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Rural communities to get nearly $1 billion for COVID response Rural communities to get nearly $1 billion for COVID response Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images The Biden administration on Tuesday made available nearly $1 billion to help rural communities respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration aims to increase the number of vaccines sent to rural areas, expand testing and other COVID-19 protection services, as well as try to bolster confidence in the vaccines and combat v...

(Photo by filadendron/Getty Images) As part of the American Rescue Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will make $1 billion available to strengthen the COVID-19 response and vaccination efforts in rural communities. The initiative means that the Health Resources and Services Administration, a part of the HHS, will increase the number of vaccines sent to rural communities, expand testing and other COVID-19 prevention services, and work to increase vaccine confidence by partner...

SHARE The EdgeTech system, shown on Canadian snow crab gear, uses an acoustic modem that reportedly is adaptable to almost any fishery. EdgeTech photo. A California bill that would have required the ropeless pop-up gear in Dungeness crab and other trap fisheries by 2025, died without a hearing last week in the California State Assembly. Dubbed the Whale Entanglement Prevention Act, (AB-534) was introduced in February by Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) and was largely written by the Center fo...

Housing and Development Newsletter Interim Police Chief Bernard Melekian spoke to the City Council on Tuesday, calling for the city to focus on intervention and prevention rather than arrests and enforcement.  Melekian outlined a three-pronged strategy of prevention, intervention and enforcement. He talked about the importance of partnering with the community to provide after-school programs and alternatives for young people to do, instead of just "hanging out." "For the longest time, law enfo...

Why Didnt Government Detect SolarWinds Attack? Twitter Sens. Gary Peters (left) and Rob Portman of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee Two senators are pressing the Department of Homeland Security to explain why its Einstein system failed to detect the SolarWinds supply chain breach that affected nine federal agencies as well as private corporations. Sen. Garry Peters, D-Mich., chairman of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Sen. Rob Por...

Press release content from Globe Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Tidal Basin Announces Strategic New Hires to Further Enhance Support to Clients and Business ... Tidal Basin GroupMarch 8, 2021 GMT ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Tidal Basin Group, a Rising Phoenix Holdings Corporation (RPHC) company and leading emergency management and disaster recovery firm, announces two key strategic hires to grow its mitigation and response practices – pro...

House Natural Resources Committee Issues Testimony From U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning & Natural Resources Targeted News Service Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources, as part of a remote hearing entitled "Discussion on the Insular Area Climate Change Act" on March 4, 2021: Thank you Representative Grijalva for the opportunity to testify in support of the proposed "Insular Areas Climate Change Act" on behalf of ...

Related Company:  Vermont Business Magazine Today, Mayor Miro Weinberger and Senator Patrick Leahy announced that the Burlington International Airport (BTV) has received a $14.5 million federal grant to expand the Airport’s terminal building and consolidate the two existing security checkpoints into one, which will significantly improve the Airport’s efficiency and traveler experience. “A successful local Airport is essential for the economic health of our city and region, and that’s w...

Save the Redwoods League Protects Nearly 15,000 Acres in Mendocino County $24.7 million project secures conservation easements that permanently protect redwood forest from future subdivision and development Published 02-09-21 SAN FRANCISCO, February 9, 2021 /CSRwire/ —  Mailliard Ranch, a 14,838-acre property in southern Mendocino County and the largest coast redwood forest left in private family hands. The $24.7 million project secures three conservation easements across the entire proper...