WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: * * * View Chair Sara Bronin's Preservation Shorts video (https://youtu.be/YLiY-sFSDT0). * * * Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP) Chair Sara C. Bronin and Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer Natalie Phelps Finnie this week signed a programmatic agreement with the General Services Administration (GSA) that will save two historic Chicago downtown Loop skyscrapers from demolition. This agreement paves the way for private parti more PR

TRENTON, New Jersey, Sept. 5 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Wartime Weapons Have No Place in Self Defense, Brief Argues * * * Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in support of Cook County, Illinois, which is continuing to defend its assault weapons ban from a Second Amendment challenge. The coalition of 1 more PR

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP), an Energy Frontier Research Center led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Ames National Laboratory, has been awarded funding to continue their work advancing transformative manufacturing, focused on using discarded plastics as feedstocks for new materials and chemicals. Based on an extensive review, the DOE's Office of Science renewed the center's funding of $15.1 mi more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Skrmetti, urging the Court to reverse a decision from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a state law in Tennessee that bans critical, lifesaving gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents suffering from gender dysphoria. In April 2023, plaintiffs in L.W. v. Skrmetti sued  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Education Additionally Releases New Data on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Approvals in Every State The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced more than $28 million in new awards in the Teacher Quality Partnership (TQP) program to recruit, prepare, develop, and retain a strong, effective, and diverse educator workforce for classrooms across the country. The Department also released new data showing the bre more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: 16 Selected Rural Electric Cooperatives for New ERA Program, Including First Award to Dairyland that will Result in Lower Energy Costs and Good-Paying Jobs for Rural Americans WESTBY, WI, Sept. 5, 2024 During a visit to Wisconsin today, President Joe Biden and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack will announce more than $7.3 billion in financing for rural electric cooperatives to build clean energy for rural communities across t more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in support of Cook County, Illinois' assault weapons ban. The brief, filed in Viramontes v. County of Cook, urges the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law is consistent with the Second Amendment. "As part of our ongoing commitment to stand behind commonse more PR

SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 5 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: OAKLAND - California Attorney General Rob Bonta joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in an amicus brief defending the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)'s rule to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022. Filed in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, the amicus brief supports EEOC's rule implementing the federal landmark legislation that requires employers to provide reasonable ac more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2024: Today, September 4, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over $15 million in research grant funding to ten institutions for research to reduce per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances exposure from food and protect our farmlands and farming communities. These community-engaged research projects will collect PFAS bioaccumulation data in agricultural plants and livestock and explore strategies for reducing PFAS exposure, w more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: * * * Raoul, Multistate Coalition Supports FDA's Denial of Flavored Vape Products, Highlighting the Importance of Federal Action to Support States' Efforts to Address Youth Vaping * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul, with a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to deny certain companies the ability to market and sell their flavored va more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 5 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following statement on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Kwame Raoul today issued a statement following another tragic mass shooting at an American school. The shooting follows the Labor Day shooting deaths of four individuals riding the Blue Line train in Chicago. "Once again, we grieve lives needlessly lost to gun violence. On Monday in Chicago, we were shocked by the shooting of passengers riding a train. Today, we are horrified by the shooting of young peo more PR

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 5 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Following Plaintiff Appeal, Coalition of 19 Attorneys General Urge Court to Uphold a Cook County Ordinance Prohibiting Assault Weapons * * * Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, along with Attorney General Matt Platkin of New Jersey, has co-led a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in the case Viramontes, et al. v. The County o more PR

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, Ill. Valuable training opportunities for Army National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve units and the support First Army can offer those units throughout the deployment process, were highlighted during a Training Support and Synchronization Working Group, hosted by First Army at its headquarters on Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, from Aug. 19-22. Attendees included representatives from First Army subordinate units  more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * President Biden Visits Westby, Wisconsin, Announces $7.3 Billion for Clean, Affordable, Reliable Electricity for Rural America; The Largest Investment in Rural Electrification Since the New Deal Today, President Biden will travel to Westby, Wisconsin to announce $7.3 billion for clean, affordable, reliable electricity for rural America, funded by his Inflation Reduction Act - this is part of his series designed to demonstrate how the Bide more PR