WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: It's one thing for a hybrid citrus tree to tolerate citrus greening disease (a.k.a. Huanglongbing) and quite another if it also produces orange-like fruit--especially if the juice makes for a delicious breakfast beverage! Now, that holy grail of traits could be closer at hand, thanks to the chemical and genetic sleuthing of a team of Agricultural  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in Connecticut - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 7.1 percent in Connecticut, not significa  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Alaska - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 14.8 percent of wage and salary workers in Alaska, compared with 16.0 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Arizona - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 4.2 percent of wage and salary workers in Arizona, compared with 5.5 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in California - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 15.4 percent of wage and salary workers in California, compared with 16.1 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate f  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Hawaii - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 24.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Hawaii, compared with 21.9 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Idaho - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 4.5 percent of wage and salary workers in Idaho, compared with 4.7 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the state  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Nevada - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 12.4 percent of wage and salary workers in Nevada, compared with 11.3 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Oregon - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 14.1 percent of wage and salary workers in Oregon, compared with 15.5 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate for the s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "Union Members in Washington - 2023": * * * In 2023, union members accounted for 16.5 percent of wage and salary workers in Washington, compared with 18.0 percent in 2022, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that the union membership rate f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document from Economics Daily: * * * From November 2023 to December 2023, job openings rates decreased in 4 states, increased in 3 states, and were little changed in 43 states and the District of Columbia. Michigan, South Carolina, and West Virginia tied for the highest job openings rate (6.8 percent), while Washington (4.0 percent), Hawaii (4.1 percent), and Indiana (4.3 percent) had  more

INDIO, California, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a U.S. citizen for attempting to smuggle fentanyl through an immigration checkpoint on Wednesday evening. The incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m., when a ride-share taxi driver, carrying four passengers, entered the inspection area of the U.S. Border Patrol immigration checkpoint on Hig  more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber, Ph.D. are today encouraging all Californians to understand their rights as a voter, learn more about the state's voting protections, and make a plan to vote before the Presidential Primary Election on March 5, 2024. As Election Day fast approaches, all Californians should be aware of their rights   more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced a settlement with two separate local Bakersfield landlords and their property management company, Clemmer & Company, for multiple violations of the Tenant Protection Act (TPA) and for violation of the Fair Employment and Housing Act. Co-authored by Attorney General Bonta during his time as a state assemblymember, the TPA   more

OAKLAND, California, March 1 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of Connecticut's restrictions on large-capacity magazines (LCMs) and assault weapons in National Association for Gun Rights v. Lamont. "Large capacity magazines and assault weapons have been used in many horrific mass shootings around the country, incl  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Bennae Calac, of Pauma Valley, has been appointed to the California Native American Heritage Commission. Calac has been President, Owner and Managing Member at Native Grounds Monitoring Research and Consulting LLC since 2000, at 7G Foundation since 2018, and at Onoo Po Strategies since 2020. She is an enrolled   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: * SB 263 by Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) - Insurance: annuities and life insurance policies. * SB 400 by Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Hayward) - Peace officers: confidentiality of records. For full text of the bills, visit: http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov. * * * Original text here: https://www.gov.ca.  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced millions of Californians will receive an average of $146 in credits on their April gas and electric bills. The California Climate Credit - automatically applied to Californians' bills every April and October - is a direct result of the state's nation-leading Cap-and-Trade climate program that requires polluters to pay for climate action.   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 1 -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: This April, millions of Californians can look forward to significant savings on their electric and/or natural gas bills, thanks to the California Climate Credit. The state will provide total payments exceeding $1.6 billion for electric customers, $1 billion for natural gas customers, and $160 million for small businesses. The average bill credit will total $146 pe  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- The California State Auditor issued the following report (No. 2023-110) on Feb. 29, 2024, entitled "California Department of Public Health: Process Improvements Could Help Reduce Delays in Completing Fetal Death Registrations." Here are excerpts: * * * To: The Governor of California, President pro Tempore of the Senate, Speaker of the Assembly, State Capitol, Sacramento, California 95814 Dear Governor and Legislative Leaders: As directed by the Joint Legis  more

SANTA ANA, California, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: An Orange County man pleaded guilty today to firebombing a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa in March 2022 and planning to attack an electrical substation in Orange, and further admitted to plotting an attack on Dodger Stadium last year on a night celebrating LGBTQ pride. Tibet Ergul, 22, of Irvine, pleaded guilty to one felony count of   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Roberto Daniel Gomez Gonzalez, 27, of Sacramento, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for possession with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, on March 30, 2020, law enforcement agents searched Gomez Gonzalez's residence and seized more   more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 (TNSres) -- The California Department of Water Resources issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: The Department of Water Resources (DWR) today conducted the third snow survey of the season at Phillips Station. The manual survey recorded 47.5 inches of snow depth and a snow water equivalent of 18 inches, which is 77 percent of average for this location. The snow water equivalent measures the amount of water contained in the snowpack and is a key compon  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SAN DIEGO -- Charges unsealed Feb. 22 against Faustino Romero De La Cruz, 40, of Santa Barbara, allege that he organized the attempted smuggling of multiple unauthorized immigrants by boat on April 10, 2022, which resulted in the tragic drowning deaths of three passengers. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) San Diego's Marine Task Force led the investigati  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 1 -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently awarded $33 million in grants to support projects that increase access to zero-emissions transportation and diversify mobility options for schools and communities that service more than 20 low-income areas, including a new effort that empowers communities with resources to plan for future transportation projects. The programs, called Clean   more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from the San Diego Field Office ports of entry seized 554 pounds of cocaine, 229 pounds of fentanyl, and 1,650 pounds of methamphetamine, in 42 separate smuggling attempts from Feb. 19 through Feb. 25. "By bolstering binational cooperation, sharing intelligence, and strengthening law enfo  more

