DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 14 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Funds Will Support High-Quality Affordable Housing Development * * * HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI, August 13, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that an Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant has been awarded in U.S. Representative Mike Ezell's district. The funds will be used for a 30-unit af  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 14 attorneys general on a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v. Mayorkas. The coalition, led by the State of Florida, requests that the nation's high court hear arguments in a question of a legal right of intervention to defend a federal immigration rule. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published an immig  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following order to show cause (FRN No. 0021382858) on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC, Licensee of WAGR-FM, Lexington, Mississippi, and WXTN(AM), Benton, Mississippi ORDER TO PAY OR TO SHOW CAUSE By the Chief, Media Bureau and the Managing Director, Office of Managing Director: I. INTRODUCTION 1. By this Order to Pay or to Show Cause, we initiate a proceeding  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A former Biloxi City Councilman was sentenced to 72 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule I controlled substance. According to court documents and information presented to the court, in 2019, Robert Leon Deming, III, 47, founded the Candy Shop, LLC to operate Candy Shop stores in Mississippi and North Carolina. T  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its 411th low-water inspection trip and public hearings from Aug. 19 - 23 at four locations along the Mississippi River. The four public meetings have been scheduled to take place aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI. Commission members will meet with local partners, stakeholders and residents and hear their concerns, ideas and issues.  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Aug. 14 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Governor Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Secretary of State Michael Watson filed a complaint on behalf of the State of Mississippi challenging an illegal Executive Order directing an all-of-government voter registration effort by federal agencies and led by the White House. "This executive order is a prime example as to why the Biden-Harris administration has been such a disaster,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: * * * Report concludes eastern Kentucky region eligible for NHA designation * * * The National Park Service (NPS) today delivered the Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Feasibility Study to Congress, identifying an area in eastern Kentucky steeped in natural and cultural heritage as eligible for inclusion in the National Heritage Area System. The NPS   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with attorneys general from 14 other states, submitted a comment letter to the Department of the Treasury, emphasizing the need for fair and unbiased regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector. The letter urges the Department to focus solely on risks to financial reliability and consumer protection rather th  more