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News Tipoffs - Alabama Editors Newsletter for Sunday June 02, 2024 ( 4 items )  

FAA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $187 Million in Grants From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to Modernize Airports
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding another round of funding for 90 airport-related infrastructure grants across 34 states. The projects are funded under President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Airport Infrastructure Grants (AIG) program, part of the $25 billion total included in the law for a  more

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: New Charts Break Down Fed's Small Business Credit Survey by Geography, Owner Demographics, Industry, Size
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The 12 Federal Reserve Banks have released a series of chartbooks that can be used to analyze data from the 2023 Small Business Credit Survey by city, state, owner demographics, industry, size, and other characteristics. The 2024 Firms in Focus chartbooks includes 43 sets of charts that provide insights on how different types of small businesses performed in 2023, the challenges   more

Soldier's Injury Spurs Malpractice Claims Policy Changes
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Jonathan Austin An Army family's five-year struggle and advocacy efforts led to major changes in how the Department of Defense considers non-economic payments in medical malpractice claims filed by active-duty service members. The changes, published May 10 in the Federal Register, say that potential financial damages in medical malpractice claims will no longer be offset or reduced by the compensation otherwise pro  more

USITC Votes to Continue Investigations on Ceramic Tile From India
WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: 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 ceramic tile from India that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of India./1 Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,   more