WASHINGTON, April 8 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Department of Education releases new state-by-state numbers showing the effect of four major discharge program proposals for the 4 million borrowers who have already been approved for relief The Biden-Harris Administration today released initial details of a new set of plans that would provide student debt relief for tens of millions of borrowers across the country. The plans would bring the total   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: The average domestic air fare of $396 in the third quarter of 2014 was virtually the same as the average fare in the third quarter of 2013, adjusted for inflation (Table 1), the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. During the July to September 2014 period, passengers originating in Cincinnat  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following readout of Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke's trip to Eastern Shore, Maryland, on April 8, 2024: * * * Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division traveled to the Eastern Shore of Maryland on April 8 to continue the division's tour to engage with stakeholders in underserved communities and reaffirm the department's commitment to protecting the civil rights of all  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release on April 9, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that South Carolina has adopted the Broker-Dealer Agent Exam Validity Extension Program (AG EVEP) and the Investment Adviser Representative Exam Validity Extension Program (IAR EVEP) coordinated by the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA). Eligible individuals now have the opportu  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 10 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news release: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced that his office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (SCMFCU) has arrested Annette Bolden Coard, 54 years old, of Sumter, S.C. for one count of Exploitation of a Vulnerable Adult {43-35-0085 (D)} and one count of Financial Identity Fraud {16-13-0510(B)}. Coard was booked into the Sumter County Detention Center on April 5, 2024. A jo  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 10 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court in Chiaverini v Napoleon over a Fourth Amendment question. The brief, which was led by the State of Iowa, argues that the length-of-detention rule supersedes a charge-specific rule when determining Fourth Amendment violations by the government. Jason Chiaverini, a jewelry store owner, purchased items illegally   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Hurt American Workers While Rigging the Economy for Big Corporations and the Wealthy State-by-state analysis shows how the Republican Study Committee budget would gut job training and workforce development programs that strengthen our economy and create pathways to good jobs President Biden is building our economy from the middle out and bottom up--an economy where we in  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, April 9 -- White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on April 8, 2024, with Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre while en route to Madison, Wisconsin: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Okay. Here we go. So, from day one, President Biden vowed to fix the broken student loan system and make sure education was a ticket to the middle class, not a barrier to opportunity. Today, we are heading to Madison, Wisconsin, where the President will announce his new plans to c  more