MONTEREY, California, March 1 -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center issued the following news: By M. Zachary Sherman U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Matteo Martemucci, the Deputy Chief of the Central Security Service, National Security Agency, arrived for a pivotal command briefing with the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center commandant and heads of various language education programs Feb. 27. "[DLIFLC] is a force multiplier and it is a mission enabler," Martemucci  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, March 1 (TNSres) -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is announcing the launch of Florida's Cold Case Investigations Unit to assist law enforcement with unsolved homicides. Standing with Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw and Executive Director Callahan Walsh today at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Attorney General Moody announced the new unit under the Office  more

FREDERICK, Maryland, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's National Laboratory for Cancer Research issued the following news on Feb. 28, 2024: HIV ravages the immune system in people who acquire it, but not everyone is affected equally. In some of these individuals, the effects of the virus don't manifest as swiftly as in others. Scientists have long recognized that people's genes and the proteins they encode play a role in why this is. Now, a team in Frederick National Labo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 27, 2024: * * * Settlement requires scheme owners and operators to turn over millions in assets for refunds to consumers harmed by bogus earnings promises * * * The owners of a money-making scheme that claimed to use artificial intelligence to boost earnings for consumers' e-commerce storefronts have agreed to surrender millions in assets to settle the FTC's case against them. In addition, all the b  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks is scheduled to travel to California next week where she will receive an in-depth look into the department's advanced joint, all domain command and control, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today. Hicks departs on Sunday for a multiday visit to California to meet with service members and observe Projec  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending Feb. 29, 2024: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending February 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 215,000, an increase of 13,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 201,000 to 202,000. The 4-week moving average was 212,500, a decrease of 3,000 f  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article on Feb. 29, 2024: * * * Fabricated ecosystems created at Berkeley Lab will expedite microbiome research, and help underrepresented students in the classroom * * * A greater understanding of how plants and microbes work together to store vast amounts of atmospheric carbon in the soil will help in the design of better bioenergy crops for the fight against climate c  more

LIVERMORE, California, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) employees, participating in five project teams, recently earned Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary's Honor Awards. In addition, Karin King of the Livermore Field Office was honored for her role in the Leadership in Climate Action Team. Representing some of the highest internal, non-monetary recognition that DOE emplo  more

SAN DIEGO, California, March 1 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: That large white arch you see looping over the horizon from downtown San Diego on a clear day sits high on Point Loma, as it has for 70 years. Down the hill and just around the corner, there's a quiet place for builders, tinkerers, lovers of craftsmanship -- less imposing and lesser known. Here time passes a little differently, almost backwards: against currents of newer and better, tradition reigns. In the ship m  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 1 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel warns those seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder that the contact phone number for Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services they find online may not actually connect them to that facility. An attorney for Pine Rest has notified the Department of Attorney General that patients have been improperly diverted to out-of-state facilities by contacts   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory issued the following news release: By Nicholas E. M. Pasquini, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Corporate Communications U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) mechanical engineer, John Michopoulos, Ph.D., received the 2022 Robert Moskovic Award from the European Structural Integrity Society (ESIS) in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the fields of computational, theoretical and experimental multiphysics. "Dr. Michopoulos' res  more

JACKSONVILLE, North Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune The 92-year-old Jacksonville, North Carolina resident laid his head down on his pillow as thoughts roamed through his head, as they had for over 50 years. "How... I went through all that misery and never got hit," he thought to himself as his eyes gradually started to close. "Well, somebody got to do it," declared retired U  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' National Institutes of Health issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: * * * NIH-funded observational study shows risk grows sharply with more frequent use. * * * Frequent cannabis smoking may significantly increase a person's risk for heart attack and stroke, according to an observational study supported by the National Institutes of Health. The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart   more

PHOENIX, Arizona, March 1 -- The Arizona Commerce Authority posted the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: MESA, AZ - Pentagon Technologies Group, Inc. ("Pentagon," a wholly owned subsidiary of Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.), a critical materials supplier of advanced chamber cleaning equipment consumables to leading-edge semiconductor foundries, today announced that it is building a new cleaning facility in Mesa, Arizona. The facility is expected to be operational in Q4 2024. Pentagon's project i  more

SANTA CRUZ, California, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: The Bureau of Reclamation today announces continued public negotiation sessions with the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority for an Operations Agreement and Cost Share Agreement for the B.F. Sisk Dam and Reservoir Expansion Project, which is located on the west side of California's Central Valley near Los Banos. Reclamation and SLDMWA are par  more

AUSTIN, Texas, March 1 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today hosted 45th President Donald J. Trump for a border security briefing with state officials in Eagle Pass. Following the briefing, the Governor and the President toured portions of Texas' comprehensive border security operations at Shelby Park and discussed the unprecedented actions taken by Texas to secure the border in President Biden's absence. "The United States  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: A California resident pleaded guilty today to aiding and abetting wire fraud, which led to defrauding the federal government of approximately $114,066 in unemployment benefits during COVID-19, while he was living and working in Utah. He also admitted to aiding and abetting others to fraudulently apply and pay him as compensation. According to court docu  more