CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, March 26 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has announced Gov. Andy Beshear, of Kentucky, as its 2024 States' Co-Chair. Beshear was elected to serve as States' Co-Chair by the DRA Board of Governors during its annual Quorum. In this role, Beshear will work directly with the agency's Federal Co-Chairman on economic development and growth in the DRA region. "DRA is pleased to have Gov. Beshear serve as ou  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 26 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland compares the 1972 collapse of the Bank of the Commonwealth with the spring 2023 failures of Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic. Like SVB and First Republic, Commonwealth made investments that lost market value as interest rates increased, triggering a run on deposits. Structural changes in banking impacted   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that almost 940,000 people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but face a May 17 deadline to submit their tax returns. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $932 for 2020, and  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 26 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded seven competitive financial assistance grant awards to the minority serving institutions (MSI) shown below, as a result of its Office of Environmental Management (EM) Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002820. The awards will focus on enhancing MSI programs to h  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 26 -- West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced his Office raised more than $98,000 for several state and local law enforcement agencies during its 11th unclaimed property firearms auction conducted Thursday, March 21, in Charleston. The event raised $98,635 to benefit the 19 participating law enforcement agencies - upholding last year's record high number of police  more