SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves FORT JOHNSON, La. -- Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomes home two of the U.S. Army's newest Expert Field Medical Badge holders to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Second Lt. Isella Wallace, chief of the patient administration division, and Spc. Jacob Babcanec, a physical therapy specialist, at BJACH both earned the coveted award during the EFMB lanes Oct. 22  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against ,, Louisiana limited liability companies, and the founder of both, . The complaint alleges the defendants operated a commodity pool scheme in which they fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $7.6 million from at least 40 i  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Facilities inspected as part of Pollution Accountability Team enforcement effort following EPA Administrator Regan's Journey to Justice tour of Parishes * * * DALLAS, TEXAS (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled cases of alleged Clean Air Act violations at three facilities in Southern Louisiana as part of the agency's focus on achieving results in communities w  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice * * * DALLAS, TEXAS (October 29, 2024) -- As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-493): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required  more

DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate 3,571 Housing Units * * * DALLAS, TEXAS, October 29, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $78.9 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to 41 projects in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Me  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -Louisiana residents with damage from Hurricane Francine have just a few weeks remaining to apply for disaster assistance. Nov. 16 is the registration deadline for survivors in Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishes. Survivors with a loss or damage should apply  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Marcos Rafael-Medrano, a 29-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States Oct. 28. Rafael-Medrano is wanted in Guatemala f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DENTON, Texas Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and incorporated areas of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. Community resid  more