SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has issued Regional General Permit (RGP) 10, authorizing activities associated with wildfire mitigation that may involve discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States and/or work in or affecting navigable waters of the United States, including wetlands, within the State of California. The issuance of RGP10 authorize  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSrep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-23-1891) on Aug. 30, 2023, entitled "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment - July 2023": * * * Unemployment rates were lower in July than a year earlier in 192 of the 389 metropolitan areas, higher in 176 areas, and unchanged in 21 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. A total of 12 areas had jobless rates of less than 2.0 percent and 5 ar  more

FRESNO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced an innovative new partnership with the City of Fresno to tackle unlicensed, illegal commercial cannabis activities. The agreement signed today makes the city of Fresno the first in the state to participate in the California Department of Justice's (DOJ) Cannabis Administrative Prosecutor Program (CAPP). The program provides Californi  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate amicus brief in support of stronger minimum wage protections for federal contractors in Nebraska v. Su. In the amicus brief before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the coalition of attorneys general wrote in support of the U.S. Department of Labor, highlighting the importance of strong w  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement in response to the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit in Delandes v. McDonald's, holding that a lower court prematurely ruled against former McDonald's workers who are seeking to hold accountable the fast-food corporation for using "no-poach" agreements. "Workers should be   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following statement on Aug. 29, 2023: * * * California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued the following statement after yesterday's announcement by Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) that Senator Mike McGuire (D-Healdsburg) will serve as the Pro Tem Designee, with a transition to be announced in 2024: "Senate President pro Tempore Toni Atkins is a barrier-breaker and a California ic  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition in issuing a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on ways to better address the youth vaping crisis. The bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general urged the FDA to adopt new regulations and stronger enforcement mechanisms to address the rise of flavored, disposable e-cigarettes, whi  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: Leading a coalition of five attorneys general, California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced filing an amicus letter expressing strong concerns regarding 3M's revised proposed class action settlement with public water suppliers. While 3M made several important concessions at the request of states led by Attorney General Bonta, 3M declined to pay more than the $10 bil  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: California Attorney General Rob Bonta, California Governor Gavin Newsom, California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH) Secretary Lourdes Castro Ramirez, and California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez today announced a settlement with the City of San Bernardino for violating the state's Housing Element Law  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, Governor Newsom, along with the California Strategic Growth Council announced $757 million in funding to advance the building of affordable housing in jobs-rich, walkable neighborhoods. This investment will create more than 2,500 affordable homes, 150 new zero-emissions buses, over 50 miles of new bikeways, and improve miles of sidewalks in communities across the state.  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following proposed decision (No. 21-11-008) on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA In the Matter of the Joint Application of TAG Mobile, LLC (U-4411-C), TAG Mobile Bankruptcy Sale Entity, LLC, and Softel Holdings, LLC For Approval of the Reorganization of TAG Mobile, LLC's Regulated Assets into TAG Mobile Bankruptcy Sale Entity, LLC and the Transfer of Co  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California, Phillip A. Talbert, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Frank Jonathan Guzman, 31, of Stockton, pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl and possession with intent to distribute heroin and fentanyl, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between November 2018 and December 2019, Guzman and co-defendant Jose Cruz Ivan Aispur  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following working paper (No. CES-23-42) entitled "Noncitizen Coverage and Its Effects on U.S. Population Statistics." The paper was written by J. David Brown, Misty L. Heggeness and Marta Murray-Close. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction The accuracy and completeness of noncitizen coverage in U.S. population statistics has wide-ranging effects. They include not only the size of the noncitizen population, but also the total populatio  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * To date, inspections found nearly 500 significant, substantial violations in 2023 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections at 15 mines in 12 states in July 2023, issuing 288 violations and four safeguard notices. MSHA began impact inspections after an explosion   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Investigation finds Environmental Instrumentation Co. abandoned retirement plan in 2002 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a default judgment to recover $153,768 for four people whose former employer abandoned its employee retirement plan more than two decades ago, leaving no one to administer the plan and authorize distribution of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following remarks on Aug. 29, 2023, by Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas at Federal Emergency Management Agency's virtual Extreme Heat Summit: * * * Thanks so much, Tom. Thank you all for joining us today, and for your work in this critically important area. You know, when it is 110 degrees outside, your body has to work overtime to cool itself off. After just seconds outside, your heart automatically begins to race. A f  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta issued the following Regional Economics article by David Pendered, staff writer for Economy Matters: * * * Small businesses and lower-wage workers face an array of economic challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic's aftermath reshapes the nation's economy and workforce, according to panelists at a recent Fed Listens event. At the Community Listening session August 7 in Atlanta, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta president Rapha  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Aug. 30 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news release: * * * Showcasing frontier research to enhance economic opportunity and inclusive growth * * * The Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute will host its 2023 research conference on October 5, 2023. This event will showcase the range of frontier-style research with which the Institute engages. Papers will discuss questions related to the Institute's mission of supporting the   more

HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force's Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news: By Lauren Russell, 66th Air Base Group Public Affairs 66th Air Base Group officials recently hired a new Integrated Prevention director to ensure members of the of the workforce here, and their families, are connected to available resiliency resources. Dr. Ebon Alley has taken the charge of maximizing Team Hanscom's ability to perform the mission by equipping them with the knowledge,   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra declared a Public Health Emergency (PHE) for the state of Florida to address the health impacts of Hurricane Idalia and the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) deployed approximately 68 emergency response personnel to the state. At President Biden's direction, HHS i  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release: Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed an amicus brief to defend Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally-funded schools. When Congress enacted Title IX, it included a narrow exemption for schools controlled by religious institutions that have tenets incompatible with Title IX. However, in 2020, the Department of Education used administrative rulemaking to expand this narrow relig  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 31 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Specifically, Raoul is encouraging the FDA to limit flavors that attract minors, reduce nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protect young people from marketing. "I have spent years dedicated to protect  more

OAKLAND, California, Aug. 31 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Joined by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, the Biden-Harris Administration today announced the approval of $72 million in borrower defense to repayment discharges for more than 2,300 students who attended Ashford University (Ashford) and applied for relief. Ashford University was an online, for-profit school based in San Diego. The approvals come from a review by the U  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: Lompoc Valley Medical Center (LVMC), a California Health Care District that operates multiple health care providers, including a hospital and several clinics, in Lompoc, California, has agreed to pay $5 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the California False Claims Act by causing the submission of false claims to California's Medicaid program (Medi-Cal) related to Medic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 29, 2023: The Justice Department today announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Romania, and Latvia to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. The Qakbot malicious code is being deleted from victim computers, preventing it from doing any more harm. The Department also anno  more

LIVERMORE, California, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news release: A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory-led project aimed at using computing tools to improve understanding of fusion plasma dynamics was among 12 projects recently awarded funding by the Department of Energy (DOE) to accelerate fusion power plant development. The four-year, multi-institutional Advanced Boundary Plasma Dynamics (ABOUND) project w  more

LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 31 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia, in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a Title IX class-action case entitled Hunter v. U.S. Department of Education to secure sex discrimination protections for students. Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded schools, requires that s  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, Aug. 31 -- Minnesota State Sen. Torrey Westrom, R-Alexandria, issued the following newsletter on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * Friends and neighbors, Throughout this session, the Democrat majority bulldozed a wide range of controversial bills into law with their narrow trifecta majority. One of the policies my Republican colleagues and I expressed major concern with is the legalization of recreational marijuana. With critical safety issues and numerous health and social problems,   more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Aug. 31 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. Attorney General Stein's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 31 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, Attorney General Mike Hilgers and a bipartisan coalition of 33 attorneys general called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and its Center for Tobacco Products to do more to protect kids from e-cigarettes. The Attorney General's suggestions include limiting the flavors that draw kids in, reducing nicotine levels to prevent addiction, and protecting young peo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Species remarkably resistant to Mendocino Complex Fire in Northern California * * * During the summer of 2018, the Mendocino Complex Fire ripped through the University of California Hopland Research and Extension Center (HREC), transforming the Northern California property's grassy, oak-dotted hillsides into a smoldering, ash-covered wasteland. "It felt like something out of 'The Lord of  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Comptroller of the Currency issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will host two workshops in Santa Ana, California, on October 3-4 for directors, senior management, and other key executives of national community banks and federal savings associations. The Compliance Risk: Understanding the Rules workshop on October 3 focuses on the critical elements of an effective com  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The White House issued the following news release: The President is announcing his intent to nominate four individuals to federal district courts--all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution. These choices also continue to fulfill the President's promise to ensure that the nation's courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country--both in terms of personal and professional backgro  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- President Biden and Costa Rica President Rodrigo Chaves Robles issued the following remarks on Aug. 29, 2023, ahead of their bilateral meeting: * * * PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, Mr. President, it's great to welcome you back to the White House. It's great to be by your side again. And I -- just over a year ago, in California, we stood together with partners across the region for the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, and you've done an incredible job since   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 31 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in the Burns Paiute Tribe following President Biden's federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storm, flooding, landslides and mudslides that occurred June 11 - 12, announced Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Private n  more

RESTON, Virginia, Aug. 31 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: * * * New studies will monitor water quality and investigate contaminants, microplastics, novel bacteria and harmful algal blooms. * * * The U.S. Geological Survey today announced an investment of $1.5 million to improve urban waterways with science-based projects, which local partners will match with nearly $1.5 million in additional funds as  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Nelson Alexander Flores of Tijuana was sentenced in federal court to 210 months in prison for trafficking large quantities of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico on behalf of MS-13 street gang and the Mexican Mafia prison gang. According to information presented in court, between 2018 and May 2020, Flores coordinated with and supplied other  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Aug. 31 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California issued the following news release: Zunyu Zhao (also known as Kathy Zhao) and Xionwei Xiao (also known as Luis Xiao) pleaded guilty in federal court this week to a two-count indictment charging them with conspiracy and illegal importation of sea cucumbers. According to the indictment and plea agreement, starting on May 9, 2017, and through February 10, 2019, Zhao and Xiao conspired to illeg  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is awarding $266 million in loans and grants to agriculture producers and rural small businesses to make investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements that will lower their energy costs, generate new income, and strengthen the resilience of their operation. This funding is made poss  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a technical assistance grant to Guatemala's National Secretariat of Science and Technology (Senacyt) to promote rural connectivity and digital literacy. Senacyt selected California-based New Sun Road to carry out the assistance, which will include the installation of women-led solar-powered digital community centers (DCCs)  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 31 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined an amicus brief, led by the State of Virginia, in Rudisill v McDonough, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to give American military veterans the full education benefits they earned during their service to the nation. The case involves James Rudisill, who served in the U.S. Army. When Rudisill attempted to redeem his benefits under the GI Bill, the Department of Vete  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, Jessica D. Aber, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: A Mexican national was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for conspiring to distribute methamphetamine while living in Mexico and acting as a manager for a Sinaloa, Mexico, drug trafficking organization (DTO). According to court documents, between approximately 2016 and 2018, Victor Hugo Hinojosa-Elizondo, 55, was involved in and a manage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Aug. 29, 2023, on lowering healthcare costs: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. (Applause.) Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. It's a room full of leaders. Well, thank you, everyone, for being here and for all the work that you have done leading up to today. I want to thank, of course, our nation's champion, President Biden, for your leadership and commitment to lowering cos  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on Aug. 29, 2023, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Domestic Policy Advisor Neera Tanden and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Deanne Criswell: * * * Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon. Oh, it's usually very quiet in here. You guys are, like, chatting about. Okay. So, good afternoon. As you know, we have two -- two guests today. Neera Tanden is here, and we'll have t  more