ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor drew inspiration from a federal judge blocking a federal rule yesterday that tried to coerce state highway departments to measure and reduce CO2 emissions on roadways. The 21-state coalition led by Kentucky challenged the Federal Highway Administration's rule in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. "This rule is mo  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, April 3 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Central Command and the Royal Jordanian Air Force conducted a combined humanitarian assistance airdrop into Northern Gaza on April 3, 2024, at 1:06 p.m. (Gaza time) to provide essential relief to civilians in Gaza affected by the ongoing conflict. The combined joint operation included Jordanian provided food and three U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft. The U.S. C-130s dropped   more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.   more

JACKSONVILLE, Florida, April 4 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Jacksonville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District announces a virtual public Project Delivery Team (PDT) for the CEPP Operational Plan on Friday, April 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The purpose of this Project Delivery Team Meeting is to provide our partners, stakeholders and the public an update on work performed since the last PDT meeting and obtain PDT input pr  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 4 -- The Colorado Senate Democrats issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, the Senate approved Senators Sonya Jaquez Lewis, D-Longmont, and Chris Kolker's, D-Centennial, bill to protect communities from gun violence and create safer public spaces by prohibiting the carrying of firearms in certain locations. SB24-131 would restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations where children and families may be present. The bill would prohibit carrying  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: The Chief of Staff of the Army announces the following officer assignments: Maj. Gen. Kimberly M. Colloton, deputy commanding general for Military and International Operations, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., to deputy chief of engineers, Office of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army; and deputy commanding general, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. Maj. Gen. Lance G. Curtis, dep  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: The 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group will conduct boat operations in the Gulf of Mexico April 9-11. Each day, fighter aircraft will release munitions between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. approximately 11.5 nautical miles south of Destin over the Gulf of Mexico. The test will be conducted within a cleared range safety area, which includes boat surveillance in the gulf. Notices to mariners will be issued prior  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Capt. Lindsey Brewer and Samuel King Jr. The 96th Test Wing and 53rd Wing welcomed the first three F-16 Fighting Falcons ready to take part in the Viper Experimentation and Next-gen Operations Model - Autonomy Flying Testbed program. VENOM-AFT is designed and funded to accelerate testing of autonomy software on crewed and uncrewed aircraft. VENOM-AFT complements the autonomy data and artificial intelligence exper  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following financial and federal single audit (No. 2024-189) on March 29, 2024, involving Bay County District School Board. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Bay County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial reporting standards. SUMMARY OF REP  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following financial and federal single audit (No. 2024-191) on March 29, 2024, involving Glades County District School Board. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the Glades County District School Board (District) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial reporting standards. SUMMARY   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following financial audit (No. 2024-190) on March 29, 2024, involving the College of Central Florida. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of the College of Central Florida (a component unit of the State of Florida) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with prescribed financial reporting stan  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 3 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following financial audit (No. 2024-188) on March 29, 2024, involving the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY OF REPORT ON THE AUDIT OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Our audit disclosed that the basic financial statements of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (a component unit of the State of Florida) were presented fairly, in all material respects, in accordance with  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 4 -- Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis announced that more than $33 million in unclaimed property was returned to Floridians during the month of March. Since CFO Patronis took office in 2017, nearly $2.4 billion in unclaimed property has been returned to Florida citizens. CFO Jimmy Patronis said, "I'm so proud of the hard work of Florida's unclaimed p  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 4 -- The Florida Department of Transportation issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Governor DeSantis was joined by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to announce expedited construction timelines for several "Moving Florida Forward" infrastructure projects, including the widening of I-4 in Osceola and Polk counties and the Poinciana Parkway Connector Project in Osceola County. Thanks to Governor DeSantis' priorities, these projects a  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release: Timothy S. Gilbert, 54, of Milton, Florida, was sentenced to three years in federal prison after having previously pled guilty to twenty-two counts of wire fraud, ten counts of money laundering, and four counts of tax evasion. Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida announced the sentence. "Abuse of trust, embezzlement, and t  more

PENSACOLA, Florida, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Jason R. Coody, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced today the sentences of six defendants who were indicted in multiple cases and convicted for their participation in a drug trafficking ring previously active in Escambia County, Florida. The prosecutions were the result of a large-scale multi-agency investigati  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 4 -- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Following confirmation of Florida's first known case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in June 2023, The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) are hosting the following public meeting in Bonifay: Thursday, April 11 6-8 p.m. (CDT) Bonifay K-8 School Auditorium 140 Blue De  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, April 4 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced the appointment and re-appointment of the following 32 Georgians to various state boards, authorities, and commissions. * * * State Board of Pardons and Paroles Wayne Bennett served as the Sheriff of Glynn County from 1992 until his retirement in 2012. During his time in office, Bennett was confirmed by the U.S. Federal Court and Superior Cour  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, April 4 -- The city of West Palm Beach issued the following news on April 3, 2024: The Housing Leadership Council of Palm Beach County announced today that its 2nd Annual Housing Heroes Luncheon will take place on May 8, 2024, at the Kravis Center Cohen Pavilion at 701 Okeechobee Blvd. in West Palm Beach. Its inaugural event drew more than 350 attendees. This year, West Palm Beach Mayor Keith A. James will receive the organization's distinguished Housing Heroes Award.  more

BOISE, Idaho, April 4 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Two teams of Idaho State Police (ISP) troopers headed out today on a three-week deployment to help the State of Texas secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The send-off for ISP took place this morning in front of the Idaho Capitol after Governor Brad Little took the troopers to breakfast at locally owned Moon's Cafe in Boise. Governor Little announced the three-week mission during his State of the  more

WASHINGTON, April 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Yuendry Rodriguez Hilario, 29, of Cleveland, was sentenced to 13 years and four months in prison for conspiring to traffic firearms, possessing firearms in furtherance of drug trafficking, and money laundering. A co-conspirator, Saleh Yusuf Saleh, 24, also of Cleveland, was sentenced on Nov. 30, 2023, to five years and eight months in prison. Rodriguez Hilario and Saleh were arrested in Cleveland on March 2  more

NEW YORK, April 3 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that MICHAEL SHVARTSMAN and GERALD SHVARTSMAN each pled guilty to one count of securities fraud, both in connection with their participation in an insider trading scheme surrounding the merger of Digital World Acquisition Corporation ("DWAC") with Trump Media & Technology G  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, April 4 -- The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (OIR) issued an update on Florida's property and casualty insurance market. Following historic legislative reforms designed to promote market stability, eight property and casualty insurers were approved to enter Florida's insurance market. Ovation Home Insurance Exchange, the most recent approval, joins Manatee Insuran  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In one of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's many efforts to push back against the Biden Administration's ceaseless attacks on the oil and gas industry, a federal judge on Monday blocked a highway emissions rule that sought to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general had joined Kentucky in challenging a Federal Highway Admi  more

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Kisha Foster Johnson, 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office The Professional Development Center at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, launched the inaugural Air Force's Foundations Courses. Last week, March 25-29, a mobile training team from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. facilitated three foundations courses: Junior Enlisted Foundation Course 300, Non-commissioned Officers Foundation Cour  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pending Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory proposal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5-Year Review. The State of Indiana led the letter, urging the   more