Creates five regional positions for the department. President Joe Biden announced the creation of five new leadership positions within the Department of Agriculture (USDA) last week. Three State…
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Treasury Announces Broadband State Awards
COVID-19 aid program finally kicks into gear. The Department of the Treasury announced the launch of the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund on Tuesday, a program created to improve…
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Lifting of Title 42 Blocked by Federal Judge
Program would have ended May 23. A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Biden’s administration from ending the Title 42 public health order on May 23. Judge…
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West and Midwest at Risk of Summer Blackouts
Insufficient operating reserves for peak demands. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), is warning that electricity customers across the nation face a heightened risk of power outages…
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Interior Distributes $252 Million to Oil State Coastal Restorations
Annual funding distributed through oil revenue-sharing model. The Department of the Interior recently distributed $252 million to Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas for coastal conservation projects. These four…
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Action filed by Missouri, Louisiana, and Arizona. A U.S. District Court in Louisiana has granted a temporary restraining order blocking the Biden administration from lifting Title 42. President Trump’s…
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State Governments Sue to Retain Border Health Directive
President’s administration plans to end Title 42 in late May. The attorneys general of Arizona, Louisiana, and Missouri have filed suit against President Biden’s administration challenging the plan…
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HUD Awards Additional Relief to Louisiana
Region hit hard by 2020 hurricanes still recovering. Last week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development announced assistance of $5.3 million to Lake Charles, Louisiana as the city…
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Tropical Storm Nicholas Hits Gulf Coast
It is the 14th named storm so far this season. Over 400,000 residents in the Houston area were without power early Tuesday morning after Nicholas made landfall as…
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DOE Taps Petroleum Reserve after Hurricane Ida
Baton Rouge refinery essential to U.S. oil infrastructure. On Friday, the Department of Energy authorized a second exchange of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to the…
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