State & Local News

WILLITS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Surface Transportation Board yesterday denied a request to remove the 40-mile Fort Bragg–Willits rail corridor from the national rail network, preserving the line for continued freight and passenger use. The unanimous decision confirms that the corridor remains part of the interstate rail system and recognizes its potential for present and future rail service. “This corridor remains a vital public asset for Mendocino County,” said Robert Jason Pinoli, Presi...

HALIFAX, NS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 3912 is pleased to announce that part-time faculty in the Architecture Department at Dalhousie University (Dal) are officially members of our Local as of January 14, 2026, retroactive to November 2025. Architecture was one of only four departments at Dalhousie previously exempted from the part-time faculty collective agreement. With this change, only part-time faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Law remain o...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, President of CUPE Nova Scotia Alan Linkletter sent a letter to Premier Houston calling on this conservative government to stop ignoring the hardworking long term care workers of this province and offer them a fair deal instead of lining the pockets of private companies. “Since Houston entered office, we have been overrun with examples of his government offering up millions of dollars in contracts to private companies instead of using that same money...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Merlin Labs, Inc. (Merlin), an aerospace and defense technology company building the operating system of record for autonomous flight, will host an Investor & Analyst Webinar on March 3, 2026 at 1:00pm ET. The webinar will include a formal presentation and Q&A session with the management team of Merlin. Merlin previously announced that it had entered into a Business Combination Agreement with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp. IV (Nasdaq: BACQ) on August 13, 202...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CAGW named Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) its February 2026 Porker of the Month for instigating massive tax increases on Virginians....

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release dated Nov. 19, 2025 with the following corrected version to update the contact phone number to (512) 537-1070. The updated release reads: FREOPP TO HONOR CONGRESSWOMAN VIRGINIA FOXX WITH THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS AWARD AT FREEDOM AND PROGRESS CONFERENCE The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) is proud to announce that Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) will receive the Frederick Douglass Award, the organization’s highest hon...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release dated Nov. 17, 2025 with the following corrected version to update the contact phone number to (512) 537-1070. The updated release reads: GOVERNOR TATE REEVES OF MISSISSIPPI TO RECEIVE FREOPP’S HIGHEST HONOR, THE FREDERICK DOUGLASS AWARD, AT FREEDOM AND PROGRESS 2025 CONFERENCE WASHINGTON, D.C. The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) announced today that Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves will receive the Frederick Douglass...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babel Street, a global leader in mission-grade risk intelligence, today announced it has been awarded a contract by the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to provide advanced preparedness solutions and related services to eligible Texas state and local government agencies. Through this DIR contract, Texas agencies now have streamlined access to Babel Street’s AI-driven intelligence capabilities. The always-on platform continuously enhances situational a...

CHANTILLY, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amentum (NYSE: AMTM), a global leader in advanced engineering and technology solutions, will open a new worldwide headquarters in Reston, Virginia in early 2027. The company has signed a 45,000-square-foot lease at 1900 Reston Metro Plaza located in the heart of Reston Station’s Metro Plaza District. The LEED-Gold certified building designed by world-renowned architect Helmut Jahn, is a sixteen-story office tower with immediate access to Metro’s Silver Line with...

ATLANTA & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Euna Solutions®, a leading provider of purpose-built, cloud-based solutions for the public sector, today announced it has been selected to the 2026 GovTech 100, a curation of the top 100 companies in GovTech serving the U.S. public sector released each year by Government Technology magazine. “This recognition belongs to our customers,” said Tom Amburgey, CEO of Euna Solutions. “Government teams are the ones carrying the day-to-day responsibility, making tough...