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*Minnesota Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Thursday October 31, 2024 ( 6 items )  

148th Fighter Wing Completes PACAF Deployment
CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: OKINAWA, Japan Members and F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 148th Fighter Wing, Minnesota Air National Guard deployed to the 18th Wing at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan from July to October 2024. While deployed, the Minnesota Air National Guard members were known as the 179th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. "The 148th Fighter Wing provided a dynamic force emp  more

BAY WEST Selected to Compete for Up to $960 Million Contract
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following high-value contract information through the Pentagon on Oct. 28, 2024: BAY WEST LLC, St. Paul, Minnesota, (W912DY-25-D-0057), will compete for each order of the $960,000,000 hybrid (cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price) contract to safely locate, identify, recover, evaluate, assess, package, transport, manage, and make final disposition, as required, of munitions and explosives of concern and hazardous, toxic and r  more

EPA Releases Public Communication From Ameren Missouri
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Oct. 21, 2024, from Ameren Missouri: * * * Comments of Ameren Missouri on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Air Plan Disapproval; Missouri; Interstate Transport of Air Pollution for the 2015 8-Hour Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards; Proposed Rule 89 Fed. Reg. 63,860 (Aug. 6, 2024), EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0663; EPA-R07-OAR-2021-0851 * * * INTRODUCTION Under the   more

Fed: Ownership Change Coming for First Rushmore Bancorporation of Worthington
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Reserve System has issued a notice, published in the Federal Register on Oct. 29, 2024: Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors that are considered in acting on the applications are se  more

Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights Issues White Paper Entitled 'Lifetime Judges Confirmed During the Biden Administration Through 2023'
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights issued a 12-page white paper in January 2024 entitled "Lifetime Judges Confirmed During the Biden Administration Through 2023." During the first three years of the Biden administration, the Senate has confirmed 166 lifetime judges. President Biden's appointees have been historically diverse -- both personally and professionally -- and have included brilliant jurists like Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who the Senate conf  more

Minn. Senate Republican Caucus: State Sen. Nelson Congratulates Olmsted County Cradle 2 Career for Prestigious Leadership Award
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Oct. 31 -- The Minnesota Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news on Oct. 30, 2024: State Senator Carla Nelson (R-Rochester) today congratulated Olmsted County Public Health Services (OCPHS) and Cradle 2 Career on receiving the prestigious 2024 Betty Hubbard Maternal and Child Health Leadership Award (https://www.health.state.mn.us/news/pressrel/2024/hubbard102824.html) at the community level. The award, given by the Minnesota Department of Health, recognizes OCPH  more