BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Col. Brus E. Vidal, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, approved a comprehensive study design by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine to conduct a formal assessment that addresses specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related career fields and also examines the possib  more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Col. Brus E. Vidal, Air Force Global Strike Command Public Affairs Gen. Thomas A. Bussiere, commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, approved a comprehensive study design by the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine to conduct a formal assessment that addresses specific cancer concerns raised by missile community members across related career fields and examines the possibility of clusters of non-Hod  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from the Economics Daily: In December 2022, West Virginia had the highest job openings rate, 9.1 percent, followed by Louisiana (8.7 percent) and Alaska (8.5 percent). The states with the lowest job openings rates in December 2022 were New York (4.6 percent), New Jersey (5.4 percent), Connecticut (5.7 percent), and Hawaii (5.8 percent). The national job openings rate was 6.7 percent in  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2023: As required by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it will hold an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico on March 29, 2023. Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale 259 will offer approximately 13,600 blocks on 73.3 million acres in the Western, Central, and Eastern   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (TNSrpt) -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release: A Louisiana barge-towing vessel struck and damaged a bridge in 2021 but the vessel's pilot never reported it to authorities, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday. In the early morning hours of Dec. 23, 2021, the Miss Mollye D was pushing six hopper barges on the Intracoastal Waterway to New Orleans, when the pilot lost control of the tow. While navigating the channel, t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: A draft recovery plan is now available for the pearl darter, a small fish listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Once native to the Pascagoula River system of Mississippi and the Pearl River system of Mississippi and Louisiana, the pearl darter continues to survive in the Pascagoula River system but has not been seen in the Pearl River system for m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Feb. 22, 2023: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Announces Actions to Expand Offshore Wind Nationally and Harness More Reliable, Affordable Clean Energy Proposes first-ever Gulf of Mexico offshore wind lease sale; welcomes California and Louisiana to Federal-State Partnership to build America's supply chain and increase skilled workforce for offshore wind Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing it  more