WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 4:24-cv-919-P; N.D. Tex. filed Sept. 26, 2024) involving Bryan Scott McMillan: * * * On December 22, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas entered a final consent judgment as to defendant Bryan Scott McMillan, whom the SEC previously charged with insider trading. The SEC's complaint, filed on September 26, 2024, alleged that on November 28, 2022, McMillan commi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Surface Transportation Board issued the following decision (Docket No. FD 36854) entitled "Union Pacific Railroad Co. - Construction and Operation Exemption - In Matagorda County, Texas": * * * By petition filed September 24, 2025, Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP), a Class I rail carrier, seeks an exemption under 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10502 from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. Sec. 10901 to construct and operate approximatel  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service has issued 'Rice outlook: December 2025' (Report No. RCS-25K), coordinated by Nathan Childs with contributor Vidalina Abadam and approved by USDA's World Agricultural Outlook Board. The report, released December 11, 2025, revises U.S. and global rice supply, use, and price projections for the 2025/26 marketing year. The document lowers the 2025/26 U.S. rice export forecast by 2.0 million hundredweigh  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Geological Survey has released a fact sheet titled 'Assessment of Undiscovered Oil and Gas Resources in the Haynesville Formation Within the Onshore United States and State Waters of the Gulf Coast Basin, 2024,' authored by Rand Gardner, Jason A. Flaum, Justin E. Birdwell and colleagues as part of U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2025-3054. The assessment, issued in December 2025, evaluates undiscovered, technically recoverable petroleum resources in th  more