DALLAS, Texas, July 9 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * - FHLB Dallas' Small Business Boost Funding Round Opens on July 15 * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce the opening of the second funding round for its Small Business Boost (SBB) program. On July 15, 2019, a total of $2.65 million in funding will be available for which FHLB Dallas members may a  more

AZLE, Texas, July 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * - FHLB Dallas Provided Funding to Adult and Teen Challenge of Texas * * * A $500,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant from Frost Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) provided funding to a substance abuse recovery center to expand its facility and programming in the Fort Worth, Texas, area. The grant helped A  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award a discretionary grant for Head Start services in Kerr County, Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $735,447. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments; independent school districts; private, public and state control  more

JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Virginia, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Steve Stanley Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, held a town hall July 8 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to discuss the strategic importance of integrating the 24th and 25th Air Forces to form the first information warfare numbered Air Force. "There's a lot of opportunity to make up new ways to do business and to create new things in the Air Force," Holmes said. "We have  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast is the featured guest on the latest episode of "Developing Mach-21 Airmen," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, released July 8, 2019. On the pod, Air Education and Training Command public affairs sits down with the commander, Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, talking through the last two years and what has stuck out to him about the recr  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: By Kat Bailey Air Force officials have selected 9,467 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 29,328 eligible for a selection rate of 32.28 percent. The 19E6/technical sergeant promotion list will be available on the Air Force's Personnel Center website Enlisted Promotions page, the Air Force Portal and myPers on Thurs., July 18 at 8 a.m. CDT. Airmen will also b  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Kat Bailey Air Force officials have selected 9,467 staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant out of 29,328 eligible for a selection rate of 32.28%. The 19E6/technical sergeant promotion list will be available on the Air Force's Personnel Center website Enlisted Promotions page, the Air Force Portal and myPers, July 18 at 8 a.m. CDT. Airmen will also be able to access their score noti  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: Soldiers, Airmen, retirees and families at Joint Base Langley-Eustis have a reason to smile a little brighter. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service opened a DOCS Dental mobile dental office at Fort Eustis on July 8. Patients can receive dental services including checkups, X-rays, cleanings, crowns, bridges, orthodontics, oral surgery and more at the mobile office until it is replaced by a perma  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: * * * - Area prices unchanged in May and June; up 0.8 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Houston area was unchanged in May and June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Stanley W. Suchman, Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations, noted that a 0.4-percent in  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Workers in the Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.34 in May 2018, about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for stat  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Workers in the Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.52 in May 2018, about 26 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for statistical significance  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Workers in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.65 in May 2018, about 13 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing fo  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Workers in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.65 in May 2018, about 9 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for statistical significan  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following news release: Workers in the Tulsa Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.20 in May 2018, about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $24.98, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Stanley W. Suchman noted that, after testing for statistical significance, wag  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: Ames, Iowa, and Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont, had the lowest unemployment rates among the 389 metropolitan areas in May 2019, 1.5 percent each. The rates for those areas were followed by Midland, Texas, 1.7 percent; Iowa City, Iowa, 1.8 percent; and Dubuque, Iowa, 1.9 percent. Yuma, Arizona (17.1 percent), and El Centro, California (16.4 percent), had t  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from the Economics Daily: From May 2018 to May 2019, nonfarm employment rose in 29 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 22 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+3.2 percent), Orlando-Kissim  more

COLUMBUS AIR FORCE BASE, Mississippi, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (14th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Hannah Bean Retired Brig. Gen. John Cherrey, former Director of Intelligence, Operations and Nuclear Integration, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, spoke at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class's 19-17/18 graduation June 28, in the Kaye Auditorium. Cherrey spoke about his last 30 years as a pilot and wan  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Daniel P. Elkins Military officials, civic leaders, families and friends joined members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command in welcoming their new commander July 9 during a change-of-command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler assumed command from Brig. Gen. Bill Boruff in a ceremony officiated by M  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following statement: "U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are concerned about the potential impact of Tropical Storm Barry to portions of the Gulf Coast, where Louisiana and Texas are under states of emergency. "Our highest priority remains the preservation of life and safety. "In consideration of these circumstances, there will be no immigration enforcement ini  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Jeff Landenberger The technology director at the school district in Mart, Texas, has put military hardware into the hands of all his high schools students, thanks to Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services and its Department of Defense Computers for learning program. The district has about 525 students and John Luedke is its director of technology and library services. Luedke   more

