WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: By C. Todd Lopez, DOD News The Senate has confirmed the appointment of three military leaders to positions within the Defense Department. Last night, the Senate voted to confirm Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Today, the Senate voted to confirm Gen. Randy A. George as Army chief of staff and Gen. Eric M. Smith as Marine Corps commandant. "I want to congratulate Gen. Ch  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 21 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) today announced it has doubled its commitment for its groundbreaking and successful Empowering Black Homeownership matching grant program, making an additional $2 million available to help expand the capacity of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies (HCAs) to serve more aspiring and   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 21 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Attorney General Chris Carr today announced that the State of Georgia has entered into a settlement with Tempoe, LLC resolving a multistate investigation into the company's advertising and leasing through retailers across the nation, particularly retailers of durable goods, such as furniture and appliances. Tempoe also purported to lease services such as car repairs. This multi  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Sept. 22 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following news: State Rep. Gregory W. Porter (D-Indianapolis) is again calling on the Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) to pause Medicaid disenrollments to prevent Hoosiers from abruptly losing health care coverage. "Just this week, the state of Nevada reinstated 114,000 of their Medicaid recipients who had erroneously lost coverage due a flawed procedural disenrollment process," Porter said. "If Indiana f  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Sept. 22 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release: Governor Joe Lombardo and State Superintendent Jhone Ebert unveiled focused accountability metrics while touring schools. During the 2023 legislative session, Governor Lombardo signed and the legislature passed the largest education budget in state history, committing an additional $2.6 billion dollars to Nevada's K-12 education system. Several bills also put accountability measures into place to ensu  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following news release: With less than two weeks before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts all across the country. Instead of working in a bipartisan manner to keep the government open and address emergency needs for the American people, House Republicans introduced a continuing resol  more