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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Friday November 22, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Ark. Gov. Sanders Announces $204 Million in Arkansas Water Funding
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Nov. 22 -- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders has announced an additional $204 million in financial assistance for water and wastewater projects for 45 entities. The projects serve more than 198,627 Arkansans in 28 counties. "My administration has prioritized investments in Arkansas' water system and today's announcement adds another $204 million to that effort," said Governor Sand  more

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, Eight of Its Members Award $283K to DFW Nonprofits
DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 22 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) and eight of its members awarded $283,000 in grants to eight nonprofits in DFW. The awards were part of more than $1.2 million awarded to community groups through the Partnership Grant Program (PGP) and were celebrated during an event today at FHLB Dallas. "The PGP gives u  more

N.H. A.G. Formella, Bipartisan Coalition Seek Changes to Google Business Practices to End Search Engine Monopoly
CONCORD, New Hampshire, Nov. 22 -- New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella issued the following news release: Attorney General John M. Formella announces that he along with a bipartisan coalition of his fellow state attorneys general, and the United States Department of Justice are proposing a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawful monopoly over internet search engines and to restore competition to benefit consumers. "This proposal marks an important step toward restoring fai  more

Natural Resources Conservation Service: USDA Invests $7M in Eight Wetland Mitigation Banking Projects to Support Producers, Protect Wetland Ecosystems
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million in eight projects to support the development of wetland mitigation banks for agricultural producers through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP). Through wetland mitigation banks, wetlands are restored, created or enhanced, generating credits that can be purchased by producers looking to compensat  more

Neb. A.G. Hilgers, Other State Attorneys General Propose Remedies to End Google's Search Engine Monopoly
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Nov. 22 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition of 52 attorneys general and the U.S. Department of Justice to propose a robust package of remedies to end Google's unlawfully maintained search engine monopoly and revive competition for the benefit of consumers. In December 2020, the Nebraska Department of Justice joined a bipartisan coalition of state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit  more

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on the 30th Anniversary of the Community Development Financial Institution Fund
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: As Prepared for Delivery Good afternoon. It's an honor to welcome President Clinton to Treasury today to mark the recent 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. President Clinton and I have a long-standing shared belief that increasing access to economic opportunity for people and places that historically have been underserved is crucially impo  more