LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 22 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 21, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that his office is initiating an investigation of Change Healthcare, Inc., a unit of UnitedHealth Group, under the Arkansas Personal Information Protection Act and the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act in light of a February cyberattack: "I am initiating an investigation into Change He  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Part of an effort to improve safety by upgrading and building control towers in small towns and at regional airports The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $20 million to 20 airport-owned airport traffic control towers across the country, spanning 17 states. The funding will be used to upgrade existing or build new control towers, delivering on President Biden's Investing in America   more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: President Biden will email an additional 380,000 public service workers thanking them for their service and notifying them they are on track to have their debt cancelled through PSLF within two years The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $5.8 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 77,700 borrowers. These approvals are the result of fixes made by the Administra  more

ALBANY, New York, March 22 -- The city of Albany issued the following news: The City of Albany, NY, is thrilled to announce that our community is one of the selected 24 cities to participate in the Cities Forward program, a collaborative initiative between the U.S. Department of State, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Resilient Cities Catalyst, and the Institute of the Americas. Launched at the Cities Summit of the Americas, this program is dedicated to assisting Latin America and th  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following recall alert on March 21, 2024: * * * Name of Product: Crown Aruba IV (AWR Series) gas-fired hot water boilers Hazard: The blocked vent switch (BVS) can fail to shut down the burners if the boilers are installed at altitudes above 2,000 feet and the vent system becomes blocked. In such an event, the boiler can emit excessive amounts of carbon monoxide into the building, posing a carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning   more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on March 21, 2024: As part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia to accelerate clean energy deployment on current and former mine land. This funding--made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law--will support a variety of diverse, locally-  more

GETTYSBURG, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The National Park Service Gettysburg National Military Park issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Gettysburg National Military Park is pleased to announce it will be hosting a Licensed Battlefield Guide exam in 2024. Licensed Battlefield Guides are the only individuals licensed by Gettysburg National Military Park to provide historical tours of the battlefield to the public for a fee, a service which has operated since 1915. Today the License  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 22 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a multistate coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing a motion to intervene on behalf of the State of California and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) in the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to defend the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Oil and Gas Methane Rule. The EPA's Final Rule strengthens the reg  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory issued the following news: NETL researchers have completed some of the first in-situ measurements of ammonia-fueled flames. The foundational combustion research will be used to validate computer models needed to design next-generation energy systems using ammonia as a carbon-free fuel. "Fuels that create zero carbon dioxide emissions such as ammonia, among other decarbonization   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a collaborative law enforcement effort resulting in the recent arrest of a Philadelphia man with a cache of illegally possessed firearms. Nicholas Mimoso, who has prior convictions for felony drug trafficking and firearms possession and is on parole, is charged with corrupt organizations and related charges, including firearms possession offens  more

SELINSGROVE, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources issued the following news on March 21, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn, and Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited ski and snowboard manufacturer Gilson Snow in Snyder County to launch the Pennsylvania Outdoor Business Alliance. As promised in his first budget proposal, Governor Shapi  more

LANCASTER, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news on March 21, 2024: Yesterday, Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) Secretary Dr. Khalid N. Mumin joined U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology to highlight career pathways available to students at Pennsylvania's colleges and universities. After decades of disinvestment that have put postsecondary education out of reach for many Pennsylvania  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro toured Gecko Robotics in Pittsburgh to highlight Pennsylvania's growing robotics and technology innovation economy and his commitment to investing in economic development across the Commonwealth. During the visit, Governor Shapiro pointed to Gecko Robotics as an example of the kinds of companies spurring innovation across the Commonwealth tha  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Tyrik Brown, age 29, an inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution, Schuylkill, in Minersville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced on March 20, 2024, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani, to serve an additional six months in prison on  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Luis Algarin-Torres, 34, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond to 622 months in prison, to be followed by six years of supervised release, for distribution of narcotics and firearms possession offenses. On March 10, 2018, Drug Enforcement Adminis  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 120 months of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy imposed the sentence   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, March 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: A resident of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating a federal firearms law, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. The one-count Indictment named Ernest Lee Terry, 45, as the sole defendant in this case. The charge initially was brought in the for  more