WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: DICKENSON COUNTY, Va. -- As part of the Biden-Harris administration's Investing in Rural America event series, Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis traveled to Virginia this week to highlight how investments from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are creating jobs, revitalizing local economies and cleaning up toxic abandoned mine land sites. Since Day One, the Biden- more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From September 2022 to September 2023, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 states and was essentially unchanged in 14 states and the District of Columbia. Three states had increases of at least 3.0 percent: Nevada (+3.4 percent), Texas (+3.2 percent), and Idaho (+3.0 percent). * * * Chart: Change in nonfarm employment by state, September 20 more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a new analysis on state Community Reinvestment Act laws, highlighting how states ensure financial institutions' lending, services, and investment activities meet the credit needs of their communities. The report examined the laws of seven states (Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Washingt more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- Space Base Delta I issued the following news release: By Nancy Benecki, Defense Logistics Agency Leaders from the Defense Logistics Agency, its Nuclear and Space Enterprise Support Office and the Space Force discussed how they can work together to help the new service grow its approach to logistics during their first meeting Oct. 24 at DLA's headquarters. Mary Stevenson, the Space Force deputy director for mission sustainment, said she's worked with DLA throu more PR

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news release: The Department of Defense (DoD) recognizing the importance of stakeholder participation in the decision-making process for environmental restoration programs, and in accordance with 10 USC 2705 and DoD/Army policy, is inviting community involvement with a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) at U.S. Army Garrison Fort Belvoir. The mission of the restoration program at Fort Belvoir is to ensure the sus more PR

QUANTICO, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Since childhood, Jack Lowe always envisioned a future serving in the military. Jack's great grandfather was a pilot in the Marine Corps. His grandfather served in the Navy during the Vietnam War. Both of his parents served in the Marine Corps. So naturally, Jack planned to join the United States Marine Corps upon gradua more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following remarks on Nov. 2, 2023, by Board Member Rodney E. Hood at the 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion summit: * * * I'm delighted to be here today, and I'm particularly excited by the level of participation at this year's summit. When we hosted the first NCUA DEI Summit here in 2019, it was a one-day event. And while that was one of the things we launched under my chairmanship, of which I'm proudest, a more PR

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Nov. 3 -- The National Credit Union Administration issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: * * * NCUA's Commitment to DEI Showcased at Annual Summit * * * At the National Credit Union Administration's 2023 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Summit, Board Member Rodney E. Hood celebrated the significant evolution of the event and the ongoing commitment of the credit union community to DEI principles. "From its humble beginnings as a one-day event in 2019, the N more PR

ACCRA, Ghana, Nov. 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Embassy in Ghana issued the following news release on Nov. 2, 2023: On October 27, U.S. Ambassador to Ghana Virginia Palmer, joined Ghana's Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Dr. Freda Prempeh, for the launch of the U.S. Global Water Strategy High Priority Country Plan for Ghana. The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), plans to invest approximately $100 million in Ghana's water, sanitation, an more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release: A Bloods gang member was sentenced today to 507 months in prison for conspiracy to interfere with commerce by means of robbery, seven counts of interference and attempted interference with commerce by means of robbery, three counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and one count of discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. According more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release: Jason Todd Weaver, 50, of Mount Hope, pleaded guilty today to embezzlement of funds by an officer of a labor organization. According to court documents and statements made in court, on October 29, 2021, Weaver used his position as secretary/treasurer of Local Union 1509 of the American Postal Workers Union to write out a check for $352.62 to himself  more PR

BECKLEY, West Virginia, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release: Harland Lee Todd, 34, of Mount Hope, pleaded guilty today to possession with the intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine. According to court documents and statements made in court, on June 2, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at Todd's residence and seized 163 grams of cocaine, a Glock Model 30 .45-caliber pistol, a Mossberg more PR

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Nov. 2 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Will Thompson, issued the following news release: Jeremy Rayshad Walker, 35, of Charleston, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute cocaine. Walker admitted to his role in a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated in the Charleston area. According to court documents and statements made in court, between January and March 2023 Walker obtained cocaine from several individuals tha more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 -- The White House issued the following news release on Nov. 1, 2023: * * * NOMINATION SENT TO THE SENATE: * Kurt Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State, vice Wendy Ruth Sherman, resigned. WITHDRAWAL SENT TO THE SENATE: * Laura Daniel-Davis, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, vice Joseph Balash, resigned, which was sent to the Senate on January 23, 2023. * * * Original text here: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing more PR