OFFUTT AFB, Nebraska, March 28 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: Approximately 60 Airmen and 1 U-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., repositioned to Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, to further develop the wing's readiness capabilities via Dragon Flag EAST, Mar. 25. In accordance with the National Defense Strategy, this exercise will further prepare the 9th RW for potential Agile Combat Emp  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release: In an effort to defend Missourians' religious liberty, Attorney General Bailey and 21 other states directed a letter to U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, urging his department to retain a provision that compels public universities to comply with the First Amendment or else lose grant funding - a provision put in place to protect religious groups on campuses nationwide. The   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 28 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is pushing back against the Biden administration attempting to rescind protections for student religious groups. Attorney General Moody, along with 21 other state attorneys general, sent a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Education, demanding DOE retain a provision that compels public universities to comply with the First Amendment or lose grant fundin  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release on March 27, 2023: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Edgar L. Mills, 25, of Tampa, Florida, killed during World War II, was accounted for Feb. 13, 2023. In the summer of 1944, Mills was assigned to the 816th Bomber Squadron (Heavy), 483rd Bomber Group (Heavy), 15th Air Force. On July 18, Mills an armorer gun  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Omaha District issued the following news release: The comment review period for the Snake Creek Dam Safety Modification Study, Draft Environmental Assessment is being extended until May 18, 2023. The public is encouraged to provide comments on the draft EA which is available for viewing at: https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16021coll7/id/23252 . All comments must be received by May 18 and can be mailed to: U.S. A  more