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Harris: 'Operation Fly Formula' seeks to ensure ‘baby formula safe, available’

The Biden administration continues addressing the shortfall of baby formula in the U.S. through its “Operation Fly Formula,” which speeds the import of formula.


Xi calls on grain growers ‘to boost operations’ as new report questions China’s agricultural relations in US

A Chinese government official has touted the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping’s efforts to promote food security even as a recent report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission has raised concerns about China’s interests in the U.S. agriculture.


Tarasca: Former Detroit officer sentenced for 'accepting bribes in exchange for favors'

A former Detroit Police Department officer was sentenced to 15 months in prison and two years of supervised release after pleading guilty to accepting bribes.


Secretary of Energy Granholm: Biden’s ‘federal gas tax holiday could save consumers 18¢/gallon’

President Joe Biden on June 22 called on Congress to provide Americans with a federal gas tax holiday for three months, through September, adding to previous actions to lower gas prices.


Peters at hearing: 'There is more we must do as a nation to stop the spread of' white supremacy

Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI) was among legislators who condemned recent domestic terrorism attacks and told a Senate committee that the nation must do more to put an end to the proliferation of white supremacy.


Mayorkas: ‘Heightened threat environment’ in U.S. likely to increase

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin June 7 outlining the fact that the U.S. is in a “heightened threat environment” that likely will increase in the coming months.


Bronaugh: Innovation center at NC A&T will 'enhance agriculture-based business development opportunities nationwide'

An Agriculture Business Innovation Center will be established at the historically Black North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University in Greensboro, N.C., thanks to $1.92 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.


Rubio, Young on Didi expansion: CCP in 'control over a rapidly growing number of technology companies'

A mobile transportation company with headquarters in Beijing is looking to expand into the electric vehicle market, though some U.S. senators have concerns over its links with the Chinese Communist Party.


Raimondo: U.S. to hold 'largest annual trade mission and business development forum' in southeast Asia

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo affirmed the U.S.’s commitment to achieving “sustainable and inclusive economic growth” with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during its Special Summit with the U.S. in May in Washington, D.C.


Shore: 'EPA will be able to accelerate large-scale remediation and restoration work in other Great Lakes areas of concern'

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and its partners celebrated the completion of restoration work in Muskegon Lake area of concern in Michigan May 24.


Granholm: DOE $40 million investment in underrepresented groups will help ‘future scientists to unlock the climate solutions’

Groups that have been historically underrepresented in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math have been provided $40 million through the U.S. Department of Energy for research opportunities.


Granholm: Better Buildings Initiative 'partners are leading the way’ by realizing $15.3 billion in energy savings

More than 900 groups are pursuing $15.3 billion in energy savings through the public-private partnership known as the Better Buildings Initiative.


Chung: 'The law-abiding, hard-working people of Erie deserve safe streets and peaceful neighborhoods'

A federal grand jury in Erie, Pa., indicted 25 people charged with violating federal narcotics laws.


Plentovich: 'State and federal agencies are working together with our community volunteers to locate and monitor' sea turtles in Hawai'i

The public in Hawaiʻi are being asked to help certain sea turtles lay their eggs during the nesting season that began in mid-April and will continue through September on local beaches.


Granholm: $48.2B FY 2023 budget will end ‘dependence on volatile fossil fuels’

President Joe Biden’s $48.2 billion budget request for the U.S. Department of Energy for fiscal year 2023 will help create jobs by investing in clean energy and infrastructure, the department’s Secretary Jennifer Granholm recently testified.


Fox: Englewood ‘investing in clean water’ with $22 million WIFIA loan

The One Water Modernization Program in Englewood, Colo., received $22 million in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loan funds through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


FWS's Rauch: 'Now is the time' to save America's wildlife

State wildlife agencies now have access to $56 million in State Wildlife Grant (SWG) funding to develop programs to save and conserve endangered animals and their habitats.


Granholm: Solar Decathlon winners 'demonstrate how clean energy technologies can be applied to households across the country'

Teams from Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona are the 2022 design challenge grand prize winners in the U.S. Department of Energy’s 20th annual Solar Decathlon.



FAA’s Griffin: Grant to Bowman Field allows airport to 'keep that proud tradition'

A general aviation airport in Kentucky is getting almost $300,000 to improve its facilities and further sustainability plans, courtesy of President Joseph Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.


USDA: U.S., Mexico meet to finalize 'expanded access' for table stock and chipping potatoes

U.S. and Mexico agricultural officials met to finalize expansion of the U.S. table stock and chipping potatoes into Mexico.