LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after today's ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative v. Thurston affirming a lower court ruling that the voting machines used in Arkansas elections comply with state law: "This is a win for the voters and taxpayers of Arkansas as the State Supreme Court affirms what we've   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news on April 4, 2024: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - At first glance, sending an Army Chaplain to the U.S. Army War College may seem counter-intuitive. After all, Chaplains are often viewed as purveyors of peace; men (and women) of the cloth who are restricted from carrying a weapon, even in a warzone. But for Chap. (Lt. Col.) Raymond Leach, pairing decades of service in the Chaplaincy with hi  more

NEW YORK, April 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA announces eight selections under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund's National Clean Investment Fund and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator through President Biden's Investing in America agenda * * * Today, April 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its selections for $20 billion in grant awards under two competitions within the historic $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Redu  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Cavco Industries Inc. faces $272K in fines, program focused on high injury rate employers * * * An Austin subsidiary of one of the nation's largest producers of modular and manufactured homes faces $272,479 in penalties after federal investigators found the company exposing employees to more than two dozen serious violations during an October 2023 insp  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate issued the following feature article on April 4, 2024: * * * New rugged buoy technologies equipped with Automatic Identification Systems aim to help the U.S. Coast Guard mark and track objects in the water. * * * Recent years have seen an uptick in the use of geo-tracking technology, which has become so widespread and affordable that we are able to attach small trackers to car keys or luggage t  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news on April 4, 2024: SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - The 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) Staff Judge Advocate office hopes to demystify what Judge Advocate Generals (JAGs) do by offering a legal conversation and training with downtrace unit leadership and staff members during their monthly "Ask a JAG" program. "I want to make JAGs more accessible to lower level commanders. We are a leader asset, not a  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 5 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is now accepting a second round of applications as part of the $3 million, 5-year Underserved Farmer to Farmer grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico division. The DNR will continue to distribute the remaining funds from the $3 million EPA grant to eligible applicants across the state over the remaining three years of the gra  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 5 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein sued Mariner Finance for widespread violations of multiple consumer protection laws, including allegedly charging North Carolinians for hidden add-on products that they either didn't know about or didn't agree to buy. In 2019 alone, Mariner charged consumers $121.7 million nationwide in premiums and fees for add-on products, not including all of the addit  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 5 -- The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Director of Child Development and Early Education, Ariel Ford will participate in two upcoming child care forums in North Carolina. The events seek to raise awareness to the child care crisis in the state and the need for more child care opportunities in North Carolina which support children's healthy develop  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: A large-scale methamphetamine trafficker was sentenced to 192 months in prison today, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Jeffrey Scott Ohmer, 34, of Morganton, N.C. was also ordered to serve 5 years under court supervision after he is released from prison. Ohmer's girlfriend and co-defe  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 5 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: First Lieutenants Hart and Holden Holt, identical twins from Princeton, North Carolina, are poised to make significant contributions to the Air Force following their recent graduation from the Air Force Institute of Technology's Graduate School of Engineering and Management. The brothers, who pursued master's degrees in Acquisition and Program Management, embody a blend of dedication, intellectua  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai last month visited North Carolina to tour manufacturing facilities such as TW Garner Food Company, the Marsh Furniture Company, and textile manufacturer Glen Raven. Ambassador Tai also participated in a fireside chat hosted by Forsyth Tech Community College on trade in North Carolina and how the Biden-Harris trade agenda is deliv  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 4, 2024: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy During his State of the Union Address, President Biden made clear that he will always stand up for America's seniors and stand in the way of any Congressional Republicans who try to cut Social Security and Medicare. He laid out his vision for a future where we make   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 3, 2024: * * * House Republicans Propose Severely Undermining Fight Against Opioid Crisis in Latest Extreme Budget Proposal The Republican Study Committee, which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and about 80% of their members, released a budget that would severely cut critical funding for states to respond to the overdose epidemic. More Americans between the ages of 18 and 49 die from opio  more

WASHINGTON, April 4 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Vice President Kamala Harris and EPA Administrator Michael Regan will announce selections for $20 billion in awards to stand up a national financing network that will fund tens of thousands of climate and clean energy projects across the country, especially in low-income and disadvantaged communities, as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. This investment is part of the Environme  more