In the News
By Terry Lewis
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
A pair of $400,000 grants will be focused on technological and stewardship/management issues.
ALBANY, GA — Disadvantaged and minority farmers in Southwest Georgia are the targets to be reached by a pair of grants worth a combined $800,000 that will be administered through Albany State University programs.
By Jim Wallace
Monday, July 12, 2010
ALBANY, GA –The U-S Department of Agriculture awards $800,000 to South Georgia organizations to help socially disadvantaged farmers.
U.S.D.A. Assistant Secretary Krysta Harden and Congressman Sanford Bishop announced the two $400,000 grants.
One goes to the Federation of Southern Cooperatives to give technical training to low income farmers and help them reach new markets for their crops.
By Pete Skiba
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Members of Foxtrot Company 148th Brigade Support Battalion accept a formal welcome home and then head for barbecue at the Veterans Of Foreign Wars Post 2785 Saturday.
ALBANY, GA — Men and women dressed in National Guard green sat, stood, held children, kissed wives and husbands and smiled a lot — they made it home alive and well.
By Lily Gordon
Sunday, July 4, 2010
The Department of Labor has granted an extension of the Career Advancement Account MilSpouse program, which provides millions of dollars in tuition assistance to Fort Benning spouses.
By Larry Gierer
Friday, July 2, 2010
Cathy Williams says a $87,750 federal grant for NeighborWorks Columbus is going to create jobs.
NeighborWorks has nine rental properties for which the money will be used to make repairs and improvements.
“It’s great to get,” the NeighborWorks president and CEO said Wednesday. “There are folks looking for some work.”
The grant was announced Tuesday by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop.
By Larry Gierer
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
It was announced today by Congressman Sanford D. Bishop that Neighborworks Columbus has been awarded an $87,750 grant.
"Recently, we have see tough economic times, and the grant for Neighborworks Columbus is great news for our community," said Bishop. "I have worked very hard to ensure this grant for Columbus and I look forward to seeing the improvements that will soon be made towards addressing the housing needs of Columbus."
By Lily Gordon
Monday, June 28, 2010
The Department of Labor has granted an extension of the Career Advancement Account (CAA) MilSpouse grant program which will provide $2.8 million in tuition assistance to a total of 900 Fort Benning spouses in 2010.
By Halimah Abdullah
Friday, June 25, 2010
Ban was in violation of congressional funding act
WASHINGTON — The Department of Transportation backed down from a proposed ban on peanuts on commercial aircraft after Middle Georgia lawmakers pressed the agency on whether such a ban was legal.
By Henry Unger
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
The Georgia peanut industry is flying high.
The U.S. Department of Transportation is backing off from a proposed rule that could have banned peanuts on airplanes, after realizing it didn’t have the legal authority to do so, AJC reporter Bob Keefe writes.
The DOT has issued a clarification stating that it was wrong when it issued an official notice of proposed rulemaking earlier this month, Keefe reports. Such a peanut ban would have violated a 2000 appropriations act that funds the DOT, the agency acknowledged.
By Ben Roberts
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC – The Department of Transportation was considering a ban on all peanut products on commercial airlines. Congressman Sanford Bishop wrote to the Transportation Secretary opposing such a ban.
He pointed out that more Americans are allergic to milk, eggs, and pets than peanuts, but there's no effort to keep them off airplanes.