WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: * * * As Trump Pushes Toward Recession, Heinrich & Lujan Demand Answers on Cuts to New Mexico Manufacturing Center WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) are demanding answers on the Administration's decision to cancel funding for ten National Institute of Standards and Technology Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Centers across the country, including in more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-25-0488) on April 16, 2025, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2025": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and increased in 1 state in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the month, hires rates decreased in 3 states and increased in 3 states. Total separations rates decreased in 7 states and increased i more PR

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for April 16, 2025 NAVY Heil Trailer International LLC, Gatesville, Texas, is awarded a $49,118,320 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for M870A2-Off-Road suspension upgrade engineering change proposal (ECP) to support the Marine Corps (USMC) medium and heavy tactical vehicles (MHTV). The contract provides for MHTV's requirement to procure, produce and integrate  more PR

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSFR) -- The Surface Transportation Board has received a verified notice of exemption from Grainbelt Corporation, a Class III rail carrier, seeking to extend the term of local trackage rights on rail infrastructure owned by BNSF Railway Company. The exemption pertains to a key section of track between milepost 668.73 in Long, Oklahoma, and milepost 723.30 in Quanah, Texas. These trackage rights, known collectively as the PCCA Trackage Rights, enable Grainbelt Corporation more PR

NORMAN, Oklahoma, April 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Tulsa District issued the following news: * * * Tulsa District emergency management team joins partners for Domestic Operations Symposium By Stacey Reese, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District Members of the Tulsa District U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency management team joined emergency response agencies from across Oklahoma for the Domestic Operations Symposium hosted by the Oklahoma National Guard at the Armed For more PR