MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, March 30 -- Air University issued the following news: By Billy Blankenship, 42nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs Air University recently participated in the National Security Innovation Network Bootcamp at the Eagle Institute in Montgomery, Alabama, delivering four solutions to help solve national security issues. The NSIN Bootcamp program provides participants innovation-focused training and focuses on modern problems in the security environment. "The National Security In  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 30 -- The Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs issued the following news release: An emergency need for repairing a heavily traveled road has prompted Gov. Kay Ivey to award a $300,000 grant to Cullman County. The county will use the Community Development Block Grant funds for repairs of a partial road collapse on Cullman County Road 222, which links with Interstate 65. Several large industries are located on the road, which serves as a main artery le  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, March 30 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey today, on Good Friday, released a video offering a heartfelt message of hope and redemption to Alabamians ahead of the Easter weekend. * * * Script: Today, on Good Friday and as we approach Easter Sunday, I am reminded of the profound message of hope and redemption found in Matthew 28:5-6. It reads, "And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not: for I  more

MOBILE, Alabama, March 30 -- 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

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, March 30 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Carrie Campbell, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Between Jan. 12, 1962, and March 29, 1973, nearly 3,000,000 of America's young men traveled 8,000 miles from home to fight in jungles of a country they had never heard of to help people they knew nothing about fight for freedom from an enemy they did not recognize. Nearly 58,000 of these American Vietnam War veterans never  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Beth Reece As the Army navigates a transformative era full of challenges like contested logistics and adversarial threats, the Defense Logistics Agency is working to match readiness and sustainment needs with global solutions, the agency's director told Army and industry representatives March 26. "Where the Department of Defense exists, DLA has to be as well," Army Lt. G  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: NEW ORLEANS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans officers apprehended seven unlawfully present noncitizens with narcotics convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort March 11- 22. The criminal histories of those arrested included drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related o  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, March 30 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced an 11-state lawsuit challenging President Biden's second attempt at unconstitutional student debt cancellation. Attorney General Bird took Biden to court as part of a 2022 lawsuit challenging his earlier student debt scheme. The lawsuit accused the Biden Administration of illegally canceling $430 billion in student loans and   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, March 30 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today announced his office, in collaboration with 10 other state attorneys general, is suing Joe Biden over his administration's latest student loan forgiveness scheme. The Kansas Attorney General's Office filed the lawsuit today in federal court. "Once again, the Biden administration has decided to steal from the poor and give to the rich. He  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, March 30 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined a coalition today of 11 state attorneys general suing the Biden Administration over its latest illegal attempt at student loan forgiveness. The lawsuit was filed today in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas Wichita Division. "In Biden v. Nebraska, the Supreme Court made clear that the President cannot unilateral  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced today the availability and individual state allocations of approximately $811 million in funding to states, territories, and native entities to empower individuals and communities with the tools, skills, and opportunities to  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, March 29 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor regarding its "proposed rule revising the regulations for registered apprenticeships." The letter, which the State of Tennessee led, notes the coalition's nationwide concerns over race-based regulations for apprenticeships. According to the attorneys general, "the proposed rule deviates from the statutory purpose  more