VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Jan. 24 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: By Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist The U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center's (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently hosted a defense resiliency program meeting in Hanover, New Hampshire, as part of a project designed to help the Army operate in the complex terrain often found in cold regions. By geospatially map  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Jan. 24 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release: Attorney General Kris Mayes last week joined a coalition of 26 states in sending a letter to the Federal Communications Commission emphasizing the potential harm in the use of artificial intelligence by telemarketers and asking the federal government to strongly restrict such usage. "With technology constantly evolving, our regulations must evolve alongside to protect consumers," said Attorney G  more

OAKLAND, California, Jan. 24 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review a bankruptcy court's decision permitting a Texas company to exploit an elaborate, unfair bankruptcy loophole enabling otherwise healthy corporations to avoid financial liability without ever declaring bankruptcy themselves. The brief, filed in Bestwall LLC v. Official Co  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2024: Approximately 40 individuals were arrested today pursuant to 10 federal indictments filed in the Southern District of Mississippi charging defendants from Lauderdale, Newton, Neshoba, Scott, and Jasper counties in Mississippi, as well as Mexico, California, Texas, and Alabama. The charges stem from a four-year federal investigation of mult  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Moss Point man was sentenced to 262 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute over 112 grams of methamphetamine. Ronald Charles Glaude, Jr. AKA "Bug", 34, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on February 22, 2019, law enforcement agents utilized a confidential informant to purchase a c  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, Jan. 24 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release: Attorney General Josh Stein led a bipartisan group of 24 other attorneys general that filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court asking the court to review a lower court's decision that will affect states' authorities to enforce laws to protect their residents. "Wealthy companies that engage in wrongdoing should not be able to get off the hook by cheating the legal system,"  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Jan. 22, 2024, by National Economic Advisor Lael Brainard at an event at the Brookings Institution entitled "Place-Based Growth: Helping Communities Making a Comeback": * * * Today I want to focus on an area this institution has been emphasizing for many years: place-based growth. When communities across the country thrive economically, so too does our overall economy. Economic growth takes root at the local level. From tha  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton has selected Sandy Day as the chief of public affairs. Day is responsible for overseeing Reclamation's national communications strategy in support of Reclamation's focus on managing water and power related resources across the 17 Western states. "Sandy is an outstanding addition to our team and his extensive communicati  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, Jan. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Moss Point man was sentenced to a total of 195 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 14 grams of fentanyl. Richard Terrell Magee, 39, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on July 28, 2022, agents conducted a controlled purchase of 14 grams of fentanyl from Magee in Jackson County  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Jan. 24 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Reyes joined a team of 13 states in asking the Biden Administration to crack down on a loophole in trade practices that facilitates an illegal narcotics trade, exacerbating the national drug crisis. The De Minimis Trade Provision is a regulation intended to exempt foreign souvenirs and low-value gifts from taxes, but historically the price threshold has risen and is now $800. By rai  more