WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: U.S. scheduled passenger airlines reported a 2023 after-tax net profit of $7.8 billion, and a pre-tax operating profit of $13.2 billion. U.S. airline financial reports are filed quarterly with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for additional 2023 annual (Tables 1-6) and fourt  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following letter (Docket No. DA 24-456) on May 14, 2024: * * * To: Cheq Up c/o Leandro Jesse Martinez, 713 Main Street E, Apt. G, Ashland, WI 54806, djjessemartinez@yahoo.com In re: Cheq Up, New LPFM, Ashland, Wisconsin, Informal Objection Dear Applicant: We have before us the above-referenced application (Application) for a construction permit for a new low power FM (LPFM) station at Ashland, Wisconsin (S  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 16 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Today, Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) awarded $2.5 million in grant funding to 10 recipients through the Illinois Economic Empowerment Centers Grant Program (EEC). This funding will help organizations provide training and resources to individuals and entrepreneurs from historically disinvested communities pursue job opportuni  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on May 16, 2024: A Carlisle man has been arrested and charged for allegedly submitting fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan applications on behalf of multiple companies he owns and controls. Durgaprasad Rao, 65, was charged with two counts of wire fraud. Rao was arrested yesterday and will make an initial appearance in federal court in Boston at 2 p  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 17 (TNSres) -- The Minnesota Department of Agriculture issued the following news on May 16, 2024: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) will set approximately 20,000 insect traps this year to survey for spongy moth (Lymantria dispar). The traps will be set throughout the eastern half of the state. This work is part of the MDA's annual trapping survey program, designed to protect Minnesota's forests and urban areas from spongy moth by identifying potential probl  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Sikh-American Army Reserve officer, who in 2009 was one of the first Soldiers the Army allowed to serve in uniform with his turban and beard, was a featured speaker at the May 11 "Turban Day" held at Times Square here with members of the Sikh community performing folk dances and songs and offering free turbans to passersby. "Today, we gather to ce  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Thank you for the kind introduction. It's great to be here in Milwaukee with two leaders who have been indispensable to the most equitable economic recovery in American history--Acting Secretary Adrianne Todman and Vice President Kamala Harris. If you think back four years ago, Milwaukee then was very different from Milwaukee now. Unemployment here was over 14 percent. Unemplo  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Chairman Coons, Ranking Member Graham, and distinguished members of this committee, thank you for inviting me to testify on the Administration's Fiscal Year 2025 budget request for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM). It is an honor to appear before you as EXIM's Chair and President of the Board of Directors and to thank you for your support in passing  more

WASHINGTON, May 17 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on May 16, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Director of the Office of Public Engagement Stephen Benjamin: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: We'll wait for -- for -- I don't want to call her out, but -- (laughter) -- Q: Madam President. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Madam President, that's right. (Laughter.) I was trying to be good, not call out people. All right. Good afternoon. As President Biden said during   more