WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Projects Funded by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Energy Costs and Expand Access to Cleaner Fueling Options ERIE, Pa., April 23, 2024 - Today, in honor of Earth Day 2024, Agriculture Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is funding more than 700 clean energy projects to lower energy bills, expand access to domestic biofuels  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on April 23, 2024, entitled "Louisiana Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": * * * Louisiana had 127,000 job openings in February 2024, compared to 121,000 openings in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the jo  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following report (No. P20-586) entitled "Voting and Registration in the Election of November 2022:" (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * AMERICAN VOTERS ACROSS STATES With no presidential contest at the top of the ticket, congressional elections lack a common national election across states. Many states feature gubernatorial or senate elections, while other states have neither and only vote for seats in the House of Representat  more

KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico, April 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Department of the Air Force Chief of Safety Maj. Gen. Sean Choquette released the recipients for the fiscal year 2023 Secretary of the Air Force and Chief of Staff Safety Awards, as well as the Air and Space Forces Chief of Safety Awards. "Safety is about increasing combat power," Choquette said. "Our safety enterprise goal is to build an operational force maximizing readiness in air, space, and cyberspace. The  more

MONROE, Louisiana, April 23 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana issued the following news release: United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced that Charlie L. Simpson, 51, of Downsville, and Charles D. Gardner, 56, of West Monroe, were each found guilty today by a federal jury in Monroe of one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. After two days of deliberations, the jury also found Simpson guilty of four counts of bank fraud. The court declared a   more

WASHINGTON, April 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57061) involving Louisiana Energy Services, Eunice, New Mexico: * * * Facility: Louisiana Energy Services Comments: Uranium Enrichment Facility Gas Centrifuge Facility Region: 2 City: Eunice State: NM County: Lea License #: SNM-2010 Docket: 70-3103 NRC Notified By: David Hurd HQ OPS Officer: Kerby Scales Notification Date: 04/02/2024 Notification Time: 02:36 [ET] Event Date: 04/0  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, April 24 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: Today, Governor Kristi Noem and 24 of her Republican colleagues issued a joint statement opposing the Biden Administration's ban on approving applications to export liquified natural gas: "As governors, we are very concerned by the Biden Administration's move to pause approvals of new liquified natural gas (LNG) export projects, especially after Iran's recent attack on Israe  more