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News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors Newsletter for 2024-03-27 ( 6 items )  
Army Corps of Engineers: President's 2025 Budget Request - $122M for Pittsburgh District (10)
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reports that the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget request includes more than $122 million in federal funding for the district's civil works program. The request is part of $7.2 billion in gross discretionary funding for the corps' worldwide civil works program. The proposed appropriation for the Pittsburgh District wi more PR

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Bank Capital Ratios Increased Before Basel III Rules Came Into Force (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Following the Global Financial Crisis, US banks on average increased their capital ratios well before Basel III reforms required them to do so, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. Larger and better-capitalized banks typically increased their capital ratios before smaller and less-well-capitalized banks, but on average banks of all si more PR

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Ohio's GDP Growth Weaker Since Late 2021, Partly From Declines in Manufacturing, Financial Activities (10)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Ohio's economic growth was about average through the first two years of the pandemic, but after that its growth has been "noticeably weaker," according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. The state's GDP grew by about half a percent between the fourth quarter of 2021 and the third quarter of 2023, ranking 45th out of all states. What changed  more PR

IDAHO A.G. LABRADOR: IDAHO STANDS WITH KANSAS AND ARKANSAS AGAINST PROPOSED EPA RULE IMPACTING MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY (10)
BOISE, Idaho, March 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador issued a statement condemning the proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the liquid waste produced by meat and poultry processing plants in the United States. The Idaho Attorney General joins other states in expressing concern over the unnecessary and detrimental nature of this proposed regulation. "This propos more PR

ORNL, University of Kentucky focus on clean energy in Appalachia (10)
OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory hosted the second annual Appalachian Carbon Forum in Lexington March 7-8, 2024, where ORNL and University of Kentucky's Center for Applied Energy Research scientists led discussions with representatives from industry, government and academia to discuss ways to transition to clean energy. Launched by ORNL in 2 more PR

W.Va. Gov. Justice Announces State's Biggest Gold Rush Giveaway (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, March 27 -- Gov. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the West Virginia Gold Rush will be bigger and better than ever this year and include five times the number of chances to win prizes when the popular trout stocking event returns for its seventh year on April 1. "As a lifelong angler, there's nothing that brings me more joy than to announce the return of this incredible event. The  more PR