BOISE, Idaho, March 16 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Critical funding for water infrastructure and land management is heading to Governor Brad Little's desk after passing both legislative bodies this week. "Idaho must maintain our water sovereignty and not turn out like other western states in the Colorado River Basin, such as California, where the federal government stepped in to supersede the state's control of its water," Governor Little   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-San Francisco District issued the following news story: By Timothy Reeves, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and its Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) announce the release of the FY23 USACE R&D Annual Report, a deep dive into the innovation and critical thinking throughout the organization to tackle tough engineering challenges and transform future operations. The  more

WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, New Mexico, March 16 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Brooke Nevins, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Partnering with joint and coalition forces, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's 1st Space Brigade continues to experiment with new tactical space control technology to support the warfighter in increasingly complex and contested environments. Soldiers with the brigade's 18th Space Company participated i  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim - February 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.820 a gallon in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim area in February 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline pr  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward - February 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.687 a gallon in the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward area in February 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline pric  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 15 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 15, 2024, entitled "Average Energy Prices, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue - February 2024": * * * Gasoline prices averaged $4.225 a gallon in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue area in February 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Rosenlund noted that area gasoline prices were 17.2  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The California Air Resources Board issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The California Air Resources Board (CARB) and California Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced a $46 million settlement with engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. (Cummins). The settlement resolves DOJ and CARB's claims for violations of California engine emissions control and certification requirements. Cummins made undisclosed changes to approximately 120,000 engines in  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Gloria Sandoval, of Stockton, has been appointed Deputy Secretary for Access at the California Natural Resources Agency. Sandoval has served as Deputy Director of Public Affairs at the California Department of Parks and Recreation since 2015. She was Associate Director of Communications at the California Natu  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Today, Governor Gavin Newsom announced an update on the state's efforts to provide small homes to select communities across California for individuals experiencing homelessness. Sacramento and San Jose are the first two communities out of four announced last year, to make significant progress working with the state on the delivery of small homes. "Sacramento and San Jose ha  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following statement on March 15, 2024, by Commissioner Kristin N. Johnson on proposed consent order against Empires Consulting Corp.: * * * The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced the filing of a Proposed Consent Order to resolve claims against a Ponzi-scheme operator that fraudulently solicited more than $41.6 million from at least 12,500 individuals in the U.S. and abroad. From at lea  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: Isaac Akinduro, 27, of Washington D.C, was sentenced today to 41 months in prison for his role in a sophisticated conspiracy that was responsible for bringing hundreds of pounds of marijuana from California to the metropolitan area, announced U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves and FBI Special Agent in Charge David J. Scott of the FBI Washington Field Office's Criminal and Cyber D  more

QUANTICO, Virginia, March 15 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command issued the following news: By Lance Cpl. David Brandes and Lance Cpl. Ethan Miller, Marine Corps Base Quantico The corporal dragged his body up the obsidian sheet of sand speckled with other water-logged Marines. He clambered over the peak of an incline, only to find one of his comrades was missing something: his head. "That kind of woke me up to what we were getting into," said the nearly 100-year-old Cpl. Donald Raasch  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Chicago Division issued the following news release: Michael Gannon, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration-Indianapolis, and U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Myers for the Southern District of Indiana announced Keith J. Jones, a/k/a Keybo, 57, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Kevin M. Backstrom, 58, of Los Angeles California have been sentenced to prison following their 2023 tr  more

FRESNO, California, March 16 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's San Francisco Division issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Operation SLO Ride has resulted in the dismantling of a criminal organization operating in Tulare County, charging 28 individuals with drug trafficking and illegal possession of firearms. Announcing the results of Operation SLO Ride today are U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert, DEA Special Agent in Charge Brian M. Clark, Tular  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 35 Iowa counties and neighboring counties in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low interest loan  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2023: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Kansas small nonfarm businesses in Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Morris, Riley and Wabaunsee counties of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to of  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 18 Louisiana parishes and neighboring counties in Texas of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 12 Missouri counties and a neighboring county in Illinois of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset econo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded North Dakota private nonprofit organizations of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by a severe winter storm and straight-line winds that occurred Dec. 25 - 27, 20  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in four South Dakota counties and neighboring counties in Minnesota of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offse  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 25 Texas counties and neighboring parishes in Louisiana of the April 15, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economi  more

