Economic News
Oct 3, 2025
As Democrats hold the government hostage over their push to fund free healthcare for illegal aliens, the Council of Economic Advisers warns the U.S. could lose $15 billion in GDP each week the government is shut down — a crisis…
Oct 1, 2025
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC or Commission) is closed effective October 1, 2025, as part of the federal government’s shutdown due to a lapse in appropriations. The Commission will resume normal operations when appropriations legislation is enacted, and the federal…
Sep 29, 2025
The Department of the Interior announced the opening of 13.1 million acres of federal land for coal leasing, tripling the benchmarks set by the landmark One Big Beautiful Bill Act and delivering on President Donald J. Trump’s directive to restore…
Sep 26, 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide $480 million to make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous and strengthen global food security through its two premier international food assistance programs, McGovern-Dole and Food for Progress. These programs rely on and…
Aug 18, 2025
Lebanon, TN – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins alongside Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Senator Marsha Blackburn, Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative John Rose, and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden, announced USDA will no longer fund…
Aug 11, 2025
“Today’s CPI report revealed that inflation beat market expectations once again and remains stable, underscoring President Trump’s commitment to lower costs for American families and businesses. The Panicans continue to be proven wrong by the data – President Trump’s tariffs…
Jul 27, 2025
MONTGOMERY — Governor Kay Ivey, on Monday following a speech to the Economic Development Association of Alabama, announced that more than $25.9 million in Growing Alabama funding has been allocated to support economic development projects across 15 communities in Alabama,…
Jul 20, 2025
The Small Shipyard Grant Program selected 17 recipients across 12 states to modernize infrastructure, enhance training, & expand apprenticeship programs WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the Maritime Administration (MARAD) awarded $8.75 million in grants…
Jul 16, 2025
Transaction Will Export Aircraft, Support More Than 1,400 Jobs Washington, DC – The Export-Import Bank of the United States’ (EXIM) Board of Directors today approved a transaction to export Boeing aircraft and spare propulsion equipment to Angola. The final commitment…
Jul 9, 2025
Clarksdale, Miss. – The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) recently awarded approximately $7 million toward 25 workforce development projects supporting economic development and prosperity throughout the lower Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt regions. Funded through the Delta Workforce Grant…
Jul 8, 2025
BILLINGS, Mont. – The Bureau of Land Management Montana-Dakotas State Office today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for Sep. 10, 2025, to offer 26 oil and gas parcels totaling 8,355 acres in Montana and North Dakota. The…
Jul 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management generated nearly $34 million in total receipts from energy and timber sales held in the second quarter of 2025 – in line with policies championed under the Trump administration. These revenues reflect…