WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration today is publishing a state-by-state breakdown of the nearly 153,000 borrowers who are receiving $1.2 billion in forgiveness under President Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan. Servicers started processing this forgiveness today. "When we talk about fixing a broken student loan system, this is what we're talking about," said U.S. Secretary of Educati  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 23, 2024, entitled "Fatal Work Injuries in Washington - 2022": * * * Fatal work injuries totaled 104 in 2022 for Washington, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the number of work-related fatalities in Washington was up 31 from the previous year. (See ch  more

UPTON, New York, Feb. 24 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * Data from heavy ion collisions give new insight into electromagnetic properties of quark-gluon plasma * * * A new analysis by the STAR collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), a particle collider at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, provides the first direct evidence of the imprint left by what may  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: Governor Gavin Newsom continued his trip to the nation's capital focusing on some of California's top priorities. At the National Governors Association meeting, Governor Newsom joined dozens of bipartisan governors from across the nation to meet with President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Cabinet Secretaries regarding top issues facing the states. During the business session, the discussion touched   more

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 24 -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine issued the following news release: The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the world's largest institution dedicated to regenerative medicine, awarded $56 million to fund various clinical research aimed at treating Parkinson's disease, autoimmune conditions and a variety of cancers. The awards will support seven projects in the Agency's clinical program which provides funding for e  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the San Ysidro Port of Entry seized over $1 million worth of cocaine concealed in a commercial passenger bus, over the weekend. On Saturday, at approximately 10:16 p.m., CBP officers encountered a 64-year-old man driving an empty commercial passenger bus, applying for admission into the United States  more

SAN DIEGO, California, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the San Ysidro Port worked in collaboration to achieve a common goal: Prevent illegal activity at our borders and protect our communities. CBP officers seized methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine worth an estimated street value of $9,118,000 over the weekend. Beginning at 4 a.m. on Saturday, CBP of  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 24 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Feb. 22, 2024: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered Chiquita Canyon LLC (CCL) to take immediate steps to protect human health and the environment at its non-hazardous municipal solid waste landfill in Castaic, California. The order requires Chiquita to mitigate off-site community impacts caused by noxious odors and hazardous waste leachate and to contain and reduc  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across Guam * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $22 million ($22,498,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Guam drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50 billion in water  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across American Samoa * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $23 million ($22,787,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for American Samoa drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of ov  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across Nevada * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced nearly $45 million ($44,083,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Nevada drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50 billion in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $20 million ($20,022,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) drinking water and clea  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across Hawai'i * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $50 million ($50,080,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Hawai'i drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50 billion in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 21 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across Arizona * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over $70 million ($70,541,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for Arizona drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50 billion in  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 20 (TNSres) -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Unprecedented funding from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is transforming communities across California * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced over half a billion ($510,054,000) from President Biden's Investing in America agenda for California drinking water and clean water infrastructure upgrades. This historic funding is part of over $50  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued the following financial institution letter (No. FIL-07-2024) on Feb. 23, 2024: The FDIC has announced a series of steps intended to provide regulatory relief to financial institutions and facilitate recovery in areas of California affected by severe storm and flooding. Statement of Applicability: The contents of, and material referenced in, this FIL apply to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions. Highlights: * Sever  more

ORLANDO, Florida, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that a federal jury has found Alfred Lamar Shavers (49, Bunnell) and Tyrone James Jones (56, Palm Coast) guilty of conspiring to distribute controlled substances. Jones was also convicted of distributing methamphetamine on two separate occasions, and Shavers was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is pleased to announce the four finalist student teams that will present their final projects as part of HUD's eleventh annual Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition (IAH). For the 2024 competition, HUD has partnered with the Madison Community Development Authority in Madison, Wisconsin. The finali  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced nearly $4 million in awards to eleven grantees to support research that will fill crucial knowledge gaps and help build the evidence base to accelerate the adoption of innovative and effective practices and policies to increase the production and supply of quality, affordable housing. This includes explori  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 275 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nation-wide law enforcement effort that ran from February 5-16, 2024. "ICE is committed to protecting America through the arrest and removal of those who undermine public safety and   more

ALTURAS, California, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Modoc National Forest - issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: The Modoc National Forest is looking to complete some long-unfinished work because of the appealed 2009 Motorized Travel Management Record of Decision. The Forest Supervisor signed the Record of Decision (ROD) approving the Modoc Motorized Travel Management Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) on November 10,   more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Air Force Creech Air Force Base (432nd Air Expeditionary Wing) issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Dillon White, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 50th Attack Squadron and Air National Guardsmen from the 163rd Attack Wing conducted a historic first here Feb. 14, 2024, successfully landing an MQ-9 Reaper at Shaw Air Force Base under satellite control. Satellite-controlled landings are becom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release: The National Gallery of Art has acquired Post-Age (2000), its first painting by Hung Liu (1948-2021), the groundbreaking contemporary artist known for powerful paintings that center the lives of marginalized and forgotten people, including laborers, comfort women, and refugees. Her work is based primarily on historical Chinese photographs that she found in archives. Born in Changchun, China, in 1948, Hung Li  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: Cayetano "Tanny" Santos, a senior project manager at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been honored by the National Society of Professional Engineers as one of the top 26 engineers in the federal government. Santos received the honor today during the NSPE's 45th annual ceremony. Santos, who has worked at the agency for 28 years, was most recently a key member of an NRC team providi  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Feb. 23, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for leading a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Panfilo Acuna, Jr., 29, a citizen of Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Thursday, Feb. 22, to 25 years in federal prison without parole. The court also ordered Acuna to forfeit to the government $5  more

VENTURA, California, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released a draft recovery plan and associated recovery implementation strategy for the conservation and recovery of Vandenberg monkeyflower, a federally endangered plant. Recovery plans are required for federally listed species and identify recovery actions that, when implemented, will achieve the plan's goals for conservation  more

BETHESDA, Maryland, Feb. 24 -- The Uniformed Services University issued the following research news: By Sarah Marshall To identify cancers earlier and better understand when they may be easier to treat, the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched a new clinical trials network to evaluate emerging technologies for cancer screening. The Cancer Screening Research Network (CSRN), in support of the Biden-Harris Administration's Cancer Moonshot, is a   more