WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: The Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it has enrolled 401,006 Veterans in VA health care over the past 365 days -- 30% more than the 307,831 it enrolled the previous year. This is the most yearly enrollees in at least the past five years at VA, and nearly a 50% increase over pandemic-level enrollment in 2020. The number of new enrollees increased in all 50 states yea  more

DETROIT, Michigan, March 30 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Detroit District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), along with the eight Great Lakes states, will host several virtual public meetings to provide updates on the Great Lakes Coastal Resiliency Study (GLCRS) and to hear the public's feedback on a shared vision for the study. Each meeting will feature the same core presentation on the study and our shared vision, allowing the public   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 30 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release: The Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office is educating taxpayers about the state ordered reappraisal and how it could affect property taxes. The County will host a series of community meetings in all 11 County Council districts. All events are open to the public and will begin in April and run through June. "I strongly encourage Cuyahoga County property owners to attend these sessions to learn about the upcoming changes to  more

WASHINGTON, March 29 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SEATTLE -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle arrested 13 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving illicit narcotics during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 - 26. "Our communities ha  more

FAIRFAX, Virginia, March 30 -- Fairfax County Economic Development Authority issued the following newsletter: * * * FCEDA to Host Exporting Workshop + Weekly Business News Digest * * * The Aerospace Corporation Relocates Corporate Headquarters to Fairfax County At a time of significant change in the space domain's strategic environment, The Aerospace Corporation announced that it has relocated its corporate headquarters to Chantilly, Va., from El Segundo, Calif. The shift will bring Aerospa  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- NASA issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: On Monday, April 8, most of North America will have the chance to see the Moon pass in front of the Sun during a solar eclipse. NASA is inviting the public to participate with in-person events, opportunities to do NASA science, and multiple ways to watch online (https://science.nasa.gov/eclipses/future-eclipses/eclipse-2024/live/). Millions of people along the path of totality - which stretches from Texas to Main  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 216 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, or synthetic drugs, during a nation-wide law enforcement effort that ran from M  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 30 -- North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein issued the following news release on March 28, 2024: Attorney General Josh Stein today led a coalition of eight attorneys general asking the court to take stronger action against John Caldwell Spiller, II after Spiller violated permanent robocall and telemarketing bans. "This defendant has repeatedly violated the court's order and continued to make harmful scam calls," said Attorney General Josh Stein. "This must e  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

EAST BERLIN, Pennsylvania, March 30 -- Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding issued the following news: Pennsylvania's Agriculture Secretary, Russell Redding joined members of the General Assembly, associations and businesses at Cashman's Hardware Store in Adams County to promote Pennsylvania's updated fertilizer law and the Department of Agriculture's consumer education campaign to help residents manage their lawn care in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way. The   more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Today, Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, head of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the voice in President Biden's Cabinet for America's more than 33 million small businesses, announced the selection of 17 new Women's Business Centers (WBCs), 13 of which will be hosted by established Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) across ten state  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

WHEELING, West Virginia, March 30 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on March 29, 2024: Five federal search warrants were executed this morning and one person was arrested as part of an ongoing federal drug trafficking investigation. United States Attorney William Ihlenfeld announced that search warrants were served early today upon three residences in Wheeling, West Virginia, and two residences in Bellaire, Ohio, wit  more