JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO LACKLAND, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The 37th Training Wing began a beta test in March for an Air Force version of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center Army Echo Company program which has been in existence since 1975. In partnership with Air Force Recruiting Service, this beta test is now in the execution phase. The goal is to show that an English language barrier is not a roadblock   more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Beaumont-Port Arthur for May 2019: Workers in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.48 in May 2019, about 9 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mende  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Brownsville-Harlingen for May 2019: Workers in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $16.85 in May 2019, about 34 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Me  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in College Station-Bryan for May 2019: Workers in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $22.86 in May 2019, about 11 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Me  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Corpus Christi for May 2019: Workers in the Corpus Christi, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.41 in May 2019, about 17 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mendez noted tha  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in El Paso for May 2019: Workers in the El Paso, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $19.45 in May 2019, about 24 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mendez noted that, after testi  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Laredo for May 2019: Workers in the Laredo, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.45 in May 2019, about 28 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mendez noted that, after testing  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission for May 2019: Workers in the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.04 in May 2019, about 30 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Su  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Oklahoma City for May 2019: Workers in the Oklahoma City, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.26 in May 2019, about 10 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mendez noted that,  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages in Tulsa for May 2019: Workers in the Tulsa, OK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $23.03 in May 2019, about 10 percent below the nationwide average of $25.72, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Acting Regional Commissioner Susan Mendez noted that, after testing f  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release on May 21: Since 2010, populations in cities in the southern and western regions of the United States experienced rapid growth. The South leads the way with 10 of the top 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities, with a population of 50,000 or more, according to new population estimates for cities and towns, the Census Bureau reports today. "Frisco, Texas, tops the list of the fastest-growing large cities with a growth   more

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: Border Patrol Agents conducting immigration checkpoint operations on Interstate 10 arrested an individual with a felony warrant from California. Border Patrol Agents conducting immigration checkpoint operations on Interstate 10 arrested an individual with a felony warrant from California. "The arrest of this wanted fugitive is a great display of agents be  more

DALLAS, Texas, May 23 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release: Texas lost 1.2 million jobs in April, a historic 69 percent annualized decline, according to seasonally adjusted and benchmarked payroll employment numbers released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The state lost a revised 44,600 jobs in March. The Texas unemployment rate increased from a revised 5.1 percent in March to 12.8 percent in April. Recent increases in weekly initial claims for unempl  more

WASHINGTON, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of the University of Texas - San Antonio to lead the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute (CyManII), a public-private consortium to bolster U.S. manufacturing competitiveness, energy efficiency, and innovation. CyManII will focus on early-stage research and development (R&D) to advance cybersecurity in energy-efficient manufacturing. "As the sec  more

DYESS AFB, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: The U.S. Air Force continues to maintain mission readiness through the innovation of technology and procedures. This is completed through identifying current problems and formulating practical solutions. Finding flaws is the birth of creating solutions. Recently, this enabled Airmen to design a forum to discuss these issues and creative ideas. On April 28, Dyess AFB was the first bas  more

FORT WORTH, Texas, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release: Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad F. Wolf visited the Fort Worth Fire Department Training Academy with Congresswoman Kay Granger, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Fort Worth Fire Chief Jim Davis. During a press conference, Acting Secretary Wolf announced changes to the FY2019 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant program that would allow more firefighting o  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following statement by Acting Secretary Chad Wolf on the Corpus Christi shooting: "Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi in Texas in a terrorism-related attack against members of the U.S. military. The FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force are leading the investigation, supported by DHS's U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service and ICE Homeland Security Investigations. Thank you to the Naval Air   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 5:20-cv-00598; W.D. Tex. filed May 18, 2020): On May 18, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission sued three Texas residents who used deceptive offering materials and promotional videos to sell $2.7 million in fraudulent oil & gas investments. The SEC's complaint, filed in federal district court in San Antonio, Texas, alleges that defendants Paul Russell Montgomery, Jr., Michael David   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL is expanding its methane leak detection technology work with the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) of San Antonio, Texas, to use machine learning-based algorithms for the quantification of fugitive methane emissions - small leaks that typically go undetected along natural gas pipelines and at storage facilities. Locating and measuring the quantity of fugit  more

TEMPLE, Texas, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service Texas office issued the following news release: The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas is offering financial assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) for agricultural producers who are currently being impacted by drought conditions and recent wildfire incidents. The drought financial assistance will target farmers and ranchers across Texas   more

WASHINGTON, May 19 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 54698) involving Texas Department of State Health Services, Carrollton: AGREEMENT STATE REPORT - DAMAGED NUCLEAR GAUGE The following was received from the state of Texas by email: "On May 7, 2020, the Agency was notified by the licensee that a Humboldt model 5001 EZ was damaged at a temporary job site [in Dallas, TX]. The gauge contains a 40 milliCurie americium-241 source and an 8 milliCurie   more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, May 23 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: COVID-19 showed us the hardships of not being able to see loved ones. Some individuals on base though have been separated from their loved ones, but not because of COVID-19, but rather because they were called to duty and deployed where the Air Force needed them. One deployed spouse decided that if her husband was going to be busy out in the field then she'd get busy right here at home. Lainie Nor  more