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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Wednesday August 07, 2024 ( 3 items )  

$850K Affordable Housing Program Grant Awarded in Congressman Bennie Thompson's District
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Funds Will Assist with Substantial Rehabilitation to Pattison, Mississippi, Housing Development * * * PATTISON, MISSISSIPPI, August 6, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that an Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant has been awarded in U.S. Representative Bennie Thompson's district that wi  more

Attorney General Bird Supports Congress's Law Demanding TikTok Cut Ties With Chinese Communist Party
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 7 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today joined a 21-state brief, urging a federal court to uphold Congress's law that protects American privacy rights by requiring TikTok to cut ties with the Chinese Communist Party or face a national ban. Earlier this year, Congress passed a bipartisan law banning TikTok unless ByteDance, TikTok's Chinese-owned parent company, sells its stake in th  more

USDA Economic Research Service: 'Oil Crops Outlook'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued the following report (No. OCS-24g) in July 2024 by Maria Bukowski and Bryn Swearingen entitled "Oil Crops Outlook". Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Soybean Supply To Rebound in Marketing Year 2024/25 The U.S. soybean supply for marketing year (MY) 2024/25 is forecast at 4.8 billion bushels, 8 percent higher than MY 2023/24 but down 20.0 million bushels from last month's forecast. According to   more