WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following tip sheet on July 12, 2024: * * * Upcoming 2024 Product Calendar The U.S. Census Bureau has posted anticipated release dates for each regular and recurring statistical product scheduled for release in 2024. These products are listed in the Census Bureau's online product calendar, which is updated as needed throughout the year. Census Bureau Releases Updated Community Resilience Estimates for Heat The U.S. Census B  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, an agency that says it creates and expedite innovation for cancer research, issued the following news: The Cancer and Prevention Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), the largest state funder of cancer research in the nation, has gained a new board member with the appointment of Dallas attorney Thomas "Tommy" Taylor. Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick appointed Taylor to serve on the CPRIT Oversight Committee for a ter  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, July 13 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following newsletter on July 12, 2024: * * * Beacon Raising the Roof to an $9B Company; 92 Fairfax County Firms Rank as Best Workplaces + Weekly Business News Digest Virginia is Number One for Public Schools in the Nation * * * The Commonwealth of Virginia ranks as America's Top State for Business in 2024 by CNBC, with the nation's no. 1 best public schools. This is the Commonwealth's third win in five ye  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 13 -- The U.S. Army Installation Management Command issued the following news: By Prudence Siebert, Fort Leavenworth Lamp Editor Outgoing Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Erika Rhine-Russell relinquished responsibility to incoming Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Vanessa Sun during a ceremony June 28, 2024, at the Frontier Conference Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. A retirement ceremony for Rhine-Russell followed the change of responsibility ceremony. Garrison Commander Col.  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced today that the president has made the following nominations: Army Brig. Gen. Stephanie R. Ahern for appointment to the grade of major general. Ahern is currently serving as director, Strategy, Plans and Policy, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, U.S. Army, D.C. Army Brig. Gen. Guillaume N. Beaurpere for appointment to the grade of major general  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 13 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: * * * Meets With Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike * * * Governor Greg Abbott today signed a historic Statement of Mutual Cooperation (SMC) with Governor of Aichi Prefecture Hideaki Ohmura while in Tokyo, Japan on an economic development mission. This agreement between Texas and Aichi will encourage more trade in critical industries and attract new business investments to Texas. "Texas and Jap  more

WASHINGTON, July 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on July 12, 2024: Expenditures by foreign direct investors to acquire, establish, or expand U.S. businesses totaled $148.8 billion in 2023 (chart 1), according to preliminary statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Expenditures decreased $57.4 billion, or 28 percent, from $206.2 billion (revised) in 2022 and were below the annual average of $  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 13 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Texas businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers the Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery,   more

WASHINGTON, July 13 -- The U.S. Army News Service issued the following news: By Joe Lacdan, Army News Service NAVAL BASE VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. -- Growing up in the lakefront city of Milwaukee, Christyn Gaa could shoot hoops, dribble a soccer ball and hit softballs. Years later, while studying nursing at Marquette University, she even joined an intramural basketball squad. "Team sports was really kind of all that I knew," said Gaa, now a major and nurse practitioner at Fort Bliss, Texas. Gaa  more