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http://www.stateline.org/live/issues/Technology - 11/20/09 16:28:38 - 03/10/07 19:45:33
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."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. DE: New push for LNG plant near ClaymontBy 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. MN: Broadening broadband around MinnesotaBy Steve Alexander, Minneapolis Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. -- A report today will recommend that the state help ensure high-speed Internet is available across Minnesota. NE: Nebraska nuclear power plant goes offlineBy 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. WV: Morgantown technology businessman named to state school boardBy 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.