PHOENIX, Arizona, April 25 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority issued the following news on April 24, 2024: The state's goal of expanding broadband internet access in rural areas is taking a big step forward with a public-private partnership. The agreement with eX(2) Technology is to operate, maintain and lease space in fiber-optic conduit installed along Interstate 17 and Interstate 19, and being installed later this year along much of Interstate 40. The Arizona Department of Transportation, in  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon and Office for Victims of Crime Director Kristina Rose today recognized 8 individuals and organizations for their advocacy, innovation, and research on behalf of victims of crime. "We recognize the individuals and organizations represented here that go above and beyond to assist others in their time of crisis," Assist  more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with the University of Phoenix, and its parent company Apollo Education Group, Inc (Apollo), resolving an investigation into the University of Phoenix's use of aggressive and unlawful military student recruitment tactics from 2012 through 2015. These recruitment tactics violated California's Unfair Competit  more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today filed a motion for final judgment in Bonta v. Chino Valley Unified School District seeking injunctive and declaratory relief to ensure that the Chino Valley Unified School District Board of Education (Board) does not reenact or implement their recently-rescinded forced outing policy - Policy 5020.1 - which was detrimental to the   more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Attorney General Rob Bonta, New Jersey Attorney General Mathew J. Platkin, and Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle A. Henry, today announced that they are moving to dismiss without prejudice Pennsylvania, et al v. Cardona (D.D.C.), a lawsuit challenging Trump era rollback of Title IX. The attorneys general of California, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, leading a multistat  more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer as well as physician group, and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging them to take action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients impacted by the catast  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Governor Gavin Newsom, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez today announced a settlement with the city of Malibu that will enable the city to reach compliance with the state's Housing Element Law. With dedicated technical support from the state, the city will ado  more

OAKLAND, California, April 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: During National Infertility Awareness Week, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act. The Act would guarantee the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART), such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. ART has provided thousands of people in diverse situ  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: With the Arizona Supreme Court allowing an 1864 near-total abortion ban to take effect, women in Arizona will soon be left without access to abortion care across the state. Arizona abortion providers will be unable to provide care without fear of extreme repercussions and unless the life of their patients are already at risk. Governor Newsom and the California Women's Caucus  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), announced a settlement with the city of Malibu to bring the city into compliance with the state's Housing Element Law. WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: "To communities large and small, affluent, or otherwise - everyone must build their fai  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jason Tam, of San Francisco, has been appointed to the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs. Tam has been President of Golden Goose Partners, eXp Realty of California since 2018. He served as Vice President of the San Francisco Building Inspection Commission and as President of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: David Briggs, of Oakland, has been appointed to the California Earthquake Early Warning Advisory Board. Briggs has served as Director of Operations and Maintenance and Manager of Water Operations for the East Bay Municipal Utility District since 2017. He was Local & Regional Water Systems Manager for the City  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, April 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Building on statewide efforts to keep California communities safe, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced a crime suppression partnership between the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Bakersfield Police Department. As part of this coordinated law enforcement operation, the CHP is launching expanded enforcement actions in and around Bakersfield to address auto theft, re  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 25 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on April 24, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2024, as "A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide." * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire began its systematic genocide of Armenian people, a minority group that had long been treated as second-class citizens. The Armenian Genocide   more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following proclamation on April 25, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaring April 24, 2024, as "A Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide." * * * The text of the proclamation and a copy can be found below: On April 24, 1915, the Ottoman Empire began its systematic genocide of Armenian people, a minority group that had long been treated as second-class citizens. The Armenian Genocide   more

