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Federal Tipoffs Involving Louisiana Newsletter for 2024-11-03 ( 9 items )  
Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital Celebrates Newest Expert Field Medical Badge Recipients (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Army Medicine issued the following news: By Jean Graves FORT JOHNSON, La. -- Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital welcomes home two of the U.S. Army's newest Expert Field Medical Badge holders to the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Johnson, Louisiana. Second Lt. Isella Wallace, chief of the patient administration division, and Spc. Jacob Babcanec, a physical therapy specialist, at BJACH both earned the coveted award during the EFMB lanes Oct. 22 more PR

CFTC Charges two Louisiana-Based Companies and Cofounder with Multi-Million Dollar Forex Fraud, Failing to Register (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana against ,, Louisiana limited liability companies, and the founder of both, . The complaint alleges the defendants operated a commodity pool scheme in which they fraudulently solicited and accepted at least $7.6 million from at least 40 i more PR

EPA Issues Nearly $1.5M in Penalties to Three Facilities in Louisiana Parishes (10)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Facilities inspected as part of Pollution Accountability Team enforcement effort following EPA Administrator Regan's Journey to Justice tour of Parishes * * * DALLAS, TEXAS (Oct. 31, 2024) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled cases of alleged Clean Air Act violations at three facilities in Southern Louisiana as part of the agency's focus on achieving results in communities w more PR

EPA: Biden-Harris Administration Announces $2,999,889 of Clean Ports Investments for Louisiana as Part of Investing America Agenda (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice * * * DALLAS, TEXAS (October 29, 2024) -- As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the  more PR

FCC Wireline Competition Bureau Issues Public Notice: Copper Retirement Network Change Notification Filed By AT&T Louisiana (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-493): * * * Re: Copper Retirement Network Change Certification Received BellSouth Telecommunications, LLC d/b/a AT&T Louisiana (AT&T), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) involving the retirement of copper has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required more PR

Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Awards $78.9 Million for Affordable Housing (10)
DALLAS, Texas, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Funding Will Create or Rehabilitate 3,571 Housing Units * * * DALLAS, TEXAS, October 29, 2024 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) is pleased to announce that it has awarded $78.9 million in Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grants to 41 projects in its five-state District of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Me more PR

FEMA Registration Deadline is Approaching Quickly for Hurricane Francine Survivors (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -Louisiana residents with damage from Hurricane Francine have just a few weeks remaining to apply for disaster assistance. Nov. 16 is the registration deadline for survivors in Ascension, Assumption, Lafourche, Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist, St. Mary and Terrebonne parishes. Survivors with a loss or damage should apply more PR

ICE Houston removes Guatemalan fugitive wanted for robbery (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HOUSTON U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Guatemala and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Marcos Rafael-Medrano, a 29-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States Oct. 28. Rafael-Medrano is wanted in Guatemala f more PR

Revised Preliminary Flood Maps for Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, Ready for Public View (10)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: DENTON, Texas Revised Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) are available for review by residents and business owners in all communities and incorporated areas of Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. Property owners are encouraged to review the latest information to learn about local flood risks and potential future flood insurance requirements. Community resid more PR