out an agency rule that was based on ideology instea  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. AB 1296X) entitled "R.J. Corman Railroad Property LLC - Abandonment Exemption - In Scott, Campbell and Anderson Counties, Tennessee": * * * In February 2020, R. J. Corman Railroad Property, LLC (RJC Railroad Property), filed a verified notice under the two-year out-of-service class exemption at 49 C.F.R. part 1152 subpart F--Exempt Abandonments to abandon a rail   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 6 -- The Office of the Tennessee Attorney General issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: The Tennessee Attorney General's Office announced this week that the Tennessee Public Utility Commission denied almost all of a $13.9 million annual rate increase requested by Tennessee-American Water Company. This decision is a victory for the Tennessee Attorney General's Consumer Advocate Division, which represents the interests of Tennessee consumers in cases involving for-  more