WINTERS, California, April 26 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: California has notched a major victory on its path to 100% clean electricity: surpassing 10,000 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity. At 10,379 MW, the state has increased battery capacity by 1,250% since the beginning of the Newsom Administration - up from 770 MW in 2019. Ramping up battery storage is a key part of Governor Gavin Newsom's energy roadmap (https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/05/25  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on April 22, 2024: California is taking unprecedented action to strategically harness the equivalent of more than half of its land to fight the climate crisis. As called for by Governor Gavin Newsom's California Climate Commitment, the state unveiled 81 targets for nature-based solutions today that will help California achieve its world-leading climate goals, including reaching carbon neutral  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 25 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following decision granting compensation (Case No. 24-04-036) on April 24, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA Order Instituting Rulemaking Regarding Microgrids Pursuant to Senate Bill 1339 and Resiliency Strategies. DECISION GRANTING COMPENSATION TO GREEN POWER INSTITUTE FOR SUBSTANTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO (D.) 21-12-004 AND (D.) 23-04-034 I  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 25 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed resolution (No. E-5237) on April 24, 2024: * * * Pacific Gas and Electric and Southern California Edison's Companies' Tariff Updates to the Base Interruptible Program PROPOSED OUTCOME: * Approves with modifications Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) and Southern California Edison's (SCE) requests to revise their Base Interruptible (BIP) tariff to comply with the California Public Utili  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: An indictment was unsealed charging Chinese nationals, Han Li, 44, also known as "Anson" Li, and Lin Chen, 64, with crimes related to a conspiracy to illegally export U.S technology to prohibited end users in China, in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act ("IEEPA") and Export Administration Regulations ("EAR")  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Scott Anthony Sargent of San Diego appeared in federal court today to face charges that he distributed the fentanyl that resulted in the deaths of two victims in North Park in 2022. During the same incident, Sargent and another person also overdosed but survived. Sargent is also charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and methamp  more

SAN DIEGO, California, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Katherine Lu Acquista, former Director of Operations and Accounting for the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation, pleaded guilty in federal court today, admitting that she stole more than $400,000 from the non-profit for her personal benefit. The Economic Development Corporation, known as EDC, works to maximize San Diego'  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, April 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Attorney General William Tong announced today that he has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies, and patients harmed by the recent catastrophic outage of Change Healthcare. UnitedHealth Group is the   more

EL SEGUNDO, California, April 26 -- Peterson and Schriever Space Force Base issued the following news: By Brad Smith, Space Systems Command Public Affairs Space Systems Command's personnel are connected by a common purpose, far greater than any of the individuals that make up the organization, its commanding officer told a capacity crowd of several hundred people at a morning event, April 18, at Los Angeles Air Force Base. "One of our four 'Guardian Ideals' is connection - character, connecti  more

EL SEGUNDO, California, April 26 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: By Brad Smith, Space Systems Command Public Affairs Space Systems Command's personnel are connected by a common purpose, far greater than any of the individuals that make up the organization, its commanding officer told a capacity crowd of several hundred people at a morning event, April 18, at Los Angeles Air Force Base. "One of our four 'Guardian Ideals' is connection - character, connection, commitment, and  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: April 24, 2024 - ConSup North America Inc., a Lincoln Park, N.J. firm, is recalling approximately 85,984 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) sliced prosciutto ham product produced in Germany without the benefit of equivalent inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The RTE sliced prosciutto ham item was pr  more

LOS ANGELES, April 26 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles Division issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: The Drug Enforcement Administration Los Angeles Field Division today announced the results of a multi-agency investigation targeting a Sinaloa drug trafficking network operating within the Inland Empire. Operation "Hotline Bling," which started in early 2023, culminated last week with 15 arrests and significant drug seizures, includin  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 26 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: A Central Oregon drug trafficker who conspired with others to traffic fentanyl and methamphetamine to Madras and Redmond, Oregon, and surrounding areas, was sentenced to federal prison today. Israel Sarabia, 30, of Culver, Oregon, was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court do  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: --The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Judge R. Gary Klausner of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California entered a consent order against (Red Rock), (Kelly), and (Spencer) on April 23. The order finds the defendants liable for making fraudulent misrepresentations to customers and rendering unlawful investment advice in connection with the   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (Bank) today announced its unaudited first quarter 2024 operating results. Net income for the first quarter of 2024 was $124 million, a decrease of $71 million compared with net income of $195 million for the first quarter of 2023. Net income for the first quarter of 2023 included $4  more

