ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 27 -- Attorney General Merrick B. Garland issued the following remarks on Sept. 26, 2023, at the Drug Enforcement Administration Family Summit: * * * Thank you, Jon. And thank you, Anne, for everything you have done to create this space in which all of us can be together. On behalf of the entire Justice Department, I want to express my condolences for the unimaginable pain and loss that those gathered here have experienced. To each and every one of you: We are so g  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet: * * * Biden-Harris Administration Hosts First-Ever White House Climate Resilience Summit and Releases National Climate Resilience Framework In conjunction with White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities, Administration announces more than $500 million in additional investment for resilience Across the country, Americans are experiencing the devastating impacts of climate change. In just the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) announced that it has awarded more than $13 million in grants to 11 organizations for its Healthy Families Community-Based Perinatal Health Initiative (COPHI) to develop innovative models for integrating community-based maternal support services into perinatal systems of care. Consid  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Gov. Joe Lombardo, R-Nevada, issued the following news release on Sept. 26, 2023: In case you missed it, 17 Republican governors, led by Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo and Utah Governor Spencer Cox, sent a letter today to the Biden Administration criticizing efforts to make the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) less efficient, less effective, invite litigation, and fail to fully consider state-specific information in the NEPA process. Led by Nevada Governor Joe Lom  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2023: National Park Service (NPS) Regional Director Bert Frost announced the selection of Steve Akins today as the new superintendent of President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site in Hope, Arkansas. Akins currently serves as the Safety Manager for Interior Region 2 (Southeast Region) duty stationed in Hopkins, South Carolina. "  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release: The National Park Service has added 23 new listings to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom, including its first international site. The program recognizes places and programs with verifiable connections to the Underground Railroad and the resistance to enslavement through escape or flight. "The Network to Freedom commemorates the courage, resilience and creat  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Sept. 28 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Hilgers joined a coalition of 20 states in filing an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to grant a writ of certiorari to review the Ninth Circuit's widely criticized decision in Johnson v. City of Grants Pass, which held that the Constitution includes an individual right to sleep and camp on sidewalks, playgrounds, and other public lands. The decision ha  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The White House issued the following news release: With just days left before the end of the fiscal year, extreme House Republicans are playing partisan games with peoples' lives and marching our country toward a government shutdown that would have damaging impacts across the country--including delaying long-term disaster recovery and undermining preparedness in communities across the country. Their partisan approach stands in stark contrast to the Senate's bipartisan pr  more