GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Indiana, March 26 -- The U.S. Air Force's 434th Air Refueling Wing issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Morris The 434th Civil Engineer Squadron was recently awarded the 2023 Major General Robert H. Curtin Award (Air Reserve Component). Named after a prominent former director of civil engineering for the U.S. Air Force, the award strives to recognize the best CE squadrons each year at three distinct levels across the department: active duty small unit,   more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece Fixing things was just something Eric Smith did growing up. His dad dubbed him "man of the house" before heading to Vietnam, so Smith learned to repair everything from car batteries to washing machines to help his mom and three sisters make do. "Stuff around the house would break and I knew we didn't have a lot of money, so I figured out how to fix things. I l  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: The Internal Revenue Service announced today that almost 940,000 people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2020 but face a May 17 deadline to submit their tax returns. The IRS estimates more than $1 billion in refunds remain unclaimed because people haven't filed their 2020 tax returns yet. The average median refund is $932 for 2020, and  more

LANSING, Michigan, March 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, in filing an amicus brief defending the federal law that prohibits people who have been convicted of felonies from possessing firearms. In their brief, filed in U.S. v Prince, AG Nessel and other attorneys general ask the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circu  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A newly unsealed federal indictment charges two individuals for their roles in a conspiracy to buy and sell stolen high-end vehicles worth millions of dollars, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. The defendants are also charged with gun offenses. Robert M. DeWitt, Special Agent in Cha  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, March 26 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President Christine Guhl-Sadovy today announced the award of nearly $3.7 million in funding for scientific research projects being undertaken to ensure ecologically responsible development of offshore wind energy, an integral part of t  more

CAMDEN, New Jersey, March 26 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on March 25, 2024: A husband and wife, formerly of Burlington County, New Jersey, and a third codefendant have pleaded guilty to tax evasion and other charges related to their roles in accepting millions of dollars in a romance fraud, after their conspirators met and wooed the victims on online dating sites, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Martins Friday  more

CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 26 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded seven competitive financial assistance grant awards to the minority serving institutions (MSI) shown below, as a result of its Office of Environmental Management (EM) Minority Serving Institutions Partnership Program (MSIPP) Funding Opportunity Announcement DE-FOA-0002820. The awards will focus on enhancing MSI programs to h  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the appointment of Patricia "Patty" S. Collins to serve as the 27th Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP). Ms. Collins brings decades of senior federal service to the role, including a 24-year career in the U.S. Army. Additionally, Patty is the first woman to serve as Director in the Bureau's 162-year history. "Patty's service to o  more