SCOTT AFB, Illinois, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Trenton Jancze, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Aircrew from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron supported Airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing during a readiness exercise called "Combat Cardinal," at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, March 13, 2024. According to the Scott AFB Public Affairs team, "Combat Cardinal was divided into two efforts: 'Cardinal Sword'   more

BOISE, Idaho, March 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following statement on March 26, 2024: * * * Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador issued a statement condemning the proposed rule from the Environmental Protection Agency regarding the liquid waste produced by meat and poultry processing plants in the United States. The Idaho Attorney General joins other states in expressing concern over the unnecessary and detrimental nature of this proposed regulation. "This propos  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: An Oklahoma man was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for evading over $1 million in income taxes. According to court documents and statements made in court, from 2014 to 2019, Phillip Barry Albert was President of Pelco Structural LLC, a steel pole manufacturing company located in Claremone, Oklahoma. During that period, Albert directed Pelco's outside payroll service company to pay him over $2.  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 27 -- The Oklahoma State Senate issued the following news release: The Senate Judiciary Committee has given unanimous approval to a measure clarifying Oklahoma statutes on voting rights for citizens convicted of a felony who've received a commutation or pardon. Sen. George Young, D-Oklahoma City, is the Senate principal author of House Bill 1629, and Rep. Regina Goodwin, R-Tulsa, is the House principal author. Young said there's been confusion about such voter el  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, March 27 (TNSres) -- The Oklahoma City government issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Oklahoma City's March sales and use tax report shows combined General Fund collections were below this month last year and below the combined monthly projection. The General Fund pays for the City's day-to-day operations. Sales tax is the General Fund's largest single source of revenue, and use tax is the second largest. The March report includes tax collections for   more

SCOTT AFB, Illinois, March 27 -- The U.S. Air Force Scott Air Force Base issued the following news: By Senior Airman Trenton Jancze, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Aircrew from the 56th Air Refueling Squadron supported Airmen from the 375th Air Mobility Wing during a readiness exercise called "Combat Cardinal," at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, March 13, 2024. According to the Scott AFB Public Affairs team, "Combat Cardinal was divided into two efforts: 'Cardinal Sword' exercised the   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on March 26, 2024: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $1.9 million grant to the city of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, for infrastructure improvements to support business expansion and job creation in the city's business district. This grant will enable the construction of new parkin  more