JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: In a small Greek diner on Long Island, New York, U.S. Air Force Maj. Lauren Gabreski remembers the summers spent with her grandfather, Francis "Gabby" Gabreski. While she and her brother played in the booth, their grandfather better known as one of America's top fighter aces shared stories not of aerial combat, but of faith and family. As an Air Force  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 (TNS) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: * * * Personal consumption expenditures (PCE) increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia in 2023, according to statistics released today by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. The percent change ranged from 8.1 percent in Florida to 4.7 percent in Iowa. Nationally, current-dollar PCE increased 6.4 percent in 2023 after increasing 9.8 percen  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Oct. 4 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird and 10 other state attorneys general today called on Congress to pass the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2024. Last year, Attorney General Moody led a 16-state coalition urging automobile manufacturers to protect AM radio. The destruction and life-threatening conditions caused during Hurricane Helene shows th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced today that Massachusetts is one of 14 states awarded federal grant funding through the Affordable Care Act intended to improve women's health coverage and access to critical health benefits. The Massachusetts Division of Insurance (DOI) will receive $627,854 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, thr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2024: * * * New awards will support climate resilience and energy efficiency renovations. * * * The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced nearly $279 million in awards to properties across 23 states and territories under its Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) to support significant energy efficiency and climate resilience renovations of   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 4 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Oct. 3, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led 21 other states in putting Nasdaq on notice for its discriminatory gender, sexuality, and race-based quotas for its directors. In December 2020, Nasdaq announced its new quotas mandating that most Nasdaq-listed companies have at least two directors who self-identify as females, racial minorities, and LGBTQ+. Companies that do not meet the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 34 million small businesses, announced the expansion of the SBA's Regional Innovation Cluster (RIC) network with 14 new awards. These awards aim to enhance the reach and impact of the SBA's support for innovative small businesses and entrepren  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Oct. 4 -- The Tennessee Department of Transportation issued the following news: The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) has officially selected Parsons Transportation Group, Inc. to provide Engineering and Design Services for the I-55 bridge replacement project, also known as America's River Crossing. The I-55 bridge spans the Mississippi River and was originally opened to traffic in 1949. Parsons Transportation Group, Inc., with over 80 years of experience appl  more