CHICAGO, Illinois, March 27 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news: To further support housing affordability, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (FHLBank Chicago) is increasing the maximum per member limit available for its Downpayment Plus(R) (DPP(R)) grant program to $1 million per member. The increment represents a nearly 43% increase over the 2023 limit of $700,000. More than 200 member banks, credit union  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, March 27 -- Gov. Jay Inslee, D-Washington, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: * * * In case you missed it, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and other governors of the Reproductive Freedom Alliance issued a statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in Food and Drug Administration, et al., v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, the most significant abortion rights case since this same Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. Inslee has b  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article on March 26, 2024: * * * A nanoscale look at how shells and coral form revealed a mineral that, until now, had never been seen in living organisms - and indicates that biomineralization is more complex than we imagined * * * By Lauren Biron Exactly how does coral make its skeleton, a sea urchin grow a spine, or an abalone form the mother-of-pearl in its shell?   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, March 26 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) and Department of Natural Resources (DNR) invite the public to attend open houses on April 8 at 6 p.m. to learn about resource management through the annual Fish and Wildlife Spring Hearing process. Additionally, an online opportunity for public input will be available from noon on Wednesday, April 10 through noon on Saturda  more