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The Biden administration says Tennessee and nearly every other state with historically Black land-grant universities have missed out on over $12 billion in funding over the last three decades. Alabama is among the other States on notice for this trend.

The Biden administration is spending $150 million to help owners of small parcels of forestland partner with private companies willing to pay them for carbon offsets and other environmental credits. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the program Tuesday in Georgia at a meeting of Black landowners from eight Southern states.

President Biden spoke to Selma and the nation during Alabama’s annual bridge crossing jubilee. The White House described the address as a way to re-focus on voting rights.

President Joe Biden is set to pay tribute to the heroes of "Bloody Sunday" this weekend in Selma. He'll be joining thousands for the annual commemoration of the seminal moment in the civil rights movement that led to passage of landmark voting rights legislation nearly sixty years ago.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed six long-waiting nominees by President Joe Biden to the board of the nation's largest public utility. The vote sets up a new majority with Biden's picks.