WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: * * * Air Force Historical Operations and Hurricane Katrina * On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and prompted the largest humanitarian military response in U.S. history. The Air Force mobilized active duty, Reserve, and National Guard units under Joint Task Force Katrina and flew life-saving missions to deliver aid, rescue survivors, and evacuate civi  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 2 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release: * * * Cleveland Fed economists present estimates of the nominal neutral interest rate from a newly developed model * A model developed by a Cleveland Fed economist estimates the medium-run nominal neutral interest rate to be 3.7 percent, based on data through the second quarter of 2025. "With the nominal federal funds rate currently in the range of 4.25 percent to 4.5 percent, the Zaman mod  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: * * * Coast Guard PSUs--nearly 45 years of service! * Beginning in 1982, the United States Coast Guard assigned responsibility to the Ninth Coast Guard District in Cleveland, Ohio, to train Reservists for military mobilization. The intended mission of these "notional," or prototype units, was to perform harbor defense for offload ports supporting combat operations. The service already had t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Defense Secretary Honors Tennessee Police Department During Award Ceremony * Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth honored a local police department today for being a recipient of the 2025 Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award during a city hall ceremony in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Originally announced July 7, 2025, the Hendersonville Police Department w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is moving forward with a plan to approve revisions to Ohio's environmental regulations, incorporating them into the state implementation plan. This action is designed to meet specific Clean Air Act requirements aimed at reducing volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) emissions, which are key components of ground-level ozone, or smog. The changes specifically target the Cleveland nonattainment area, whic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce Foreign-Trade Zones Board has approved a special subzone designation requested by the Greater Cincinnati Foreign-Trade Zone Inc. for General Electric Co.'s facility in Peebles, Ohio. The approval was granted on August 26, 2025. The subzone application, submitted on July 10, 2025, was a request for the engine maker to operate under the existing activation guidelines of FTZ 46. The application was made public in the Federal Register,  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Dave Joyce, R-Ohio, issued the following news release: * * * Joyce Honors Sergeant Wolfgang Kyle Weninger at Post Office Renaming Ceremony * Chesterland, OH - Today, U.S. Congressman Dave Joyce (OH-14) delivered remarks at the renaming of the United States Postal Service (USPS) office in Chesterland, Ohio, in honor of Sergeant Wolfgang Kyle Weninger. The USPS also installed a dedicatory plaque publicly displaying the name of Sergeant Weninger in the facility's lo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 29 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Nadler, Titus, Omar, and Velazquez Reintroduce Comprehensive Marijuana Reform Legislation * Today, Representative Jerrold Nadler (NY-12), along with Cannabis Caucus Co-Chairs Dina Titus (NV-01) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Nydia Velazquez (NY-07) reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, one of the most co  more