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LANSING, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As the defense industry grows, a new report finds that America’s competitiveness now hinges on workforce availability, risk reduction, and regional innovation corridors. A new white paper from the Washington Post Creative Group, in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), utilizes a survey with senior leaders in U.S. defense and aerospace, manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain to assess what the U.S. needs to compete global...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Thousands of Floridians living with HIV will keep the medication that keeps them alive, after the Florida Legislature today passed a state budget that reverses this year's cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP). The budget returns eligibility to 400 percent of the federal poverty level, brings back the medications the Department of Health had dropped, including Biktarvy, funds the program with $75 million, and adds independent oversight. "This is wha...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Association for Veterans Rights (NAVR) today responded to the recent district court ruling in Ford v. Veterans Guardian, warning that the decision could significantly disrupt access to lawful assistance for Veterans navigating the VA disability claims process. While the ruling addresses a threshold legal issue and is not a final determination of liability, NAVR believes the Court adopted an overly broad interpretation of federal law, creating substantia...

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ohio-made nitrile gloves by USMGC earn TSA approval, supplied through CABVI's federal contract for security officer protection....

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The wife of a worker killed in Tuesday's catastrophic chemical tank implosion at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging mill in Longview, Washington, called on state officials to demand complete transparency from the company as investigators began their work to determine what caused the disaster that has claimed at least two lives, with the death count expected to rise to at least 11. According to Mackenzie Ammons, her husband, Jared Ammons, went into work early so he could mak...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAGW named Sen. Murray and Rep. Fleischmann its May 2026 Porkers of the Month for receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in pork-barrel earmarks....

TAMPA, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cemex US and Port Tampa Bay, joined by Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, today celebrated the opening of the newly expanded Cemex Aggregate Terminal at Port Tampa Bay. The expansion, supported by a $29 million Cemex investment and a $7 million Florida Department of Transportation grant, significantly increases the terminal's capacity to receive, store and distribute the aggregates used in concrete, asphalt and construction projects across the region. The expanded terminal m...

STERLING, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JK Moving applauded the Supreme Court’s ruling that freight brokers can be held accountable under state negligence laws when hiring unsafe carriers....

VANDERHOOF, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CUPE 1632 members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action following months of uncertainty after Mayor and Council declined to ratify an agreement that had been reached at the bargaining table. “Workers believed a fair agreement had been reached through negotiations,” said Dan Middleton, President of CUPE Local 1632. “After months of delays, our members are asking the employer to honour that agreement and provide some certainty for work...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The California Association for Health Services at Home Urges the State Legislature to expand access to Private Duty Nursing and funding is critical....