NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: The 805th Combat Training Squadron's Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Working with the U.S. Army's Mission Command Battle Lab and Defense Advanced Research Projects   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 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

CREECH AFB, Nevada, Aug. 30 -- The U.S. Air Force Creech Air Force Base (432nd Air Expeditionary Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Victoria Nuzzi, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Airmen and civilians at Creech now have access to more resources and support due to recent changes in the installation's sexual assault prevention and response program. Creech recently established a standalone SAPR program to better attend to the specific needs of its service members and th  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

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

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

CONCORD, New Hampshire, Aug. 31 -- Gov. Christopher T. Sununu, R-New Hampshire, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: Yesterday, Governor Chris Sununu joined 10 other Republican Governors in urging Congressional Leaders to address the nationwide shortage of prescription drugs. * * * August 29, 2023 To: The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the House, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Chuck Schumer, Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Aug. 30 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release: New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez wrote a letter to Congressional leaders, and gathered support from 13 other Attorneys General around the nation, to urge Congress to pass the Senate-approved bipartisan amendment to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), expanding coverage and benefits to thousands of individuals across the country who have suffered due to radioactive ex  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

NELLIS AFB, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Nellis Air Force Base (99th Air Wing) issued the following news: The 805th Combat Training Squadron's Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force's Advanced Battle Management System Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Working with the U.S. Army's Mission Command Battle Lab and Defense Advanced Re  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release on Aug. 30, 2023: A Nevada woman pleaded guilty Monday to fraudulently seeking over $1 million in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. According to court documents, Karen Chapon, aka Karen Hannafious, 53, submitted six fraudulent PPP loan applications to three financial institutions for her companies. From April 2020 to July 2020, Chapon made multiple fa  more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Jason M. Frierson, issued the following news release: Three members of the Las Vegas based street gang Money Makin' Moves have been sentenced for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute counterfeit pills containing fentanyl, and other related drug and gun offenses. According to court documents, Giovani Barboza (21), Jordan Villalobos (24), and Francisco Ramirez-Sorto (21), all of Las Vegas, conspired  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

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

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

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