Thursday - November 21, 2024
*Oklahoma Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Thursday November 14, 2024 ( 6 items )  

BLS - Southeast Region Issues Report Entitled 'Consumer Price Index, South Region - October 2024'
ATLANTA, Georgia, Nov. 14 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on Nov. 13, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, South Region - October 2024": * * * Area prices rose 0.3 percent in October; up 2.5 percent over the past year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South rose 0.3 percent in October, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The monthly i  more

Honoring Service and Sacrifice: 97 AMW Veterans Day Tribute
RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Airmen from the 97th Air Mobility Wing participated in a Veterans Day ceremony with the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4876 members at Altus, Oklahoma, Nov. 11, 2024. The ceremony began at the Jackson County War Memorial with an Honor Guard presentation by the Blue Knights, which included TAPS and a 21-gun salute. Distinguished guest Col. Amanda Knotts, 97th Mission Support Group co  more

Justice Dept. Issues Readout of Civil Rights Division Quarterly Meeting With State, Local Civil and Human Rights Stakeholders on Veterans Rights
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of the Civil Rights Division Quarterly Meeting on Nov. 13, 2024, with state and local civil and human rights stakeholders on veterans rights: * * * The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division held its quarterly convening of state and local civil and human rights partners to commemorate Veterans Day and discuss efforts to protect the civil rights of servicemembers and veterans. "We owe our servicemembers, vet  more

Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation & Implementation Podesta Issues Remarks at News Conference at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan
BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 12 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Nov. 11, 2024, by Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation John Podesta, at a news conference at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29): * * * Good afternoon everyone, and for those who might have wandered into the wrong room, I'm John Podesta. I'm going to speak for a few minutes and then I'm going to take some questions from the press. But I want to start by   more

TRICARE Open Season 2024 begins: Learn if you need to take action
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Have you considered changing your family's TRICARE health plan for 2025? Now is your opportunity. TRICARE Open Season started Nov. 11 and runs through Tuesday, Dec. 10. TRICARE Open Season is the annual period when anyone enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE Prime, the US Family Health Plan, or TRICARE Select can change their TRICARE health plan. Chan  more

West Point Cadets Join Initial Entry Training Locations, ROTC Cadets, Other Academies in DOD's Brain Health Initiative
WEST POINT, New York, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Military Academy issued the following news: By Eric S. Bartelt, West Point Public Affairs Specialist In supporting the Department of Defense and the Army's Warfighter Brain Health Initiative, members of the U.S. Army Office of the Surgeon General (OTSG) spent two days, Nov. 4-5, testing the baseline cognitive assessments of U.S. Military Academy first-class cadets. The cognitive assessment program, which began in 2007 primarily as a pre-deployment and  more