HONOLULU, Hawaii, April 26 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Attorney General Anne Lopez announced today she has joined a bipartisan, multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general in sending a letter to UnitedHealth Group, Inc. -- the nation's largest health insurer and the parent company of Change Healthcare -- urging the corporation to take more meaningful action to better protect providers, pharmacies and patients harmed by the recen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act, which would guarantee nationwide access to assisted reproductive technology (ART) such as in-vitro fertilization (IVF). In the wake of a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that jeopardized essential reproductive health services by clas  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 25 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general in filing a letter with the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in support of proposed rules entitled "Anti-Money Laundering Regulations for Residential Real Estate Transactions." In the letter (https://illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/News-Room/Current-News/2024.04.09%20  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: As a grid-scale energy storage system, flow batteries have gained increasing attention as a means to address the challenges associated with fluctuations and intermittency in renewable energy sources. Vanadium redox flow batteries (VRFBs) have emerged as promising solutions for stationary grid energy storage due to their high efficiency, scalability, safe  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 26 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's (LLNL) Pandora SmallSat mission recently passed NASA's critical design review: a major milestone for the mission to continue its journey toward launch. The Pandora SmallSat mission will study planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets, and their stars. "This is a major milestone for the mission and a hu  more

LIVERMORE, California, April 25 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have achieved a milestone in accelerating and adding features to complex multi-physics simulations run on Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), a development that could advance high performance computing and engineering. As LLNL readies for El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security Administration's  more

LANSING, Michigan, April 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release on April 24, 2024: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, alongside 23 attorneys general and four cities, filed a motion this week to intervene in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to help defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final rule for light- and medium-duty vehicles emissions standards for model years 2027-2032 (Final Rule). The Final Rule sets s  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, April 26 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein urged Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act and guarantee women's right to access assisted reproductive health care, including in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. Following a recent Alabama Supreme Court decision that jeopardized essential reproductive health services, Attorney General Stein and a coalition of 21 attorneys general are a  more

NEW YORK, April 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: New York Attorney General Letitia James today led a coalition of 21 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Access to Family Building Act, legislation that would guarantee the right to access assisted reproductive technology (ART) like in-vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide. ART has provided thousands of people in diverse situations the opportunity to grow their families, in  more

NEW YORK, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on April 25, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MOUNIR MRABET was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff to 270 months in prison for trafficking wholesale quantities of fentanyl and methamphetamine in and around midtown Manhattan. On November 9, 2023, a jury convicted MRABET of narcoti  more

WASHINGTON, April 25 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57078) involving Testing Engineers Inc., Concord, California: * * * Rep Org: California Radiation Control Prgm Licensee: Testing Engineers, Inc. Region: 4 City: Concord State: CA License #: 3691-07 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: K. Arunika Hewadikaram HQ OPS Officer: Ernest West Notification Date: 04/16/2024 Notification Time: 15:57 [ET] Event Date: 04/13/2024 Event Time: 00:00 [PD  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on April 25, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News U.S. military personnel have begun construction of a temporary pier off the coast of Gaza to deliver critical humanitarian assistance, senior defense and Biden administration officials said today. Construction of the pier is expected to be completed in early May. Once completed, it will initially facilitate the delivery of an estimated 90 truckloads of international ai  more

MESQUITE, Nevada, April 25 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Horsford (NV-04) and the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) proudly celebrated the grand opening of the Hafen Village Apartments in northeast Nevada. Advancing initiatives that uplift marginalized communities throughout Nevada is central to Congressman Horsford's work, a commitment he reinforces in his role as chair of the   more

SEATTLE, Washington, April 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington issued the following news release: A federal grand jury in Seattle has indicted four people for a conspiracy to smuggle non-citizens across the northern border for profit, announced U.S. Attorney Tessa M. Gorman. The group has been connected to two smuggling episodes in November and December 2023. The four named in the indictment were arrested Seattle, Chicago, and Santa Rosa, California. The  more