WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award a cooperative agreement for financial and technical assistance to Indian tribes and tribal organizations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation announced that it expects to award up to 10 cooperative agreements for drought contingency planning. The award ceiling for this funding opportunity is $200,000. The agency said the grant was associated with natural resources. The funding is open to states, Indian tribes, irrigation districts, water districts, or other organizations with water or power delivery authority located in the Western United States inclu  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * - Funds will Help Pay for Small Business Training Programs in San Antonio's South Side * * * Jefferson Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded a $22,000 grant to the Southside First Economic Development Council of San Antonio. The Partnership Grant Program (PGP) funds will help pay for Southside F  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families announced that it expects to award up to 11 discretionary grants for Head Start services in Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas. The estimated total program funding available was cited as $64,910,486. The agency said the grant was associated with income security and social services. The funding is open to state, county, city, township governments;   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: The Air Force Services Center announced the 2019 Air Force Art Contest recently. The contest, part of the Air Force's arts and crafts program managed by AFSVC, runs through Nov. 30, and is open to all authorized patrons of Air Force morale, welfare and recreation programs. "Creating art is a way for people to reduce stress and build resiliency," said Darlen  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Personnel Center issued the following news: Air Force officials have selected 530 senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant out of 2,529 eligible for a selection rate of 20.96 percent. The chief master sergeant promotion list will be available on the Air Force's Personnel Center website Enlisted Promotions page, the Air Force Portal and myPers Nov. 25, at 8 a.m. CST. Airmen will also be able to access th  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 12 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: Military shoppers can ease the strain on their holiday budget and keep electronic gifts out of sight thanks to the Army & Air Force Exchange Service's expanded electronics layaway for the holiday shopping season. Through Dec. 14, Soldiers, Airmen and other military shoppers can use the Exchange's fee-free holiday layaway for computers, notebooks, tablets and iPads--items that are not typically   more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Broadway Bank yesterday awarded $2,500 grants to three San Antonio, Texas, nonprofits that have served the community for decades - the George Gervin Youth Center, Boysville and Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio. Broadway Bank, a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), was honored in October with the FHLB Dallas 201  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The building that houses the 558th Flying Training Squadron was dedicated in honor of the late Oliver "Ollie" Crawford, pilot, U.S. Air Force advocate and former president of the Air Force Association, during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Nov. 13. An electronic display of the plaque designating the 558th FTS building as Crawford Hall was unveiled b  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: Texas added 26,200 jobs in October, according to seasonally adjusted and benchmarked payroll employment numbers (https://www.dallasfed.org/research/econdata/tae000000.aspx) released today by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The state added a revised 11,200 jobs in September. Year-to-date annualized job growth stands at 2.2 percent compared to annual growth of 2.4 percent in 2018. Incorporating O  more

GREAT ABACO, The Bahamas, Nov. 15 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release: A new report estimates the total cost of the impacts and effects of Hurricane Dorian on The Bahamas at $3.4 billion, with hundreds dead or missing and impacts on the economy that will last for years. The estimate comes out to over a quarter of the country's GDP - or the equivalent of the US losing the combined economic outputs of California, Texas and Florida. The magnitude of the losses  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: Yesterday, November 13, the Department of Defense (DOD) and The Texas A&M University System co-sponsored Drone Venture Day, where U.S. manufacturers of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and Counter-UAS (C-UAS) had the unique opportunity to meet with trusted capital providers to explore mutually beneficial business partnerships focused on national security concerns. Drone Venture Day represented the inaugural  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release: In 2018, personal income increased in 3,019 counties, decreased in 91, and was unchanged in 3, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Personal income increased 5.7 percent in the metropolitan portion of the United States and increased 4.8 percent in the nonmetropolitan portion (Table A). In metropolitan counties, the percent change  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded $238,323 to the Oklahoma Office of the Secretary of Energy and Environment to support the state's water pollution control program. The grant directly supports the state's ability to maintain, protect and improve the water quality of its rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater and other waterbodies. "Oklahoma has a long tradition of conserv  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Farmer Mac issued the following news release: Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac; NYSE: AGM and AGM.A), the nation's secondary market provider that increases the availability and affordability of credit for the benefit of rural America, today announced that the company will participate in the Southwest IDEAS Investor Conference on Thursday, November 21, 2019 at the Westin Dallas Downtown in Dallas, Texas. Brad Nordholm, Farmer Mac's President and Chief  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following outreach document: The Commission will hold its final regional conference of the 2019-2020 election cycle in San Antonio, Texas, on February 25-26, 2020. Commissioners and staff will conduct a variety of technical workshops on the federal campaign finance laws affecting federal candidates, parties and PACs. Workshops are designed for those seeking an introduction to the basic provisions of the law as well as those with   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: Even if you registered for federal assistance because you suffered damage from Hurricane Harvey, you can register for assistance if affected by Tropical Storm Imelda. Federal aid does not stop after applying for, and/or receiving assistance from a single disaster. Assistance may be available if you received assistance from a previous, federally declared dis  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, John F. Bash, issued the following news release: U.S. Attorney John F. Bash of the Western District of Texas announced today that Vibra Healthcare, LLC, Vibra Healthcare II, LLC, Vibra Rehab Holdings, LP, Vibra Rehabilitation Hospital of El Paso, LLC d/b/a Highlands Rehabilitation Hospital, and Vibra IRFM Company, LLC, (collectively referred to as "Vibra") will pay $6,250,000.00 to settle allegations that they d  more