DALLAS, Texas, July 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently approved revisions to the state of New Mexico's clean-air plan for the city of Albuquerque-Bernalillo County minor New Source Review (NSR) program for construction permits. EPA is also converting the earlier conditional approval of the minor NSR Preconstruction permitting program to full approval. "As the city of Albuquerque and Bernalillo Cou  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 10 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of Energy and the Environment with $130,000 to improve impaired waters and protect unimpaired waters across the state. "Together the EPA and the State of Oklahoma are successfully working to improve water quality in the state," said EPA Acting Regional Administrator David Gray. This federal funding   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration has served an emergency order revoking the repair station certificate of Porterfield Propellers of Abernathy, Texas. The company, which was authorized to test and inspect propellers, intentionally falsified records and conducted improper inspections, the FAA alleges. On Oct. 16, 2017, Porterfie  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: On June 28, 2019, a Texas federal court ordered two defendants--one using the name Morgan Hunt (Hunt), purportedly of Arlington, Texas (Hunt), and the other using the name Kim Hecroft (Hecroft), purportedly of Baltimore, Maryland (together, Defendants)--to pay nearly $400,000 in civil monetary penalties and restitution in connection with a lawsuit alleging fraud brought by the Commodit  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has awarded more than $6.2 million to the City of Houston for the repair and replacement of several city vehicles, fire department vehicles and equipment following Hurricane Harvey. Floodwaters that inundated the roads in Houston destroyed 226 city vehicles including cargo vans, dump trucks, sedans and utilit  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Kayshel Trudell Members of the 37th Training Support Squadron Combat Weapons Flight reopened the newly renovated combat arms training range at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Medina Training Annex July 8. Basic Military Training trainees were the first to experience M-4 carbine weapons familiarization course at the range, which closed in November 2018, due to improper rainwater drainage. Si  more

DALLAS, Texas, July 8 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: Exchange associates and garrison command cut the ribbon on Fort Drum's Ontario ExpressFORT DRUM - Life for Soldiers and families at Fort Drum got more convenient with the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's grand opening of a new Express store on July 8. The Ontario Express, at the intersection of Ontario Avenue and Tigress River Valley Road, also houses a four-chair barbershop and an Arby's wit  more

GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, July 9 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Abbey Rieves The 17th Medical Group conducted its change of command ceremony at the event center here, July 8. The 17th MDG welcomed Col. Lauren Byrd, incoming commander, and thanked Col. Janet Urbanski, outgoing commander, for her service over the past two years. Col. Andres Nazario, 17th Training Wing commander, presided over the ceremony. During the event, Urbanski was awarde  more

PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, California, July 9 -- The U.S. Air Force (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Seraiah Wolf The 311th Training Squadron conducted their change of command ceremony on Soldier Field at exactly 3:11 p.m., July 8. The 311th TRS conducts basic language skills and advanced foreign languages at the Defense Language Institute prior to students arriving here, to Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, for follow-on cryptologic linguist training. The 311th TRS welcomed Lt.  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: On July 11, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Kevin K. McAleenan travels to El Paso, Texas to meet with Border Mayors from the U.S. Conference of Mayors, meet with DHS surge volunteers currently working at the border, host a Town Hall with DHS personnel, and participate in operational briefings and tours of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities in the area. Acti  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced that it is charging Plano, Texas, landlords Quang Dangtran and his wife, Ha Nguyen, with violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to lease a room to a prospective tenant because she is black. Read HUD's charge. The Fair Housing Act makes it illegal to discriminate in housing because of race or color, which in  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news: A project that restored the historic Apollo Mission Control Center at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, to its late-1960s state was recognized today by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation with the ACHP Chairman's Award for Achievement in Historic Preservation. ACHP Vice Chairman Leonard Forsman presented the award to NASA Federal Preservation Officer Rebecca Klein, Johnson Space Cent  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Brian Lepley Parents have big career dreams for their children. "You could be a doctor, a lawyer!" they'll say. So when Patricia Jimenez' daughter Savannah told her mom she was joining the Air Force, well ... "I felt my heart skip a beat," Jimenez remembered. "My first thought was, "no, not my daughter. "I then realized that she had grown up and became a ve  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Columbus Air Force Base (14th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: By Dan Hawkins In the nearly two years since Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast took command of Air Education and Training Command, there has been change across many fronts of the Air Force's recruiting, training and education enterprise. As he prepares to pass leadership of the command to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb July 26, Kwast expressed gratitude to the men and wo  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Dan Hawkins In the nearly two years since Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast took command of Air Education and Training Command, there has been change across many fronts of the Air Force's recruiting, training and education enterprise. As he prepares to pass leadership of the command to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, July 26, Kwast expressed gratitude to the men and women of AETC who have found ways to "reimagine" the   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force (82nd Training Wing) issued the following news: By Dan Hawkins In the nearly two years since Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast took command of Air Education and Training Command, there has been change across many fronts of the Air Force's recruiting, training and education enterprise. As he prepares to pass leadership of the command to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb July 26, Kwast expressed gratitude to the men and women of AETC who have found ways  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast will relinquish command of Air Education and Training Command to Lt. Gen. Marshall "Brad" Webb during a change of command ceremony Friday, July 26, at 10 a.m. at JBSA-Randolph. "The success of AETC's mission to recruit, train and educate Airmen to deliver 21st century airpower relies on our ability to educate the force to execute the full rang  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Army Special Operations Command issued the following news: By Ryan Mattox Soldiers and civilians from the 418th Contracting Support Brigade completed a scenario-based validation exercise testing their ability to provide contracting support in a contingency environment June 17-22 at Fort Hood, Texas. The exercise, known as VALEX, validated the 418th CSB's members' readiness, training, planning and preparation, as they will ass  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Ryan Mattox Soldiers and civilians from the 418th Contracting Support Brigade completed a scenario-based validation exercise testing their ability to provide contracting support in a contingency environment June 17-22 at Fort Hood, Texas. The exercise, known as VALEX, validated the 418th CSB's members' readiness, training, planning and preparation, as they will assume the  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Army Contracting Command issued the following news: By Daniel P. Elkins The new leader of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command was promoted to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony July 9 prior to assuming command at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In attendance at the ceremony marking a career milestone for Brig. Gen. Christine Beeler were military and civic leaders, family and friends,   more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 9 -- NASA's Johnson Space Center issued the following news release: NASA astronaut Jessica Meir, along with crewmates Oleg Skripochka of the Russian space agency Roscosmos and Hazzaa Ali Almansoori of the United Arab Emirates, a Roscosmos spaceflight participant, will discuss the upcoming Expeditions 61 and 62 crew increments aboard the International Space Station at a news conference at 2 p.m. EDT Monday, July 15, at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. The news confer  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 13 -- NASA's Johnson Space Center issued the following news release: A multinational crew of space travelers, including NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan, is scheduled to arrive at the International Space Station on Saturday, July 20 - the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic landing on the Moon. NASA Television and the agency's website (https://www.nasa.gov/live) will provide live coverage of the crew's launch and arrival. Morgan, Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agen  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Party Supplier Fired Employee Due to Pregnancy and Pregnancy-Related Condition, Federal Agency Charged * * * Party City Corporation has agreed to pay $39,000 in lost wages and damages and to provide other significant relief in order to settle a pregnancy and disability lawsuit filed earlier this year by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency a  more

