WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Nov. 29, 2023: U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the continued expansion of its public-private partnership which allows for the reimbursement of additional travel and trade inspection services at ports and airports. CBP reaches agreements with private stakeholders and governments who reimburse CBP for overtime and additional support services. Und  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $347,400 contract to LS Marine, Inc., out of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, Nov. 16, for bank stabilization at Wilds Bend, near Fountain City, Wisconsin, in Pool 5 of the Mississippi River. Wilds Bend is a temporary dredged material, or river sand, storage site. The Corps' contractor will modify the site and install  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District has announced open houses to solicit input from residents in neighborhoods adjacent to the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal (IHNC) Lock on ways to offset community impacts related to the IHNC Lock Replacement. These meetings are being held to gather feedback for the Community Opportunities Plan of Action (COPA), which is   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Nov. 30 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding over $31 million in investments to 34 projects across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Missouri through the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden, a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 1 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued the following Regional Economics article on Nov. 29, 2023, by Charles Davidson, staff writer for Economy Matters: * * * The new Beige Book report describes "tepid" economic growth in the Southeast from October through mid-November, but inflationary indicators continued to paint a mostly promising picture. Most business contacts in the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's Sixth District reported that the labor market   more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- Louisiana Economic Development issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: The Louisiana Board of International Commerce (LaBIC) today released a new Comprehensive Development Plan that establishes a detailed blueprint for sustaining the recent rapid growth of foreign trade and business investment in the state. LaBIC was created legislatively in 2012 to advance the state's international commerce initiatives and enhance the state's trade-based economy i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Today, the Department of the Interior announced that it has provided more than $468 million in fiscal year 2023 from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to reduce wildfire risk, mitigate impacts and rehabilitate burned areas across the country. The influx of funding has allowed the Department to accomplish fuels management projects on over 2.5 million acres of land in fiscal year 2023, a 30 p  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Dec. 1 -- The New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center issued the following news on Nov. 29, 2023: River District Neighborhood Investors, LLC (RDNI) and the Ernest N. Morial New Orleans Exhibition Hall Authority broke ground today on New Orleans' newest mixed-use neighborhood located on the banks of the Mississippi River. Joined by anchor commercial tenant Shell Gulf of Mexico Operations, Louisiana Governor-elect Jeff Landry, New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell and   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Dec. 1 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: Attorney General Alan Wilson led a multistate coalition of 18 states defending religious liberty. A church in Washington state was unlawfully forced to provide health insurance to its employees that covered abortions and abortion-inducing drugs. The First Amendment protects religious institutions' "autonomy with respect to internal management decisions that are essential to the ins  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of truck and bus tires from Thailand that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value. Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Jason E. Kearns, and Amy A. Karp  more