FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, Feb. 29 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. - He's on the field, on the court, and out on the water angling for some bass - he enjoys it all, but even more so because fellow troops in his unit are enjoying it with him. During Black History Month, Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Williams, an Active Guard Reserve Soldier, paused to look at his accomplishments. "I'm the first one in my household t  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

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Feb. 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reached a settlement with Army Sustainment, LLC, a government contractor providing aviation maintenance support. In 2020, the EEOC filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Army Sustainment, LLC (formerly known as L-3 Army Sustainment, LLC f/k  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: The Justice Department sent a letter (https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-02/letter_to_lexington_police_department.pdf) today to the City of Lexington, Mississippi, and the Lexington Police Department (LPD) raising significant concerns regarding their practice of jailing people for unpaid fines without first assessing whether they can afford to pay them. Specifically, the department informed t  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 1 -- Gov. Tate Reeves, R-Mississippi, issued the following news releaseon Feb. 29, 2024: Governor Tate Reeves today announced the state of Mississippi is investing $993,250 in site development projects throughout the state. Site development grant funds made available through the Mississippi Development Authority are assisting local economic development entities in their efforts to spur economic growth by attracting new industry to competitive, shovel-ready sites. "M  more

TUPELO, Mississippi, March 1 -- The National Park Service Natchez Trace Parkway issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024: National Park Service law enforcement rangers are asking for the public's help in locating and identifying a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run collision on Natchez Trace Parkway. On Sunday, February 25, 2024, a dark colored 2009-2012 Buick Enclave was involved in a collision near Pharr Mounds, at milepost 286.7. The driver fled the scene without stopping. The s  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

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 1 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: On Thursday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a coalition of 22 state Attorneys General in filing an amicus brief (https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/attorneygeneral/documents/pr/2024/pr24-21.pdf) in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v U.S. Food and Drug Administration, urging the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) to uphold the people's constituti  more

OXFORD, Mississippi, March 1 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi posted the following news release on Feb. 28, 2024: The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at three Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) facilities violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Department's 60-page report details its findings from a thorough investigation of the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 1 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on Feb. 29, 2024: Today, Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court, along with 21 other Attorneys General, in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v U.S. Food and Drug Administration, urging the Court to uphold the people's constitutional authority to make laws through their elected officials. In their brief, the Attorneys General write: Our Constit  more