ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, March 28 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following agency statement on March 27, 2024: * * * The City of Alexandria has ended negotiations related to the Potomac Yard Entertainment District opportunity and the proposal will not move forward. As stewards of the City's economic health and development, City leaders believed the Potomac Yard Entertainment District opportunity was worthy of community discussion and Council consideration. We negotiated a framework for thi  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, March 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, in Arlington, Virginia, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Chesapeake Bay Trust have been awarded approximately $206 million in grants to fund local projects and technical assistance to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay over the next four years and advance environmental justice. EPA's Chesapeake Bay Progr  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 27 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following Regional Matters analysis on March 26, 2024, by Emily Wavering Corcoran: * * * The Richmond Fed uses a set of tools to continually gather information on economic activity across our Fifth District. These sensing tools include our industry roundtable conversations with business and community leaders and our monthly business surveys. In addition to collecting regular data on indicators such as wage growth a  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece The Defense Logistics Agency showed its commitment to global security March 19-21 as it hosted logistics and procurement leaders from 18 NATO nations for a meeting of the Common Item Material Management Support Partnership Committee, or CPC. A legal entity under the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, the CPC provides joint management of common supplies avail  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: On Monday, March 11, AmeriCorps NCCC and Serve Virginia, the state service commission for the state of Virginia, signed a disaster relief and recovery Memorandum of Understanding. The signing ceremony took place at the new offices of the Virginia Department of Social Services in Glen Allen, with representatives from AmeriCorps NCCC, Serve Virginia, the Virginia Department of Social Services and the Departmen  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, March 28 (TNSres) -- The Indiana House Republicans issued the following news release: Gov. Holcomb recently signed into law legislation sponsored by State Rep. Joanna King (R-Middlebury), which will protect Hoosier children from accessing adult-oriented websites. According to a National Institutes of Health study (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18771400/), more than 90 percent of boys and more than 60 percent of girls were exposed to internet pornography during their te  more

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Virginia, March 28 -- The U.S. Marine Corps Base Quantico issued the following news: By Sgt. Miranda DeKorte, Marine Corps Base Quantico The Wounded Warrior Regiment hosted the Women's Health Symposium at The Clubs at Quantico, March 18 with the intent to not only increase awareness about valuable resources, but to also identify opportunities to approach women's health issues in and outside of military service. "Our bodies are not like men's bodies, and it is impor  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: The Department of the Interior announced today the selection of 14 projects in 11 states to receive $58.3 million through the National Park Service's Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership (ORLP). Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland announced the funding during a visit to the San Francisco Bay Area, where she met with local and state officials and outdoor r  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Javier Chagoya In the dark, early morning sky of March 21 over NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility on the Virginia coast, a Rocket Lab Electron rocket carried a National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) manifest featuring three collaborative research missions into low-Earth orbit - including the latest piece of home-grown space hardware from the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS). Led by Associate Research Professor  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on March 27, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News A senior Pentagon official is shining a bright light on top performing leaders as part of the Defense Department's mission to drive safety and risk management throughout the total force and take care of those who serve. Peter I. Belk, performing the duties of assistant secretary of defense for readiness, said continuing to inculcate a culture of safety across the Defen  more

NORFOLK, Virginia, March 28 -- The Port of Virginia issued the following agency statement on March 26, 2024: * * * The Port of Virginia is truly saddened by this morning's news regarding the collision of the mv. Dali and the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore. Our thoughts are with all those families directly impacted by this tragic event. The mv. Dali called at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) terminal and departed March 22for Baltimore as its next scheduled port of ca  more

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Rhode Island issued the following news release: Attorney General Merrick B. Garland has appointed U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha to serve on the Attorney General's Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). The AGAC was created in 1973 and advises the Attorney General on matters of policy, procedure, and management impacting the nation's 94 U.S. Attorneys Offices, and elevates the voices of U.S. Attorne  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on March 27, 2024: Southeastern Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (FHLBank Atlanta) announced today that a $270,000 grant has been awarded to Golden Isles Veterans Village, a development of 30 tiny homes and a community center for homeless veterans in Brunswick, Georgia. The funds from FHLBank Atlanta's Multifamily Housing Bridge Fund  more

ARLINGTON, Virginia, March 28 -- The U.S. Trade and Development Agency issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency hosted the U.S.-India Climate Technologies Action Group (CTAG) Forum on Decarbonizing Pathways to deepen collaboration on mitigating the impacts of climate change and transitioning towards sustainable, low-carbon economies. The Forum was held in New Delhi, India and featured U.S. Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti as a keynote sp  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 28 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin released the following statement today on the recent development regarding the Monumental Sports & Entertainment Economic Development Project: "Virginians deserve better. A one-of-a-kind project bringing world-class athletes and entertainment, creating 30,000 jobs and $12 billion in economic activity just went up in smoke. This transformational proje  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on March 27, 2024: A Richmond man pleaded guilty today to possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. According to court documents, on Sept. 19, 2023, Richmond Police Narcotics Detectives and the Virginia State Police Tactical Team executed a search warrant at the residence of Errez Tekel Perry, 30. A  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing on March 27, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Deputy Commandant for Operations for the U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Peter Gautier: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Good afternoon, everyone. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Thank you for joining us. Thank you for joining us. Okay. I have a couple things at the top. And as you can see, we have guests wit  more