DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 8 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Funds Will Be Used to Create Three Affordable Housing Projects to Serve Homeless Population * * * AUSTIN, TEXAS, August 7, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that three Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants totaling $2.5 million have been awarded in U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett's dis  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 8 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement after filing an amicus brief on behalf of himself and 13 other state attorneys general in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas supporting Texas's motion for summary judgment in its suit against the U.S. Department of Labor and its rule regulating overtime pay for exempt employ  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New Orleans District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental assessment for the proposed Neptune Pass Rock Closure for a public review ending Aug 31, 2024. The draft environmental assessment (EA), "Mississippi River, Baton Rouge to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Neptune Pass Rock Closure, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana EA# 589 and draft Finding of No Significant Impa  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: A Gulfport man pled guilty today to possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Daunte Taylor, 21, was found in possession of two firearms and over 100 grams of methamphetamine at his residence in Gulfport. Taylor is scheduled to be sentenced on November 8, 2024, and faces a mandatory min  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Aug. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Wiggins man was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 250 grams of a substance containing fentanyl. George Tavoris Moore, Jr., 28, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on September 7, 2023, the Wiggins Police Department received information that Moore was expec  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Office of Naval Research-Global (ONR-Global) TechSolutions recently showcased the NRL-developed LittoralLens imaging system during the Modern Day Marine Expo held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The single-person-portable LittoralLens computer-vision system enables automated measurements of littoral su  more