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force (47th Flying Training Wing) issued the following news: Inside the network communications building of the 47th Communications Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, all sorts of technical projects and doodads are either being created for the first time or fixed to working order. Parked in the corner of one of their work centers, however, lies a virtual reality headset and a single computer molded into the barebones frame of a co  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, Andrew E. Lelling, issued the following news release: Martin Fox, the former president of a private tennis academy in Texas, pleaded guilty today in connection with his involvement in a scheme to use bribery to facilitate the admission of applicants to selective colleges and universities. Fox, 62, of Houston, Texas, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering. U.S. District Court Judge I  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 12 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: * * * - Oilfield Services Company Discriminated Against Black Workers, Subjecting them to a Hostile Work Environment, Denying them High Paying Assignments, and Retaliating Against those who Complained, Agency Alleged * * * Nabors Corporate Services, Inc. and C&J Well Services, Inc., two Houston-based oil field services companies, have agreed to pay nine Black employees and one of the  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release: * * * - NIH-funded study calls for policy to manage pain-related frailty unique to older Mexican Americans. * * * Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have found that older Mexican Americans who suffer from pain were 1.7 times likelier to become frail, compared to study participants who did not report pain. The study, published in The Jo  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54370) involving Texas Department of State Health Services, Lake Jackson, Texas: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - GAUGE SHUTTER STUCK OPEN The following was received from the Texas Department of State Health Services (the Agency) via email: "On November 5, 2019, the licensee notified the Agency that during routine, 6-month leak tests and shutter operation checks [at their Freeport, TX location], it f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54377) involving Texas Department of State Health Services, Sonora, Texas: TEXAS AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - UNABLE TO RETRACT RADIOGRAPHY SOURCE The following information was obtained from the state of Texas via email: "On November 7, 2019, the licensee's radiation safety officer (RSO) notified the Agency [Texas Department of State Health Services] that at approximately 2000 CST on November 6,   more

SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: A Wichita Falls High School teacher got the ride of a lifetime Oct. 27, 2019, when she soared through the North Texas skies with the USAF Demonstration Squadron "Thunderbirds." Debbie Pepper, who teaches English as a second language and Peer Assistance and Leadership, said she is still somewhat in disbelief of the experience and being the Hometown Hero selected to fly with the world-cl  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Joseph D. Brown, issued the following news release: * * * - Initiative emphasizes enforcing gun prohibitions based on domestic violence convictions and mental health denials * * * Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Project Guardian, a new initiative designed to reduce gun violence and enforce federal firearms laws across the country. Specifically, Project Guardian focuses on investig  more

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 13 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, John F. Bash, issued the following news release: In El Paso yesterday afternoon, a federal jury convicted a former civilian employee in the U.S. Army at Ft. Bliss for a scheme to defraud the government with respect to military aircraft maintenance and parts, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash. Following a four-day trial, jurors convicted James Hilario Balbin of Corpus Christi, TX, of one count of conspiracy t  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Joseph D. Brown, issued the following news release: A 59-year-old Beaumont mental health care counselor has pleaded guilty to health care fraud in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Joseph D. Brown today. Douglas Duane Franklin pleaded guilty to an Information charging him with health care fraud today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn. According to information presented in court, sinc  more

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Connection is a basic human need that serves as a foundation for organizational success. This concept allows members to foster trust and security, which are essential for personal buy-in to the organization. In our recent resiliency tactical pause, some raised concerns over their inability to connect with students. This sentiment was echoed by a group of instructor pilots, who also cited connection as a maj  more

HOUSTON, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), the owner of a Houston-based enterprise that operates eight Tostada Regia restaurants in the Houston, Texas, area has paid $100,126 to 438 employees for violating the overtime and minimum wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD investigators found that the employer violate  more

DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Krunal Enterprise Inc. in Plano, Texas; Krunal Subs LLC in Richardson, Texas; and Krunal Foods LP in Plano, Texas - all with common ownership and doing business as Subway franchisees - have paid $18,151 in back wages and an equal amount in liquidated damages to 10 employees to resolve overtime vi  more

BORGER, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Team Industrial Services Inc. - operating in Borger, Texas - has paid $127,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 38 employees for violating the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). WHD found the Sugarland, Texas-based employer failed to pay employees for time they   more

GALVESTON, Texas, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Morgan Roofing LLC - based in Galveston, Texas - has paid $101,832 in back wages to 28 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime requirements. WHD investigators found the roofing contractor and sheet metal fabricator violated FLSA overtime requirements when it mis  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration Administrator, Admiral Mark Buzby formally presented a check for $18 million to Beaumont for the Port of Beaumont Multimodal Corridor Expansion and Improvement Project. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao on November 12, announced that the Trump Administration will invest $900 million in American infr  more