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News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Wednesday April 30, 2025 ( 7 items )  

Contracts for April 29, 2025
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 29, 2025 AIR FORCE Integrated Data Services Inc., Henderson, Nevada, was awarded a $99,000,000 ceiling follow-on, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for program management resource tools. This contract provides for a suite of Air Force enterprise applications designed to support several key facets of program and financial management, acquisition reporting, and leadership  more

Fact Check- DHS is NOT Deporting American Children
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: * * * Fact Check- DHS is NOT Deporting American Children WASHINGTON - Once again, the media is shamefully peddling a false narrative in an attempt to demonize our ICE enforcement agents, who are already facing a 300% surge in assaults again them. The media and Democrat politicians are force-feeding the public false information that US citizen children are being deported. This is false and irr  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Reports First Quarter 2025 Operating Results
DALLAS, Texas, April 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Reports First Quarter 2025 Operating Results DALLAS, TEXAS, April 29, 2025 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) today reported net income of $150.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. In comparison, for the quarters ended December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, the Bank reported net in  more

Governor Abbott Names Chair, Appoints Five To Lower Colorado River Authority
AUSTIN, Texas, April 29 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Abbott Names Chair, Appoints Five To Lower Colorado River Authority Governor Greg Abbott appointed Curtis Ford, Aden Lasseter, Mark Mayo and reappointed Robert "Bobby" Lewis and Margaret "Meg" Voelter to the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) for terms set to expire on February 1, 2031. Additionally, the Governor named Stephen F. "Steve" Cooper as chair of the board for a term set to exp  more

Justice Department Dismisses Half Century Old Louisiana Consent Decree
WASHINGTON, April 29 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Justice Department Dismisses Half Century Old Louisiana Consent Decree In 1966, the United States sued Plaquemines Parish School Board seeking to desegregate its schools. By 1975, the Court found the schools had been properly integrated, but the case was never removed from the Court system. Thus, for nearly a half century the case remained open. That ended today. Assistant Attorney General Harmee  more

Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist
WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: * * * Mentorship Shapes First Field Mission for DPAA Forensic Anthropologist QUANG TRI, Vietnam - After spending years in laboratories and archaeological digs across the globe -- from a post-classic Mayan town in Belize to colonial cemeteries in Mississippi, this year marked a new kind of fieldwork for a seasoned scientist: her first full recovery mission with the Defe  more

Wash. State Health Dept.: State Disciplines Health Care Providers
OLYMPIA, Washington, April 30 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following news release on April 29, 2025: * * * State disciplines health care providers OLYMPIA -- The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 80   more