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News Tipoffs - Louisiana Editors Newsletter for Saturday June 21, 2025 ( 4 items )  

15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard's spill response mission
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * 15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard's spill response mission * In 2010, fifteen years ago, in the evening of April 20 th, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig blew up. Located 45 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana, the explosion resulted in the deaths of 11 workers and, within two days, the loss of the rig. The resulting spill of over 200 million gallons of crude oil   more

Census Bureau Issues Working Paper Entitled 'Predictors of Medicaid Reporting Instability & Implications for Examining Medicaid Unwinding'
WASHINGTON, June 20 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. 2025-08) entitled "Predictors of Medicaid Reporting Instability and Implications for Examining the Medicaid Unwinding." The paper was written by Kevin C. Heslin and Sharon M. Stern. Here are excerpts: * * * Abstract Medicaid coverage numbers have decreased since April 2023, when the federal government ended the continuous coverage requirement that prohibited states from disenrolling people during  more

International Foodsource, LLC. Issues Allergy Alert in Nonpareil, Semi-Sweet Chocolate Sold as Dark Chocolate Nonpareils
WASHINGTON, June 21 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following recall notice: * * * International Foodsource, LLC. Issues Allergy Alert in Nonpareil, Semi-Sweet Chocolate (Christmas Seeds) Sold as Dark Chocolate Nonpareils Summary Company Announcement Date: June 20, 2025 FDA Publish Date: June 20, 2025 Product Type: Food & Beverages Allergens Reason for Announcement: SE Grocers Company Name: Undeclared milk allergen Brand Nam  more

This Week in DOD: New Recruiting Task Force, Greenland Shifts to Northcom, DOD Activates More Immigration Support
WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * This Week in DOD: New Recruiting Task Force, Greenland Shifts to Northcom, DOD Activates More Immigration Support * The U.S. military has seen an increase in recruiting in the past few months, with the Army and Navy both achieving fiscal year recruiting goals ahead of schedule, while the Air Force is on track to do the same. Now, the Defense Department created a team to determine how to continue that rec  more