PHOENIX, Arizona, May 3 (TNSrep) -- The Arizona Auditor General issued the following audit report (No. 24-103) on May 2, 2024, entitled "Arizona School Facilities Oversight Board - Sunset Review." Here are excerpts: * * * To: Members of the Arizona Legislature The Honorable Katie Hobbs, Governor Ms. Carmen Wykoff, Chair, Arizona School Facilities Oversight Board Ms. Elizabeth Alvarado-Thorson, Cabinet Executive Officer and Executive Deputy Director, Arizona Department of Administration Tr  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona posted the following news release: The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities, in recognizing May 5 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. In recognition of MMIP Awareness Day, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland highlighted ongoing efforts to tackle the MMIP and  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: * * * EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water * * * Today, May 2, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced $3 billion from President Biden's Investing in America agenda to help every state and territory identify and replace lead servic  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 2, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.8 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Washington Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.5 percent in the Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.3 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Minneapolis Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.8 percent in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regio  more

NEW YORK, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the New York Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.1 percent in the New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Will  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.4 percent in the Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Pheonix Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. R  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the San Jose Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 4.4 percent in the San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 3, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Seattle Metropolitan Area - March 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.5 percent in the Seattle-Tacoma, CA Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended March 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional C  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following remarks on May 3, 2024, by Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III at the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command change of command ceremony: * * * Well aloha, everyone! [Audience replies, "Aloha!"] It's great to be back in Hawaii. And it's an honor to be joined today by so many distinguished guests, including Governor Green and other state and local leaders from Hawaii, members of Congress, Heads of State, ministers of defense, chiefs of def  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 4 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking water * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $28,650,000 from President Biden's Inves  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America Agenda, EPA announces the latest round of funding toward President Biden's commitment to replace every lead pipe in the nation, protecting public health and helping to deliver safe drinking * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $6,446,000 from President Biden's Investin  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- The Export-Import Bank of the United States Office of Inspector General issued the following news release: Phoenix, Arizona - Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis traveled to Phoenix, Arizona during Small Business Week to hold a series of meetings with Arizona businesses and local elected officials to highlight how EXIM's financing tools can help businesses of all sizes grow through exporting. "Providing financing support to smal  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 4 -- The Export-Import Bank of the U.S. issued the following news release: Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) President and Chair Reta Jo Lewis traveled to Phoenix, Arizona during Small Business Week to hold a series of meetings with Arizona businesses and local elected officials to highlight how EXIM's financing tools can help businesses of all sizes grow through exporting. "Providing financing support to small businesses who are looking to expand through exp  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- NASA issued the following news release on May 3, 2024: President Joe Biden will present Dr. Ellen Ochoa, former center director and astronaut at the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston, and Dr. Jane Rigby, senior project scientist for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, each with the Presidential Medal of Freedom Friday in a ceremony at the White House in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian honor award, and these two NASA reci  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell's Office is leading a coalition of 14 Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.mass.gov/doc/ag-campbell-delaware-voting-rights-multistate/download) with the Delaware Supreme Court supporting Delaware's early voting statute against a lawsuit arguing that the Delaware state constitution requires all in-person votes to be cast on  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: The Justice Department joins its partners across the federal government, as well as people throughout American Indian and Alaska Native communities, in recognizing May 5 as National Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons (MMIP) Awareness Day. In recognition of MMIP Awareness Day, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland highlighted ongoing efforts to tackle the MMIP a  more

TUSCON, Arizona, May 4 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks to the press on May 3, 20214, at the Tucson Emergency Communications Center by Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Tucson Mayor Regina Romero: * * * SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It's a great pleasure for me to be in Tucson today. We spent some time this morning at our Western Passport Center, which is doing incredible work connecting Americans with the world by providing that little blue book, th  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for May 3, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to Arizona on May 3, 2024. 11:20 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken visits the Tucson Passport Center and holds a meet and greet with employees of the Western Passport Center in Tucson, Arizona. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 12:55 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken and Mayor of Tucson Regina Romero visit an emergency call center and participate   more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: An Arizona man who sent thousands of fentanyl pills to Marion, Iowa, in the mail was sentenced May 1, 2024, to more than seven years in federal prison. Dominique Holliday, age 28, from Tempe, Arizona, received the prison term after a December 28, 2023 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to commit mo  more

YAKIMA, Washington, May 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, United States Attorney Vanessa R. Waldref administered the oath of office to Assistant United States Attorney Bree R. Black Horse. A swearing-in ceremony was held at the Yakama Nation Justice Center in Toppenish, Washington. AUSA Blackhorse will prosecute cases involving Missing or Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), in connection with the   more