FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: FORT KNOX, Ky. Since childhood Maj. Bryan Suazo, a native of West Richland, wanted to follow his grandfathers' examples of service to the nation. Today he serves as part of the Reserve Personnel Management Directorate's Active Guard Reserve, or AGR, Accessions Team at the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. "Being a Soldier, being AGR, and I get an award every two weeks in the form o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund and 70 collaborators: * * * To: The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Support for petition to address hidden and unnecessary fees in International Remittance Transactions, Docket No. CFPB-2024-0040-0001 * * * Dear Director Chopra:   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has released the following public communication dated Oct. 28, 2024, from UnidosUS: * * * To: The Honorable Rohit Chopra, Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Comments in response to the petition for Rulemaking to Reduce and Eliminate Junk Fees in Remittance Transactions [Docket No. CFPB-2024-0040-0001] * * * Dear Director Chopra, On behalf of UnidosUS, we respectfully subm  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The Environmental Protection Agency posted a rule in the Federal Register on Nov. 5 signed by Martha Guzman Aceves, Regional Administrator, Region IX. Here are excerpts: * * * Air Plan Approval; Arizona; Yuma 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area; Redesignation Request and Maintenance Plan AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve the State of Arizona's request to   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Oct. 29, 2024, from the Critical Path Institute, Tucson, Arizona: * * * To: Division of Dockets Management (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 Re: Request for Comments on Identifying Priority Focus Areas for Future Guidance Development and Engagement with Interested Parties in Model-Inform  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following statement on Nov. 7, 2024: * * * Brooklyn, NY - Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement: Vice President Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz are remarkable public servants who ran an inspired and positive campaign focused on lifting people up. We look forward to our continued partnership on behalf of the American people in the next chapter of their pub  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release on Nov. 7, 2024: NEW YORK, NY - Today, Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on NY1's Inside City Hall with Errol Louis where he highlighted House Democrats' strong electoral performance in New York and the success of House Democratic incumbents across the nation. ERROL LOUIS: Welcome back to Inside City Hall. Democrats here in New York have officially flipped three House se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: FARMINGTON, N.M. The completion deadline for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was extended to December 31, 2029, through an agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo Nation, and State of New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, collectively referred to as the settlement parties to the Navajo Nation's Water Right Settlement on the San Juan River Basin in   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: FARMINGTON, N.M. The completion deadline for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project was extended to December 31, 2029, through an agreement between the U.S. Department of the Interior, Navajo Nation, and State of New Mexico Interstate Stream Commission, collectively referred to as the settlement parties to the Navajo Nation's Water Right Settlement on the San Juan River Basin in   more

LAREDO, Texas, Nov. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Another individual has been sentenced for his role in a Laredo human smuggling conspiracy, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Jesus Aleman-Serrano, 34, Mexican citizen illegally residing in Laredo, and Laredo pleaded guilty May 8. U.S. District Judge Diana Saldana has now imposed a 24-month term of imprisonment for Aleman-Serrano. Not a U.S. citizen, he is ex  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service posted a rule in the Federal Register on Oct. 30 signed by Erin Morris, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service. Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona and New Mexico; Decreased Assessment Rate AGENCY: Agricultural Marketing Service, USDA. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: This proposed rule would implement a recommendation from the Administrative Committee for Pistachios (Committee) to   more