LENEXA, Kansas, March 16 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: * * * Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska manufacturing plants are among those recognized for their ENERGY STAR certifications * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recognized 103 U.S. manufacturing plants, including four in Region 7 states, that earned the Agency's ENERGY STAR certification in 2023, a designation reserved for manufacturing plants in th  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Sacramento District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District has scheduled its first Restoration Advisory Board meeting for 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26 at the Sun City Lincoln Hills Community Association's Orchard Creek Ballroom. The Restoration Advisory Board, often referenced by its acronym--RAB, is a stakeholder group comprised of representatives from USACE, Central Valley Reg  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Eric Holcomb recently signed State Rep. Sharon Negele's (R-Attica) legislation into law that bans revenge porn generated using artificial intelligence. Negele said while Indiana's current law includes protections for victims of revenge porn, her legislation closes a critical loophole concerning explicit images that are generated or altered using AI. These types of pornographic images, known  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana issued the following news release: Keith J. Jones, a/k/a Keybo, 57, of Indianapolis, Indiana, and Kevin M. Backstrom, 58, of Los Angeles California have been sentenced to prison following their 2023 trial convictions for their parts in an Indianapolis fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine trafficking organization. Jones was sentenced to life in federal prison after a federal jury convicted   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 4:24-cv-00939; S.D. Tex. filed March 14, 2024) involving Ismael Zarco Sanchez, et al.: * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 17 individuals for their roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that involved Houston, Texas-based CryptoFX LLC and targeted more than 40,000 predominately Latino investors in the U.S. and two other countries. Today's complaint follows the SEC's   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: The Healey-Driscoll Administration today announced the establishment of the Office of the Energy Transformation (OET) and the appointment of Melissa Lavinson as its Executive Director. The Office will be housed within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and is charged with the hands-on execution of the clean energy tr  more

ALBANY, New York, March 15 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: Gannett published an op-ed by New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Rob Bonta in its flagship USA Today newspaper about their work to advance legislation to protect children's mental health by reining in addictive social media feeds. Text of the op-ed is available below and can be viewed online (https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2024/  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 16 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Attorney General Gentner Drummond has filed a lawsuit against a sham cancer charity for deceiving generous donors who offered financial support to women battling cancer. In a complaint filed Monday in federal court, a 10-state coalition has joined the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) alleging that the Cancer Recovery Foundation International, also known as Women's   more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The National Park Service Yellowstone National Park issued the following news release: Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, a $30 court processing fee, and a $10 special assessment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick imposed the sentence on March 14, in Mammoth, Wyoming. Mr. Brosnan pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal area. According t  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: A colored pencil painting of Mallard ducklings is California's entry in the 2024 Federal Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program art contest. Olga Sergienko, age 16, of Sacramento, California, won Best of Show with her work titled, "Sunshine Ducklings". Sergienko's sponsor is Margarita Chaplinska Art Studio instructor Margarita C  more

SACRAMENTO, California, March 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, announced today that SBA will close its Kahului Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23. "SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to Hawaii businesses and residents who  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, March 15 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Understanding how a thermonuclear flame spreads across the surface of a neutron star -- and what that spreading can tell us about the relationship between the neutron star's mass and its radius -- can also reveal a lot about the star's composition. Neutron stars -- the compact remnants of supernova explosions -- are found throughout the universe. Because most star  more

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following news release on March 14, 2024: The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged 17 individuals for their roles in a $300 million Ponzi scheme that involved Houston, Texas-based CryptoFX LLC and targeted more than 40,000 predominantly Latino investors in the U.S. and two other countries. Today's complaint follows the SEC's successful emergency action in September 2022 that halted the CryptoFX scheme and char  more

MEDFORD, Oregon, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Oregon issued the following news release on March 15, 2024: In separate criminal cases, three southern Oregon drug traffickers, including the leader of a Klamath Falls, Oregon, drug trafficking organization, were sentenced to federal prison Thursday following investigations by the Basin Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (BINET), announced the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. Juan Jessie Mart  more

CHEYENNE, Wyoming, March 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Wyoming issued the following news release: Pierce Brosnan, 70, of Malibu, California, was fined $500, and required to pay a $1,000 community service payment to the Yellowstone Forever Geological Fund, a $30 court processing fee, and a $10 special assessment. U.S. Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick imposed the sentence on Mar. 14, in Mammoth, Wyoming. Mr. Brosnan pleaded guilty to foot travel in a thermal are  more