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News Tipoffs - Arizona Editors Newsletter for Thursday September 05, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Mexico's Launch of Federal Home Energy Rebates Program Helping Lower Families' Utility Bills
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * New Mexico Households Can Receive up to $14,000 Through the Home Energy Rebate Programs to Save Energy and Save Money on Energy-Efficient Home Upgrades * * * ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that New Mexico has launched its first Home Energy Rebates program, s  more

Employment and wages up in largest counties, March 2023 to March 2024
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * Nine of the 10 largest counties had over-the-year increases in employment from March 2023 to March 2024. Maricopa County (part of the Phoenix metropolitan area), Arizona, had the largest over-the-year employment percentage gain (+2.6 percent). Within Maricopa, education and health services had the largest employment increase and rose by 17,477 (+4.  more

FCC Issues Order Involving Connect America Fund, Rural Digital Opportunity Fund
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following order (WC Dockets No. 10-90, 19-126; AU Docket No. 20-34) on Sept. 4, 2024: * * * In the Matter of Connect America Fund, The Rural Digital Opportunity Fund Auction, (Auction 904), Rural Digital Opportunity Fund ORDER By the Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau: 1. In this Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau (Bureau) grants Resound Networks, LLC (Resound) a limited waiver of the C  more

Robot Rumble: Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia-Mentored Team Wins Big at FIRST Robotics Championship
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research issued the following news release: By Warren Duffie Jr., Office of Naval Research A high school team mentored by Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWCPD) recently won a world title at the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston, Texas. That team from the City of Brotherly Love -- the RoboLancers of Central High School -- earned the championship as part of an alliance with squads from Arizona, Missouri a  more

Secretary Haaland Announces Removal of Apache Trout, Arizona's State Fish, from Endangered Species List Due to Collaborative Conservation Efforts
WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: Mesa, Ariz. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland today announced that after more than five decades of recovery efforts by federal, state and Tribal partners, and with $5.1 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the Apache trout is being removed from the federal list of endangered and threatened wildlife. The restoration of Arizona's state fish marks the first sportfish and the fir  more