SAN ANGELO, Texas, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Goodfellow Air Force Base (17th Training Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Evelyn D'Errico, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs 17th Training Wing leadership, including commanders, senior enlisted leaders and agency chiefs from across the wing, convened for a strategic planning offsite in the Houston Harte University Center at Angelo State University April 16-19. The 17th Training Wing comprises the 17th Training Group, 517th   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Mila Cisneros, AFIMSC Public Affairs Construction on a new child development center broke ground April 19 at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, thanks to the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center's continuous focus on quality-of-life infrastructure. The $49 million project is part of the Department of the Air Force's larger, mul  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Hope Enterprise Corporation in Arkansas has been selected to rece  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is announcing $148 million in grants to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the first round of a new $400 million program to improve air quality and reduce pollution for truck drivers, port workers and families that live in communities surrounding ports. The Reduction of Truck Emissions at Port Facili  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Biden-Harris Administration Announces Nearly $150 Million in Grants to Help Reduce Truck Air Pollution Near America's Ports The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration is announcing $148 million in grants to 11 states and Puerto Rico under the first round of a new $400 million program to improve air quality and reduce pollution for truck drivers, port workers and families  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources has been selected to re  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the New Mexico Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources Department has be  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: * * * EPA announces selectees under Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund grant competition to deliver solar to low-income and disadvantaged households through the President's Investing in America agenda * * * As the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the Texas Solar For All Coalition will receive $249.7 million and the  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: McALLEN, Texas, April 24, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Xochitl Torres Small today announced that USDA is partnering with rural cooperatives, local organizations and Tribes to support high-speed internet deployment in 11 states. USDA is awarding $5.2 million in cooperative agreements through the Broadband Technical Assistance Program, which is funded through President B  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Shawn Brown, an inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, was sentenced in federal court today to 30 months in prison for bribing a state corrections officer to smuggle contraband into prison, including dental molds and an expensive bejeweled "grill" for the inmate's mouth. A separate consecutive sentence of 48 months was also applied for Brown  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: * * * When Finalized, Loan Will Support New Manufacturing of EV Production Technology at Texas Plant--Creating More Than 1,300 Good-Paying Jobs and Supporting President Biden's Efforts to Build a Clean Transportation Future * * * As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) through its Loan Programs Office (LPO) today announced the closing of a $362 million loan t  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: STERLING, Va. - A Manchester, England-bound woman is facing felony drug charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found nearly 43 pounds of marijuana in her luggage at Washington Dulles International Airport on Thursday. CBP officers intercepted 43 pounds of marijuana that they discovered in a U.K.-bound traveler's luggage. Metropolitan Washington  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news release: Student engineering teams from Princeton, Washington College and the University of Alabama have won first place in their respective events at the "Promoting Electric Propulsion" (PEP) boat races, sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the American Society of Naval Engineers (ASNE). In just six years, this electric boat-building competition has grown from a single university to 34, with more than 200 students   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: HARTFORD, Conn. -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present Ecuadoran national who was convicted of second degree assault and indecent assault of a child in Connecticut. Deportation officers from ERO Boston's Hartford field office apprehended the 27-year-old Ecuadoran native in Hartford April 17. Local authorities had pre  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following forfeiture order (FRN No. 0032494429) on April 23, 2024: * * * In the Matter of CASTELLI MEDIA, LLC, Application for License to Cover for Low Power Television Station, K35PH-D, College Station, Texas FORFEITURE ORDER By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfeiture Order, we issue a monetary forfeiture in the amount of three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,50  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 24 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following member bulletin (No. 2024-12) on April 23, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (Bank) will launch a new pilot program to provide grants to federally recognized tribes and Tribally Designated Housing Entities (TDHEs) to support the housing needs of tribes and tribal organizations. Through the Native American Housing Opportunities (NAHO) Fund, the Bank  more

MIAMI, Florida, April 25 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Markenzy Lapointe, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: An indictment was unsealed today in the Southern District of Florida charging three men for their alleged roles in an approximately $36 million health care fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering scheme that involved submitting false and fraudulent claims for COVID-19 testing to health care benefit programs, including Medicare and the Health  more

SAN ANGELO, Texas, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Airman James Salellas, 17th Training Wing Public Affairs The San Angelo Stock Show & Rodeo Association honored Goodfellow Air Force Base military members and personnel at the annual Military Appreciation Night to show their support towards military members for protecting the rights and freedoms of the nation at Foster Communications Coliseum San Angelo, Texas, April 17. The eveni  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration issued the following remarks on April 23, 2024, by Under Secretary Marisa Lago at the 2024 U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Legislative Summit: * * * As Prepared Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be here with you Thank you very much, Nelson, for your kind introduction, and for inviting me here today. Thanks also to Ramiro Cavazos, Anthony Hinojosa, Santiago Salas Oliva -- and the entire team -- for  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 3:21-cv-01669-JO-MSB; S.D. Cal. filed Sept. 23, 2021) involving Choice Advisors, LLC and Matthias O'Meara: * * * Federal Court Grants SEC Summary Judgment Over Claims That Municipal Advisor Breached Fiduciary Duties Owed to Its School Clients and Entered into Prohibited Fee-Splitting Arrangement * * * On April 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California gr  more

