DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 9 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Station Celebrates Grand Opening in Little Rock, Arkansas * * * LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, August 8, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) awarded Immerse Arkansas a $225,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant through FHLB Dallas member Arvest Bank to build a homeless shelter for young adults in Little Rock, Ark  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 9 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers and a coalition of 15 state attorneys general led by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop the Biden-Harris administration from extending Obamacare to illegal aliens. The final plan, set to take effect November 1, would make more than 200,000 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) recipients, including 2,420 from Nebraska,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following news: CMA2 provides a single website where construction management professionals can access training, best practices, and construction management articles to guide their work in the field. "Our teammates in the field told us they had to spend hours searching multiple websites to find the construction management information they needed for their jobs," said Jacquelyn Henderson, USACE Headquarters Senior Construction Enginee  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: NIH-funded study found Black adults and women had fewer gains. A National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported study has found race and sex-based differences in the increased chances of survival from people who received bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Average survival benefits for cardiac arrest, when the hear  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: PHOENIX Acting Deputy Secretary Laura Daniel-Davis today announced the distribution of $325 million from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) Stateside Assistance Program to all 50 states, U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia the largest annual distribution from the program since 1979. Investments from the LWCF are helping support the Biden-Harris administration's America the Beautiful   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Aug. 3, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 3, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claimswas 233,000, a decrease of 17,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 249,000 to 250,000. The 4-week moving average was 240,750,  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced today that Francois G. Henriquez has been appointed first vice president and chief operating officer, effective Aug. 15, 2024. He will succeed Kathleen O'Neill in this role; she is retiring after more than 36 years of distinguished service to the Federal Reserve System. Henriquez joined the St. Louis Fed in September 2018 and is  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 9 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on Aug. 8, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has named Executive Vice President Matthew W. Torbett as Federal Reserve System Treasury director, effective Aug. 15, 2024. He will be responsible for the Treasury Relations and Support Office (TRSO) and managing the Federal Reserve's overall relationship with the U.S. Treasury for fiscal agent services. He will continue to serve on the Ba  more

WHITEMAN AFB, Missouri, Aug. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force Whiteman Air Force Base (509th Bomb Wing) issued the following news release: By Airman 1st Class Matthew S. Domingos, 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs More than 100 Airmen and DOD civilians from the 509th Bomb Wing rapidly boarded a C-17 Globemaster III and departed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri for a Field Training Exercise at Ft. Smith, Arkansas to help train Airmen on Agile Combat Employment concepts, with support from the Arkansas  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 9 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Aug. 8, 2024: Today, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with a coalition of 14 other state attorneys general led by Kansas, filed a lawsuit in federal court to halt the Biden administration's plan of extending ACA benefits to illegal immigrants. The final rule, scheduled to go into effect on November 1, would grant taxpayer-subsidized health plans to over 200,000 illegal im  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: `The White House Initiative on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity through Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) is proud to announce the 2024 cohort of HBCU Scholars, marking the 10th anniversary of this transformative program. This year, 110 outstanding students from 77 HBCUs across the nation have been selected for their exceptional academic achievements,  more