DENTON, Texas, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: New preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in Cleveland County, OK. Officials encourage property owners to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. Community stakeholders can identify any  more

DENTON, Texas, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Preliminary flood risk information and updated Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in the City of Luling, Guadalupe County, TX. Officials encourage property owners to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. Community stakeholders   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, July 10 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Dan Hawkins In the nearly two years since Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast took command of Air Education and Training Command, there has been change across many fronts of the Air Force's recruiting, training and education enterprise. As he prepares to pass leadership of the command to Lt. Gen. Brad Webb July 26, Kwast expressed gratitude to the men and women of AETC who h  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: Technical Sgt. Michael Perolio will be presented a Silver Star Medal during a ceremony at the Lackland Gateway Club, at JBSA-Lackland July 18 at 10 a.m. Perolio, an assessment and selection instructor assigned to the 350th Special Warfare Training Squadron at JBSA-Lackland will be awarded the nation's third highest medal for gallantry against an armed enemy of the  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Surface Transportation Board issued the following notice of exemption (Docket No. AB 33) entitled "Union Pacific Railroad Company Abandonment Exemption in Harris and Chambers Counties, Texas": Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) has filed a verified notice of exemption under 49 C.F.R. pt. 1152 subpart F-Exempt Abandonments to abandon a 2.23-mile portion of the U.S. Steel Industrial Lead between milepost 2.4 in Baytown and milepost 4.  more

HOUSTON, Texas, July 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Ryan K. Patrick, issued the following news release: A federal jury has convicted a Texas state district judge of bribery, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. The jury convicted Rodolfo "Rudy" Delgado, 65, of Edinburg, following a six-day trial of one count of conspiracy, three counts of federal program bribery, t  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $477 million in airport infrastructure grants, the third allotment of the total $3.18 billion in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funding for airports across the United States. "This significant investment in airport improvements in Te  more

MCALLEN, Texas, July 12 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a press conference at the McAllen Border Patrol Station: THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much for being here so that we could see for ourselves what the President and I have been saying from the very beginning: that there's a crisis here on our southern border. Our first stop today was at a facility dealing with families with children, and there we saw compassionate care for families that  more

MCALLEN, Texas, July 12 -- The White House issued the following remarks by Vice President Mike Pence at a roundtable discussion with Border Patrol and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee at the McAllen Border Patrol Station: THE VICE PRESIDENT: It's my honor to be with you all and to have the opportunity to see firsthand the extraordinary and compassionate professionalism of Customs and Border Protection. We literally just came from another facility, and -- the Donna soft-sided processin  more