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force McChord Air Force Base (62nd Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kylee Tyus, 62d Airlift Wing Public Affairs Team McChord's Olympic Dining Facility has launched a series of specialty meals to redefine Joint Base Lewis-McChord dining standards. According to Olympic Dining Facility representatives, the specialty meals are inspired by feedback from their patrons. These meals are created to provide more   more

BETHESDA, Maryland, April 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: On Feb. 29, 2024 -- the rarest day of the year -- patients, clinicians, researchers, drug developers and advocates traveled to the NIH main campus or tuned in to NIH VideoCast (https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=52569) for Rare Disease Day (RDD) at NIH. More than 2,000 people attended RDD at NIH. Co-spon  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 25 -- The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality today approved penalties totaling $293,103 against 15 regulated entities for violations of state environmental regulations. Agreed orders were issued for the following enforcement categories: six municipal wastewater discharges, one petroleum storage tank, three public water systems, and two water quality. Default orders we  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 24 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed for emergency relief with the Supreme Court of Texas ("SCOTX") to block Harris County's "guaranteed income" program that violates State law. Previously, the Office of the Attorney General ("OAG") sought a temporary injunction against the unlawful handout program. After a lower court denied Texas's request for emergency relief, the OAG immediately filed an e  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 24 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton secured a temporary administrative stay from the Supreme Court of Texas ("SCOTX") ordering Harris County not to distribute any public money through its unlawful "guaranteed income" program for an interim period. Attorney General Paxton sued (https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-paxton-sues-harris-county-over-illegal-guaranteed-inco  more

EL PASO, Texas, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: An El Paso man was sentenced today to 262 months in prison for kidnapping resulting in death. According to court documents, Armando Leonardo Moreno aka Cholo, 21, served as a soldier in a transnational criminal organization (TCO) and conspired with other TCO members on or around Sept. 13, 2021, to kidnap a subject from an El Paso stash house. The kidnappers drove the  more

HOUSTON, Texas, April 25 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A Houston attorney and his former office manager are charged in federal court for conspiracy to commit mail fraud, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Houston residents Clyde J. Moore, 62, and Mark A. Broussard, 63, made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge Yvonne Ho at 2 p.m. A federal grand jury returned the two-count indictment April 17  more

ALPINE, Texas, April 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in Alpine to 120 months in prison for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and methamphetamine. According to court documents, Marcos Kenedy Ledezma Campos, 35, attempted to enter the Presidio Port of Entry when, during inspection, agents extracted 69 bundles from the gas tank of his vehicle. Further analysis  more

MORON AIR BASE, Spain, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Holly Cook, 7th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The Striker Women of Team Dyess currently assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron collaborated with their fellow female Striker Staff Sgt. Holly Cook, Public Affairs Media Relations NCOIC, in creating these graphics to showcase the importance of women in the military and how they contribute to the Bomber Task Force 24-2 mission at  more

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany, April 25 -- The U.S. Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa issued the following news: By 1st Lt. Cameron Silver, USAFE-AFAFRICA Public Affairs U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, returned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, as they concluded Bomber Task Force 24-2 at Moron Air Force Base, Spain, April 23. During their mission home, the bombers integrated with Typhoons from the United Kingdom. They conducted escort training with  more

SPRINGVILLE, Alabama, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on April 23, 2024: The Department of the Interior today announced more than $70 million from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for 43 projects in 29 states that will improve fish passage around outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers fragmenting the nation's rivers and streams. Projects receiving funding showcase a diverse po  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: Recent acquisitions by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have added more than 9,000 acres to the public lands managed by the National Wildlife Refuge System in Texas. From Columbia bottomlands on the Gulf Coast to grasslands in Central Texas and coastal prairie in the Rio Grande Valley, these newly acquired properties aim to protect habitat for a diversity of wildlife  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 12, 2024: * * * President Joe Biden Announces Student Debt Cancellation for 25,800 More Borrowers in Texas, Pursuing Every Path Available to Cancel Student Debt - New announcement brings debt cancellation to over 216,920 people in Texas under Biden-Harris Administration Today, President Biden announced that 277,000 more borrowers across the country will get their student debt cancelled, including 25,800  more