MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 28 -- The Alabama Secretary of State issued the following news on March 27, 2024: Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen issued the below statement in response to a press release issued on March 25, 2024 by the Voter Participation Center regarding the misleading, unsolicited mailers targeting Alabama mailboxes. "The response issued by the Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information fails to refute and, in fact, advances our position that these groups ar  more

MOBILE, Alabama, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release: A Mobile man was sentenced to 240 months in prison for conspiring to distribute cocaine and a consecutive 60 months in prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents, Edward Duran McGee, 42, was arrested by Mobile police in July 2021 during a traffic stop. As officers approached the vehicle, they saw d  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, March 28 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on March 27, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after co-leading a 27-state comment letter opposing a proposal from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that would unduly burden state and national meat and poultry producers and illegally expand the EPA's regulatory authority: "The EPA wants to impose illegal and crippling regulations on meat and poultry   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, March 28 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding nearly $500,000 to five communities across Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri in its third round of funding through the Strategic Planning Program. Funding for this program was made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden -- a key part of his Investing in America agenda. "The Strategic Planning Program gives public ent  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, March 28 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release: Attorney General Chris Carr is pushing back against a recent proposal from the Biden administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that seeks to impose, for the first time ever, new pollution limits and pretreatment standards on meat and poultry processors. Currently, the EPA regulates roughly 150 meat processing facilities in the U.S. With this proposed rule, the EPA would sweep into i  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued the following event notification (No. 57035) involving Southern Earth Sciences Inc., Mobil, Alabama: * * * Rep Org: Alabama Radiation Control Licensee: Southern Earth Sciences, Inc Region: 1 City: Mobil State: AL License #: RML 647 Agreement: Y NRC Notified By: Cason Coan HQ OPS Officer: Karen Cotton-Gross Notification Date: 03/18/2024 Notification Time: 17:24 [ET] Event Date: 03/18/2024 Event Time: 14:45 [CDT] Last   more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command issued the following news: By Eben Boothby Leaders throughout the Army sustainment enterprise are strategically crafting decisions to ensure the Organic Industrial Base's ability to support current, surge and future Army readiness requirements. Army Materiel Command's leadership recently organized the OIB commander's summit at Redstone Arsenal, March 19-20, to synchronize modernization effor  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

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 28 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on March 27, 2024: This month, Attorney General Sean D. Reyes, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman, and West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced that they filed a lawsuit to block a devastating new air quality rule from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would raise costs on Utah manufacturers, utilities, and families. AG Reyes and 23 other attorneys general jo  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