WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $444 million to support sixteen selected projects across twelve states that will fight climate change by bolstering the nation's carbon management industry. The projects, funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) storage infrastructure   more

SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Chris Chambers, of Lincoln, has been appointed Director of Correctional Policy Research and Internal Oversight at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, where he has served as Deputy Director of the Office of Research since 2020 and was Associate Director from 2017 to 2020. Chambers held s  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today ordered online lender Enova International Inc. to pay a $15 million penalty for widespread illegal conduct including withdrawing funds from customers' bank accounts without their permission, making deceptive statements about loans, and cancelling loan extensions. Enova paid a $3.2 million penalty to the CFPB in 2019, and was   more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, Nov. 16 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Attorney General William Tong this week joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in an amicus brief fighting for access to emergency care for Texas patients. The multistate coalition filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court backing the plaintiffs in Zurawski v Texas. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit include 15 Texas women whose health, fertility, and lives were   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: * * * Five Projects Each Receive $10,000 to Advance Equitable Community Solar in Their Communities * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s National Community Solar Partnership today announced the winners of the 2023 American-Made Sunny Awards for Equitable Community Solar. DOE selected five teams to receive a $10,000 Grand Prize for   more

ARGONNE, Illinois, Nov. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: A team of scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory discovered an intriguing "cooperative" behavior that occurs among complex mixtures of components in electrolytes in batteries. Electrolytes are materials that move charge-carrying particles known as ions between a battery's two electrodes, converting stored chemical energy into elect  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced over $444 million to support sixteen selected projects across twelve states that will fight climate change by bolstering the nation's carbon management industry. The projects, funded by the President's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will expand carbon dioxide (CO2) sto  more

DOVER AFB, Delaware, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Dover Air Force Base (436th Airlift Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Dieondiere Jefferies, 436th Airlift Wing On November 9, 2023, Dover AFB's 3rd Airlift Squadron tied for first place in the Mission Execution Excellence Program annual competition. The MEEP is a massive fuel conservation competition that involves many units across the Air Force and is held from February to September each year. The MEEP began in 2022 with o  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 15 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Nov. 14, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul today, as part of a coalition of 21 attorneys general, filed an amicus brief to protect Texas patients' access to emergency abortion care. The multistate coalition filed the brief (https://ilag-dev.dotcms.cloud/dA/9bb24330-5b94-48fe-a299-ba1c2c78ddb3/fileAsset/File-Stamped%20-%2023-0629_Br.%20for%20States%20of%20N.Y.%20Cal.%20et%20al.%20as%20Amici%  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, along with 10 attorneys general, today filed comments in support of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding changes to the H-2A program. The H-2A program allows agricultural employers who anticipate a shortage of domestic workers to bring nonimmigrant foreign workers to the U.S. to perform temporary a  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- The Illinois House Democrats issued the following news release: Alarmed by the monthslong delays residents have experienced trying to secure professional licenses necessary for their employment, state Rep. Mary Gill, D-Chicago, recently supported a measure to require the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) to modernize its outdated computer systems, as well as use discretion to extend license expirations and renewal deadlines fo  more

FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, Illinois, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Rachelle Aud Crowe, issued the following news release: A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Collinsville woman for dealing a lethal dose of fentanyl, leading a man to overdose and die. Tessa R. Webber, 25, is charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance: fentanyl resulting in death. "Too many lives are lost due to drug-induced homicides," said U.S. Attorney Rac  more

BENTON, Illinois, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Rachelle Aud Crowe, issued the following news release: Apprehended after a four-year man hunt by federal law enforcement officials, a U.S. District judge sentenced a fentanyl and heroin trafficker to 13 years in federal prison. Mario L. Delgado-Lopez, 42, originally from Puerto Rico, appeared in court for his sentencing hearing on Nov. 9 after previously pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: An Illinois woman pleaded guilty today to aiding and assisting in the preparation of false income tax returns. According to court documents and statements made in court, Vervia Watts, of Lansing, operated a tax preparation business for clients in Illinois and elsewhere. From January 2017 through June 2023, Watts prepared and filed individual income tax returns for her clients, intentionall  more

TOPEKA, Kansas, Nov. 15 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news on Nov. 14, 2023: Governor Laura Kelly announced today that she and a bipartisan group of 25 other governors signed onto a letter calling on congressional leadership to reauthorize funding to make internet access affordable. The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides lower-income families the ability to pay for high-speed internet - expanding access to high-speed internet across Kansas. It is projected tha  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Nov. 15 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news release: Governor Janet Mills has joined a bipartisan group of twenty-five fellow governors in urging Congressional leaders to provide additional funding to the Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP). The Affordable Connectivity Program, created by President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, is designed to help ensure Americans can afford the internet connection they need to work, study, access health care, and  more

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, Nov. 16 -- Gov. Wes Moore, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: Governor Wes Moore today announced the appointment of Usherla DeBerry as acting director of the Governor's Office of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. The governor also announced the members appointed to the newly-created State Board of Sign Language Interpreters. "It is vital that we provide all resources and access to opportunities for Maryland's Deaf and hard of hearing community. I a  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, Nov. 16 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following news release: Attorney General Raul Torrez joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in an amicus brief fighting for access to emergency abortion for Texas patients. The multistate coalition filed an amicus brief in the Texas Supreme Court backing the plaintiffs in Zurawski v. Texas, the first lawsuit brought on behalf of women denied abortions since the U.S. Supreme Court's June 2022 decision over  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, Nov. 16 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service - Illinois Field Office issued the following news release on Nov. 15, 2023: As the 2023 growing season comes to an end, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will contact producers nationwide to gather final year-end crop production numbers and the amount of grain and oilseeds they store on their farms. At the same time, NASS will survey   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following statement on Nov. 15, 2023: The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) today issued its report comparing PennDOT's practices in maintaining and completing infrastructure projects to other similar states as required under a resolution authored by Rep. Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny) in 2022. Ortitay spearheaded the fight against PennDOT's ill-fated, nine-bridge tolling plan unveiled in F  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Nov. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A man who was on federal supervised release from a prior drug conspiracy conviction was sentenced today to 15 years in federal prison for participating in another drug conspiracy. Toney Edward Henderson, age 50, from Camden, Arkansas, received the prison term after a May 3, 2023 guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance after having previously  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today released new state-by-state data and details showing that the simplified, streamlined, and redesigned 2024-25 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form will help 610,000 new students from low-income backgrounds receive Federal Pell Grants. The new FAFSA form will also help 1.5 million more students receive the maximum Pell Grant - bringing th  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Nov. 15 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging a Collinsville woman for dealing a lethal dose of fentanyl, leading a man to overdose and die. Tessa R. Webber, 25, is charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance, fentanyl, resulting in death. According to court documents, the Fairview Heights,   more