WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: * * * A statement from the U.S. Department of Energy. Over the past several months, the Department of Energy (DOE) has received questions regarding the status of various applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) to non-Free Trade Agreement (FTA) countries and recently, in particular, about the status of the Venture Global CP2 LNG, LLC   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on Dec. 10, 2024: The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced today funding for nine projects that demonstrate promising local arts and cultural approaches for addressing social connection, belonging, and mental health through the arts. Each organization will receive a non-matching grant of $150,000 for their project, totaling $1.35 million in allocated funding, and will participate in opportuni  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 -- The National Labor Relations Board issued the following weekly case summary for Nov. 25-29, 2024: * * * Summarized Board Decisions United States Postal Service (06-CA-277831; 373 NLRB No. 138) (https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4583ea8a9a) Pittsburgh, PA, November 27, 2024. The Board (Members Prouty and Wilcox; Member Kaplan, dissenting), affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's remedy ordering the Respondent to compensate an employee for any direct or fore  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Two men from Texas and Louisiana were sentenced today on felony and misdemeanor charges, including assaulting law enforcement, during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Their actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Daniel Page Ad  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Improve Access to a Clean, Reliable Electric Grid and Safe Drinking Water for Millions in Rural and Tribal Communities U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is investing $6.3 billion in rural and Tribal communities across 44 states to expand access to a clean and reliable electric grid, provide safe drinking water and create good-paying jobs.  more