WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48485) on April 7, 2025, entitled "Economic Effects of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act" by economic policy senior specialist Jane G. Gravelle and public finance specialist Donald J. Marples. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY The 2017 tax cuts (P.L. 115-97), popularly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), made significant changes to the federal tax system, including reducing taxes on corporations a  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 9 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Army Reserve physicians attend Critical Care Skills Procedure Anatomy Program SAN ANTONIO, Texas -U.S. Army Reserve physicians from the 807th Theater Medical Command attended the Critical Care Skills Procedure Anatomy Program at the Centre of Emergency Health Sciences in Bulverde, Texas, on Jan. 11, 2025. Military physicians typically train with mannequins that simulate advanced battlefield   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Baldwin Leads Senators Demanding Answers from Trump Admin on Cuts to Partnership that Boosts American Manufacturing WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA) are demanding answers from the Trump Administration on its decision to take away funding that has long helped boost domestic manufacturing and created thousands of jobs. The Manufacturing Extension Partne  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Foreign-Trade Zones Board has received a proposal from LMFAKRO, LLC to begin production of wooden attic stair products at its facility in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, located within Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 20. The proposal, officially documented under Docket Number B-22-2025 and published in the Federal Register on April 10, 2025, outlines the company's intent to manufacture attic stairs using a combination of domestic and for  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Deborah Ross, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Congresswoman Ross Statement on Trump's Tariff Flip Flop Today, Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) released the following statement after President Trump announced a 90 day pause on his disastrous tariffs: "After implementing the largest tax hike on working Americans in history, and single-handedly imploding trillions of dollars in savings for Americans across the country, President Trump ha  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 9, 2025 U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ascendancy One LLC, Virginia Beach, Virginia (H92240-25-D-0012); Spathe Strategic Support JV LLC, Belleair, Florida (H92240-25-D-0013); Seventh Dimension LLC, Mocksville, North Carolina (H92240-25-D-0014); People, Technology and Processes LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92240-25-D-0015); and Skybridge Tactical LLC, Tampa, Florida (H92240-25-D-0016), were a  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 8, 2025: * * * Administrator Zeldin Releases Statement on POTUS' New Energy-Related EO Signed Today EPA has Already Begun Helping to Reinvigorate America's Clean Coal Industry to Help Power the Great American Comeback WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a statement today on the heels of President Trump's latest Executive Order, "Reinvigo  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finalized a rule amending Class E airspace in New Bern, North Carolina, to support new instrument flight procedures at a local medical heliport. The change, published April 10, 2025, in the Federal Register, adds controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius of CarolinaEast Medical Center Heliport. This modification is intended to accom  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Federal Trade Commission has released the following public communication dated March 24, 2025, from Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund: * * * To: Federal Trade Commission Office of the Secretary 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite CC-5610, (Annex H) Washington, DC 20580 Re: SFR Housing Study, P251200 * * * Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund (AFREF) strongly supports the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) proposed 6(b) study of large-scale sing  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Hirono, Colleagues Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately to Protect Health Care Services for Millions WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Adam Schiff (D-CA) led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X family planning funding in   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Kelly, Strickland, Harrigan, Williams announce relaunch of House Small Brewers Caucus WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Marilyn Strickland (D-WA), Pat Harrigan (R-NC), and Nikema Williams (D-GA) announced the reintroduction of the House Small Brewers Caucus in the 119th Congress. These members will serve as caucus co-chairs. "Small breweries are also small busine  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 9 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: * * * Mojave Falcon final planning conference TACOMA, Wash. -From March 14-17, 2025, the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) (ESC) participated in the Mojave Falcon Final Planning Workshop (FPW) at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington. Hosted by Maj. Gen. Diane Del Rosso of the 79th Theater Sustainment Command (TSC), the conference served as the final coordination effort before the executio  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 10 -- The North Carolina Department of Commerce issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * North Carolina's February County and Area Unemployment Figures Released Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 95 counties in February 2025, increased in four, and remained unchanged in one. Hyde County had the highest unemployment rate at 8.6 percent while Camden County had the lowest at 2.6 percent. All fifteen of the state's metro areas  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 10 -- The North Carolina State Treasurer issued the following news release on April 9, 2025: * * * Treasurer Brad Briner Returns Unclaimed Property to Shaw University Treasurer Brad Briner made his first "big check" presentation at Shaw University. Briner was able to get $59,790 back to the University as part of the state's NC Cash Program. Shaw leaders initially found the property and came to the Department of State Treasurer's Unclaimed Property Division to s  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following Insight white paper (No. IN12541) on April 8, 2025, by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion. Here are excerpts: * * * Recommendation for New U.S. Circuit and District Court Judgeships by the Judicial Conference of the United States (119th Congress) Congress determines through legislative action both the size and structure of the federal judiciary, including the number of U.S. circuit and distric  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 9 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * REMINDER: NCDEQ Division of Coastal Management to hold second public hearing on Mid-Currituck Bridge CAMA application The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's (NCDEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) will hold a public hearing on April 16 from 5-7 p.m. at the Currituck Extension Center located at 120 Community Way, Barco, to hear public commen  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Schatz, Senators Demand HHS Restore Title X Family Planning Funding Immediately To Protect Health Care Services For Millions WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i), along with U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), and Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai'i), led a group of 29 senators urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate Title X f  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * Tillis, Warnock Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Modernize Capital Tax Treatment for Life Insurers WASHINGTON, D.C. - This week, Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-GA) introduced the Secure Family Futures Act, bipartisan legislation that would repeal the outdated capital tax treatment of debt investments held by life insurers, such as bonds, and apply ordinary tax tr  more

WASHINGTON, April 8 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Murray, Sanders, Baldwin Demand Answers on Trump, RFK Jr. Ripping $12 Billion Away from Communities to Tackle Public Health Threats, Opioids Crisis, & More U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks (both D-Md.) joined Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) in a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robe  more