WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). These sanctions include suspending the businesses' PACA licenses and barring the principal ope  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 29 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * Development Features a Master-Planned Community with Support Services in Austin, Texas * * * AUSTIN, TEXAS, October 28, 2024 -- Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas), through its member Frost Bank, awarded $1.5 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to Mobile Loaves & Fishes, a Christian so  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 24 -- Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced a decision to downlist the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) issued the following statement in response: "The decision to downlist the red-cockaded woodpecker i  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Office of Trade Representative has released the following public communication dated Oct. 17, 2024, from U.S. Steel Corp. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Laura Buffo Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee Office of the U.S. Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20508 ForeignTradeBarriersReport@ustr.eop.gov (202) 395-3475 Re: Docket No. USTR-2024-0015: Request for Comments on Significant Foreign Trade Barriers for the 2025 National Trade  more