FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: MILWAUKEE The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) on Nov. 23, 2024, in Milwaukee. Among the ceremony's attendees was the ship's sponsor, retired Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Marcia M. Anderson, who gave the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life." Anderson is the Army's first Black female reserve officer to obtain the r  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: NEW LISBON, WI Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced $400,000 to construct a new facility for the city of New Lisbon's law enforcement department. The new facility will reduce safety risks posed by the current century-old building, upgrade infrastructure, and improve efficiency. "Our local law enforcement officers work tirelessly to keep our families, friends, and neighbors safe, and I'm fig  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: By Lt. Ayifa Brooks MILWAUKEE, Wisc. -- The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Beloit (LCS 29) November 23, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. "I take great pride in representing Wisconsin's manufacturing economy and the workers who power it," said the Honorable Tammy Baldwin, U.S. Senator, State of Wisconsin. "When it comes to our ship building industry our workers   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: Gov. Tony Evers today announced that the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) received a nearly $32 million federal grant to create a program that will promote transportation improvement projects that incorporate materials that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The investment, awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration's Low-Carbon   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: * * * Newly closed Green and Resilient Retrofit Program transactions will fund crucial repairs and energy efficiency and climate resilience improvements. * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the recent closing of three Green and Resilient Retrofit Program (GRRP) transactions to help finance energy efficiency and climate resili  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Nov. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending November 16, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 213,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 2,000 from 217,000 to 219,000. The 4-week moving average was 21  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Nov. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: In fall 2020, California-based Kairos Power announced plans to build an advanced nuclear demonstration reactor within the site of the former K-25 uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge. It was a good location for the company. The decommissioned K-25, now named Heritage Center Industrial Park, came with impressive infrastructure, including ample electricity from the T  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The White House issued the following news release: On Monday, November 25, 2024, the President signed into law: H.R. 599, which designates the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3500 West 6th Street, Suite 103 in Los Angeles, California, as the Dosan Ahn Chang Ho Post Office; Thank you to Representative Gomez and the entire California delegation for their leadership. * * * H.R. 807, the "Working Dog Commemorative Coin Act," which requires the Secr  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Nov. 26 -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Nov. 25, 2024: The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced the city of Hurley is an applicant for funding through the Safe Drinking Water Loan Program to improve its public drinking water system. The project includes replacing the water mains along Second Avenue in the city of Hurley. Activities related to this project are minor actions under Chapter NR 150  more