TN: Bredesen calls biofuel criticism 'outrageous'

By Tom Humphrey, Knoxville News Sentinel

Gov. Phil Bredesen branded a legislative attack on the BioFuels Initiative he launched two years ago as "ridiculous" and "outrageous" Thursday and said it endangers an unannounced "very large investment in East Tennessee."
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MS: State to provide funding for online job training

By Carlie Kollath, The Daily Journal (Tupelo)

BELDEN, Miss. - Mississippi was one of four states chosen to participate in a U.S. Department of Labor program that funds 80 percent of costs associated with online job training courses.
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AL: Alert system may fill rural gap

By Jason Morton, Tuscaloosa News

EUTAW, Ala. -- On Thursday, the Alabama Emergency Management Agency announced at the Greene County Courthouse the potential hiring of Global Security Systems, a Jackson, Miss.-based company that plans to bring its Alert FM system to nine West Alabama counties. Read More

AL: Lawmakers put pressure on contracts

By Phillip Rawls, The Associated Press, Montgomery Advertiser

The battle over an unbid $13 million computer contract is beginning to have an impact on how other state contracts are awarded. Read More

DE: New push for LNG plant near Claymont

By Jeff Montgomery, The News Journal (New Castle-Wilmington)

An Amerada Hess Corp. joint venture plans a new attempt to develop a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Delaware River opposite Claymont, after acquiring a BP property long bogged down by a state boundary dispute. Read More

GA: Georgia prisons win stimulus grants for energy projects

By Dave Williams, Atlanta Business Chronicle

The Georgia Department of Corrections has received $16 million in federal economic stimulus grants for a series of energy efficiency projects at prisons around the state. Read More

MN: Broadening broadband around Minnesota

By Steve Alexander, Minneapolis Star Tribune

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A report today will recommend that the state help ensure high-speed Internet is available across Minnesota. Read More

NE: Nebraska nuclear power plant goes offline

By The Associated Press, Lincoln Journal Star

FORT CALHOUN, Neb. -- The Omaha Public Power District's nuclear power plant, Fort Calhoun Station, has been taken offline for a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage. Read More

NY: Wind law could benefit company

By Christine McConville, Boston Herald

Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before the legislative session ends on Nov. 18. Read More

NY: Wind-energy firm takes Yates County town to court

By Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward. Read More

NY: Conference emphasizes need for technology in classroom

By Bennett J. Loudon, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- A conference for aspiring teachers Thursday emphasized the need for educators to embrace the use of technology in the classroom. Read More

SC: GOP gubernatorial candidates split on disclosing Boeing deal details

By Rudolph Bell, The Greenville News

State representative and Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley of Lexington said Thursday night South Carolina officials ought to disclose details now of the incentives package they offered to The Boeing Co. in order to lure a new aircraft plant to North Charleston. Read More

WV: Morgantown technology businessman named to state school board

By Davin White, Charleston Gazette

Gov. Joe Manchin on Thursday appointed a Morgantown man with decades of experience in private technology companies to a nine-year term on the state Board of Education. Read More

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