WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act Will Lower Costs at the Pump and Increase American Energy Security Across the Nation MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 16, 2024 Today, on the second anniversary of President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is funding 160 projects in 26 states to expand access to clean energy sy  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.226 a gallon in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices averaged $4.172 per gallon i  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn - July 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $3.698 a gallon in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn area in July 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Jason Palmer noted that area gasoline prices were comparable to last July w  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Governor announces Kristina Boardman to become first woman to serve as WisDOT secretary * * * Gov. Tony Evers today announced that Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) Secretary Craig Thompson will be leaving the Evers Administration, effective Sept. 11, 2024, to take a position at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Gov. Evers also announced he is appointing Kri  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 17 -- The Illinois National Guard issued the following news: East St. Louis, Ill. - Capt. Elizabeth Mead of Williamsville, the commander of the Illinois Army National Guard's East St. Louis-based 1844th Transportation Company, was awarded the U.S. Army's General Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award, one of only seven National Guard officers to receive the award nationwide. Mead led her unit's deployment to the Southwest Border from October 2022, returning just two day  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Aug. 10, 2024. * * * Here are excerpts: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending August 10, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 227,000, a decrease of 7,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 233,000 to 234,000. The 4-week moving average was 236,500, a dec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- President Biden issued the following proclamation on Aug. 16, 2024, on the establishment of the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument: * * * In August 1908, mere blocks from the former home of President Abraham Lincoln, a white mob attacked the Black community in Springfield, Illinois, lynching two Black Americans and burning homes down to their foundations. By the time the National Guard quelled the violence, the mob had looted and destroyed businesses, razed ci  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on Aug. 16, 2024, at signing of the proclamation to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Well, hello, everybody. Welcome, all my former colleagues, colleagues, and members of the administration and those outside the administration that made this happen. I was -- I want to say one thing at the outset. I never thought that, having been in the Senate for so many years, as well as vi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: President Joe Biden today established the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument as America's newest national park site the eighth addition to the national park system during the Biden-Harris administration. The new national monument will help tell a more complete story of America by preserving historic objects associated with a violent, racially motivated riot in President Abraham Lincoln's home  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 17 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following news release: The Washington State Department of Health has revoked or suspended the licenses, certifications, or registrations of the following health care providers in our state. The department has also immediately suspended the credentials of people who have been prohibited from practicing in other states. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * President Biden Designates Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument Today, during the 116th anniversary of the Springfield Race Riot, which occurred August 14-16, 1908, President Biden will sign a proclamation establishing the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument in Springfield, Illinois. The new national monument will tell the story of a horrific attack by a white mob on a Black community that  more