MONTGOMERY, Alabama, April 12 (TNSres) -- Alabama Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair issued the following news on April 11, 2024: Commerce Secretary Ellen McNair joined a team from Innovate Alabama today for a tour of Montgomery Whitewater, a world-class recreational facility that's now hosting Olympic athletes, as Alabama business development leaders consider new approaches to spark economic growth. McNair, who is spearheading the creation of a new state economic development strategic plan, said  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: SALT LAKE CITY - Senior warrant officers of the three Army Reserve medical commands determined in 2023 that there was a knowledge base gap in their warrant officer population. This led to Army Reserve Medical Command (ARMEDCOM) hosting the first warrant officer stand-up last year, and the 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) hosting a medical command-focused Reserve Compone  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: * * * Census Bureau Initiatives to Address Persistent Undercount of Children * * * The U.S. Census Bureau today released new experimental estimates showing children ages 0 to 4 were undercounted in the 2020 Census in every state. Additionally, there were undercounts of children ages 0 to 4 in more than 4 out of 5 counties included in this release. The experimental estimates are availa  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 11 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: April marks the beginning of Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), a time dedicated to raising public awareness about sexual violence and empowering individuals to take action to prevent it. As we embark on this month-long campaign, it's crucial to acknowledge the gravity of the issue and the importance of fostering a culture of consent, respect, and support for survivors. What is sexual assault?   more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, April 11 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following article on April 10, 2024: * * * Agriculture Workers Across the Eighth District By Nathan Jefferson and Jack Fuller One of the most important economic developments of the past few years is the prevalence of labor shortages. While the exact details have varied across geographies and industries, some degree of labor market tightness has been felt almost everywhere in the U.S. The agricultural sector in   more

LANSING, Michigan, April 12 -- The Michigan Economic Development Corp. issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced two company expansions in Ingham and Kent counties, respectively, as part of their ongoing efforts to position Michigan as the ideal place for businesses to grow. Combined, the projects will create 85 new jobs and generate over $1.4 million in capital investment with support from the Michigan Strategic Fund. "Today's announcement  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that North Carolina has ended the backlog of untested older sexual assault kits. Attorney General Stein shared the following statement: "Today is a great day: North Carolina has ended the rape kit backlog. I am incredibly proud of the bipartisan and collaborative effort that produced this achievement - Republican a  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: On Thursday evening, Governor Roy Cooper and First Lady Kristin Cooper greeted Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio and Mrs. Kishida Yuko upon their arrival at RDU-International Airport. This historic visit to North Carolina by the Prime Minister and his wife comes following a White House State Dinner on Wednesday night hosted by President Biden and honoring America's re  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies North Carolina, Inc. will expand its biopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Wake County, adding 680 jobs and investing $1.2 billion in the Town of Holly Springs, Governor Cooper announced today. In 2021, the company announced that it would construct one of North America's largest end-to-end biopharmaceutical manufacturing facilities  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 11 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Tailored Plans are a new kind of NC Medicaid Managed Care health plan for approximately 210,000 beneficiaries with a serious mental illness, a serious emotional disturbance, a severe substance use disorder, an intellectual/developmental disability or a traumatic brain injury in North Carolina. They will cover doctor visits, prescription drugs and services for mental  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announces today that the state of North Carolina is now the third largest domicile for captive insurance companies in the U.S., trailing only Vermont and Utah. A captive insurance company is a type of self-insurance that businesses use to manage their own risks. A 'domicile' is the country, state or territory that  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 12 -- The North Carolina Department of Insurance issued the following news release: North Carolina Insurance companies have filed a request with the N.C. Department of insurance to increase insurance rates for mobile home policies. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents insurance companies and is not a part of the Department of Insurance, has requested an overall state average increase of 82.9% for mobile home fire policies (MH-F) over a three-year peri  more

ASHEVILLE, North Carolina, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: Daniel Allen Childers 34, of Asheville, was sentenced today to 27 months in prison followed by a year of supervised release, for a drug offense involving "unwashed" poppy seeds, said Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. According to court documents and court proceedings, between June 2021 and Ja  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 11, 2024: A newly-unsealed criminal indictment filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte charges Olumide Olorunfunmi, 41, of Arlington, Texas, and Samson Amos, 52, of Burlington, New Jersey, with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and concealment money laundering, announced Dena J. K  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai issued the following remarks at the 2024 NCTO Annual Meeting: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Kim and Norman, for the kind invitation and the warm introduction. I am so glad to be with all of you in person this year. NCTO and our textile industry are very important to this Administration and to our economy, and it is my pleasure to be here to share that message with you directly. Congratulatio  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The White House issued the following joint statement on April 10, 2024, by President Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio: * * * Global Partners for the Future Over the course of the last three years, the U.S.-Japan Alliance has reached unprecedented heights. We arrived at this historic moment because our nations, individually and together, took courageous steps to strengthen our collective capacity in ways that would have seemed impossible just a few years   more