FORT BLISS, Texas, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Malcolm McClendon, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out its combat support training ranges proof of concept exercises by hosting six days of unit-led training and a senior leader visit here Aug. 13-18. The CSTR initiative expands multi-functional training opportunities for installation and mission support Airmen to practice fo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today, FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will travel with President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and First Lady Jill Biden to Maui, Hawaii, to survey wildfire damage, speak to residents about their loss, commend emergency responders and announce new steps toward recovery. As the recovery moves into the next phase, President Biden, alongside Adminis  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * Wage and Hour Division assesses $61K in penalties to address child labor violations * * * As part of its continuing effort to reverse a significant national increase in child labor violations by employers, the U.S. Department of Labor today announced that a series of investigations of two Sonic Drive-In franchisees in South Carolina found 91 child  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Media Bureau issued the following forfeiture order (FRN No. 0007744964) on Aug. 21, 2023: * * * In the Matter of EUREKA COUNTY TV DISTRICT Licensee of Stations K26JY-D, Duckwater, NV; K19IM-D, Duckwater, NV; K17NV-D, Eureka, NV; K16IZ-D, Eureka, NV; K23LF-D, Eureka, NV; K28LM-D, Eureka, NV; K35KM-D, Eureka, NV; and K14OB-D, Eureka, NV FORFEITURE ORDER By the Chief, Video Division, Media Bureau: I. INTRODUCTION 1. In this Forfei  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 22 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights and benefits, including the Post 9/11 Montgomery GI Bill educational benefit. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition support a Virginia U.S. Army veteran in Rudisill v. McDonough, who was denied his Post 9/11 GI Bill benefi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: On Aug. 13, Emergency Support Function #13 (ESF #13) was activated to provide force protection for the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue teams, the Department of Health and Human Services Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, and to augment the Maui Police Department in the aftermath of the Hawaii wildfires. More than 150 federal law enforcement officers from the Justice   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 22 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein joined a bipartisan group of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough and granting Rudisill and thousands of other veterans the full GI benefits they earned while serving their country. "It's wrong that we would ask our servicemembers to be the first into battl  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, Aug. 22 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: Today, Attorney General Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 42 attorneys general urging the Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough. Rudisill, a Virginia resident and decorated army veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, was told by the Department of Veterans Affairs that he was unable to take adva  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- President Biden issued the following statement on Aug. 20, 2023, on Tropical Storm Hilary: * * * As soon as Tropical Storm Hilary's path became clear, my Administration took immediate action to prepare. At my direction, FEMA deployed to California federal personnel and supplies that can be surged to impacted communities. The U.S. Coast Guard pre-positioned aircraft to allow for rapid response and search-and-rescue efforts. My Administration also deployed federal personne  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Quantum-scale sensors to yield human-scale benefits with new backing from NSF 18 research teams win funding from NSF to pursue new sensor technologies that can control quantum phenomena to precisely measure the previously unmeasurable. * * * A new breed of sensors may one day allow doctors to pinpoint infections inside individual cells, or geologists to find subterranean mineral deposits  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4446) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * In the Matter of OMNIA WELLNESS INC., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, a  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission's Accounting and Auditing Enforcement issued the following order (No. 4448) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * In the Matter of VIVIC CORP., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereb  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-21575) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * In the Matter of DAVID D. BROOKS, CPA, Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING ADMINISTRATIVE AND CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 4C AND 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 AND RULE 102(e) OF THE COMMISSION'S RULES OF PRACTICE, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING REMEDIAL SANCTIONS AND A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following order (No. 3-21574) on Aug. 22, 2023: * * * In the Matter of OMNIA WELLNESS INC., Respondent. ORDER INSTITUTING CEASE-AND-DESIST PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 21C OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, MAKING FINDINGS, AND IMPOSING A CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDER I. The Securities and Exchange Commission ("Commission") deems it appropriate that cease-and-desist proceedings be, and hereby are, instituted pursuant   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Aug. 21, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced nearly $700 million in grants and loans to connect thousands of rural residents, farmers and business owners in 22 states and the Marshall Islands to reliable, affordable high-speed internet through the ReConnect Program, funded by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This program is uniquely designe  more