LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, May 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on May 11, 2023: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin released the following statement after leading a 12-state letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing a proposed rule expanding its authority to regulate cryptocurrencies: "Congress authorized the SEC to regulate securities. But it wants to go beyond that to aggressively reinterpret its authority to reach non-securities l  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, May 13 (TNSper) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued the following news release: Gina Gibson has been appointed vice president of Corporate and Central Bank Services for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Assistant vice president of Financial Management and Planning (FM&P) since 2019, Gibson will provide strategic direction and leadership for the Sixth District in areas including cost and financial accounting, budgeting, and forecasting in her new role. Gibson join  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Tennessee Field Office issued the following news release: Tennessee farmers expect to harvest 28.8 million bushels of winter wheat during 2023 according to the Tennessee Field Office of USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. The expected crop for 2023 would be up 18% from the previous year. Farmers seeded 470,000 acres last fall with 400,000 acres to be harvested for grain.   more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- The National Security Agency Central Security Service issued the following news release: The name of Captain James D. Stallings, U.S. Army, will be added to the National Security Agency's Cryptologic Wall at a ceremony on May 25, 2023. General Paul Nakasone, Commander, U.S. Cyber Command and Director, National Security Agency/Chief, Central Security Service, will host the family of Captain Stallings at the ceremony. Captain Stallings, a native of Carthage, Tennessee, join  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, May 13 -- The Tennessee Public Utility Commission issued the following order granting petition to intervene (Docket No. 23-00029) on May 12, 2023: * * * In Re: Chattanooga Gas Company Petition For Approval Of Its 2022 Annual Rate Review Filing Pursuant To Tenn. Code Ann. Sec. 65-5-103(D)(6) ORDER GRANTING THE PETITION TO INTERVENE FILED BY THE CONSUMER ADVOCATE This matter is before the Hearing Officer of the Tennessee Public Utility Commission ("Commission" or "TPUC")   more