DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 22 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: More than $113,000 has been awarded to five organizations across Guam to support affordable housing and community development needs. This outreach is available through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines), who has partnered with two member financial institutions - Bank of Guam and Community First Guam Federal Credit Union.   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: A team of bioenvironmental experts reported the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) sampling results from F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, Aug. 22, 2023, the second from an extensive sampling of active U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile bases to address specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related career fields. The testing, conducted by the U.S. Air Forc  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights and benefits, including the Post 9/11 Montgomery GI Bill educational benefit. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition support a Virginia U.S. Army veteran in Rudisill v. McDonough, who was denied his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefi  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Kim Reynolds, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in Eagle Pass with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to provide an update on their joint efforts under Texas' Operation Lone Star to respond to President Joe Biden's reckless open border policies. "Texas is ground zero, front and center of the bo  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough and granting Rudisill and thousands of other veterans the full GI benefits they earned while serving their country. "It's wrong that we would ask our servicemembers to be the first into battl  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 6,148,010 visitors to national parks in Wyoming spent $870,000,000 in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 11,538 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $1,127,700,000. "Since 1916, the National Park Service has been entrusted with the care of our national parks. With the help of volunteers and  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Aug. 22 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today, Attorney General Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough. Rudisill, a Virginia resident and decorated army veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was told by the Department of Veterans Affairs that he was unable to take adva  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 23 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: A group of state House lawmakers representing primarily rural areas of the Commonwealth has introduced a package of six bills aimed at holding telecommunications companies accountable to their customers. Some of the measures come in response to a series of public input hearings hosted by the Public Utility Commission (PUC) in Tioga, Bradford and Wyoming counties. The lawmakers include Re  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 22 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Governor Greg Abbott today held a press conference in Eagle Pass with Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt, and South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to provide an update on their joint efforts under Texas' Operation Lone Star to respond to President Joe Biden's reckless open border policies. "These Governors here with me today are deploying mi  more