OAKLAND, California, Aug. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: As part of a bipartisan coalition of 42 attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in support of a U.S. veteran's attempt to access the full 48 months of educational benefits under the GI Bill that he had earned through his service as both an Army officer and an enlisted solider. The veteran, FBI   more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced co-leading a coalition of 15 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to strengthen its proposed rule for advanced recycling facilities. "Advanced recycling" -- also known as "chemical recycling" -- refers to the heat or solvent-based processes that, according to the plastics industry, al  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 23 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 25 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the court to reverse a decision that would endanger domestic violence victims and put guns into the hands of their abusers. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit decision in U.S. v Rahimi vacated a criminal conviction u  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Keith Boylan, of Winters, has been appointed Undersecretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Boylan has served as Deputy Secretary at the California Department of Veterans Affairs since 2013. He was Government Relations Liaison at the California Association of Veteran Services Agencies from 201  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced he filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in defense of a federal law that prohibits individuals under domestic violence restraining orders from possessing firearms. The case, United States v. Rahimi, is being heard by the Supreme Court following the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals's decision ruling this lifesaving federal "red flag"   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 23 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Today, the Assembly Health Committee voted overwhelmingly to pass Governor Newsom's legislation modernizing the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), Senate Bill 326 authored by Senator Susan Eggman (D-Stockton). "Californians know the urgency needed to address the crises our state and our country are facing, from opioids to mental health to homelessness. The status quo is simpl  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Todd Smith, Assistant Special Agent in Charge at U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Chicago Field Division, and U.S. Attorney Gregory K. Harris for the Central District of Illinois announced that two California men, David Dowling-Chacon, 41, and Luis Dukes-Acosta, 38, have been arrested and charged by criminal complaint with possession with intent t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 23 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: Director Jeffrey Lusk of the U.S. Small Business Administration's Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded Idaho businesses and residents of the Sept. 22, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by extreme and excessive rainfall in Bonneville County that occurred on May 23. According to Lusk, businesses of all sizes, most pri  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: Jose R. Gonzalez, president and CEO of the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY"), announced that the FHLBNY has awarded $41.98 million in subsidies to fund 42 affordable housing initiatives throughout New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, California, Connecticut, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas. These awards are funde  more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: Professor Blair Brettmann from the Georgia Institute of Technology and her doctoral student Alexa Dobbs decided to spend a summer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to collaborate with the Lab's materials science experts and learn more about LLNL's experimental resources. During Brettmann's faculty mini-sabbatical, she collaborated wi  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Like much of the planet, Southern California is expected to experience more heat waves in the future due to Earth's changing climate. And some of these will feel increasingly humid, as long-term forecasts call for muggy spells more typically associated with Florida or eastern Texas. To begin to understand what these changes could mean across the greater Los Angeles area, scientists at NASA's J  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article: * * * New understanding of how light-emitting defects form and behave could lead to their use in a quantum internet and for sensing radiation * * * The prospect of a quantum internet, connecting quantum computers and capable of highly secure data transmission, is enticing, but making it poses a formidable challenge. Transporting quantum information requires work  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 23 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on Aug. 22, 2023: New York Attorney General Letitia James today took action to defend a federal law that prevents persons under a domestic violence restraining order from accessing guns. Joining a coalition of 25 attorneys general to file an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in the case of United States v. Rahimi, Attorney General James urged the court to preserve this critical tool mean  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Aug. 23 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and a bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to protect veterans' rights by ruling in favor of James Rudisill in Rudisill v. McDonough. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the case toward the end of the year. "This case is pivotal to ensuring the rights of courageous and patriotic Americans who ha  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 23 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are leading the way in understanding the effects of electrical faults in the modern U.S. power grid. Faults are abnormal conditions in an electrical circuit that interrupt the flow of power, with the potential to cause blackouts that affect thousands of customers. Faults can be caused b  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell joined President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden in Hawaii to survey wildfire damage on Maui, speak to affected residents about their losses, commend emergency responders for their efforts and announce new steps toward recovery. While in Hawaii, President Biden and the First Lady participated in a communit  more

KARACHI, Pakistan, Aug. 23 -- The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan issued the following news release: Conrad Tribble assumed responsibility as the Consul General of U.S. Consulate General Karachi on August 21, 2023. Most recently, he served as the U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission and Charge d'affaires from 2020-2023 in Madrid, Spain. Before Madrid he served three years in Washington as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Europe and the European Union, one year as head of the diplomatic tradecr  more