WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Hosts Coffees with Your Congresswoman in Cleveland, Cleveland Heights CLEVELAND, OH - Today, Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) hosted two town hall-style Coffee with Your Congresswoman events. The first event was held at Gunning Park Recreation Center in Cleveland's Ward 17, where she was joined by Cleveland City Council Member Charles J. Slife. The second event took place at the  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Brown Shops on SNAP Budget in Cleveland Cleveland, OH - Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11) joined representatives from the Greater Cleveland Food Bank on Wednesday at Dave's Market on E. 61 st in Cleveland to highlight the importance of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits and the challenges that Northeast Ohio families relying on SNAP face. Congresswoman Brown sh  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Tenney Introduces the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act Oswego, NY - Congresswoman Claudia Tenney (NY-24) today, alongside Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-7), introduced the Protecting Access to Ground Ambulance Medical Services Act to ensure that rural and remote communities maintain access to critical emergency services. Additional cosponsors of the legis  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule extending the deadline for the removal of the 1-psi gasoline volatility waiver in Ohio and nine counties in South Dakota by one year, moving the effective date from April 28, 2025, to April 28, 2026. This decision follows petitions from the Governors of Ohio and South Dakota requesting additional time to comply with the regulatory changes aimed at reducing air pollution. The 1-psi waiver, originall  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated March 6, 2025, from Vision Profile Extrusions USA Ltd.-Delmont: * * * To: Marcy Card, Ph.D. Existing Chemicals Risk Assessment Division (7403M) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics Environmental Protection Agency 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20460-0001 Re: Vision Profile Extrusions USA Limited-Delmont Comments on the Draft Scope of the Risk Evaluation fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted a low power FM (LPFM) construction permit in Cleveland, Ohio, to Latinos International Festival, Inc. (LIF), while dismissing the competing application from Institutional Community Development Corporation (ICD). The decision, outlined in a March 19, 2025, order, resolves a dispute over site availability for the proposed stations. The FCC's Audio Division, led by Chief Albert Shuldiner, determined that ICD lacked "re  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. 25-06) on Feb. 25, 2025, by Yan Bai, Patrick J. Kehoe, Pierlauro Lopez, and Fabrizio Perri entitled "A Neoclassical Model of the World Financial Cycle." Here are excerpts: * * * Emerging markets face large and persistent fluctuations in sovereign spreads. To what extent are these fluctuations driven by local shocks versus financial conditions in advanced economies? To answer this   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. 25-07) on Feb. 26, 2025, by Craig Sylvera entitled "Black Mayors and Black Communities." Here are excerpts: * * * Do Black communities economically benefit from the election of a Black mayor? I find majority-Black ZIP codes experience gains in all areas of economic activity relative to non-Black communities following the first election of a Black mayor. Across industries, the numb  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. 25-08) on March 6, 2025, by Isabel Cairo, Hess T. Chung, Francesco Ferrante, Cristina Fuentes-Albero, Camilo Morales-Jimenez, and Damjan Pfajfar entitled "Endogenous Labor Supply in an Estimated New-Keynesian Model: Nominal versus Real Rigidities." Here are excerpts: * * * Standard macroeconomic models find it difficult to reconcile slow recoveries and missing disinflations after   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. 25-05) on Feb. 18, 2025, by Kyle Fee entitled "Income Inequality and Economic Growth in United States Counties: 1990s, 2000s and 2010s." Here are excerpts: * * * Using a common reduced-form regional growth model framework, an expanded geographic classification of counties, additional years of data, a trio of income inequality metrics, and multiple empirical specifications, this an  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 19 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following white paper (No. 25-09) on March 7, 2025, by Nicholas Fritsch entitled "Tail Sensitivity of US Bank Net Interest Margins: A Bayesian Penalized Quantile Regression Approach." Here are excerpts: * * * Bank net interest margins (NIM) have been historically stable in the US on average, but this stability deteriorated in the post-2020 period, particularly in the tails of the distribution. Recent litera  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 (TNSFR) -- The National Park Service has released a notice regarding properties nominated for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, encompassing multiple states across the country. The nominations, submitted by various state historic preservation offices before March 8, 2025, are now open for public review and comment. These sites reflect a broad range of historical and cultural significance, including architectural landmarks, historic districts, and sites tie  more

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York, ranking member of the Senate Special Committee on Aging posted the following fact sheet: * * * The Republican Plan for Medicaid Will Harm Ohio More than 2.8 million Ohioans rely on Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). Republican Cuts to Medicaid Put Ohioans' Health and Coverage At-Risk Every proposal on the Republican wish list of more than $2 trillion in Medicaid cuts is bad news for Ohioans. Medicaid cuts  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: * * * Pressley, Clarke, Van Hollen Lead Letter to the Administration Demanding Reinstatement of TPS for Haiti Text of the Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Congresswoman Yvette Clarke (NY-09), and Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) led 62 of their colleagues in the House and 23 of their colleagues in the Senate in a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following news release: * * * Strickland Leads Bipartisan Bill for Intergenerational Caregiving Washington, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), alongside Rep. Bryan Steil (WI-01) introduced the bipartisan Care Across Generations Act. The bill establishes a grant program for long-term care facilities to operate or contract with a childcare program and facilitate intergenerational activities. "Caregi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued a meeting notice, published in the Federal Register on March 6, 2025. The meeting by the Inland Waterways Users Board is scheduled on April 3, 2025. * * * AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. ACTION: Notice of open Federal advisory committee meeting. SUMMARY: The Department of the Army is publishing this notice to announce the Federal advisory committee meeting of the U.S. Army Corps of Engin  more