KEESLER AFB, Mississippi, April 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Senior Airman Trenten Walters, 81st Training Wing Public Affairs The 333rd Training Squadron and instructional coaches from the Biloxi School District have partnered to broaden military instructor capabilities. This community partnership, aligned with the 81st Training Wing's priority of focused training, enhances the quality of education military students receive by equipp  more

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 4 -- Alaska Attorney General Treg R. Taylor issued the following news release on April 2, 2024: Alaska Attorney General Treg Taylor drew inspiration from a federal judge blocking a federal rule yesterday that tried to coerce state highway departments to measure and reduce CO2 emissions on roadways. The 21-state coalition led by Kentucky challenged the Federal Highway Administration's rule in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. "This rule is mo  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 4 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 3, 2024: * * * Following an order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement praising the court's order, which declared unlawful a final rule of the Federal Highway Administration that would require states to set declining targets for tailpipe CO2 emissions from vehicles on the National Highway System.   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0628) on April 3, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages - May 2023": * * * Office and administrative support occupations had employment of 18.5 million in May 2023, representing 12.2 percent of total national employment, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest office and administrative support occupations were customer service re  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: Today, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced that the Justice Department is adding three new cities to its Criminal Division's Violent Crime Initiative (VCI), building on the successful model launched in Houston, Texas, in September 2022, and expanded to Memphis, Tennessee, in November 2023. The VCI surges law enforcement tools and  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Compton, California man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance. According to court documents, Booker Washington, 52, was identified as being a member of a drug-trafficking organization in California that was sending packages of narcotics to Mississippi dating back to 2019. The investigation yielded 5,76  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: The City of Jackson, Mississippi will receive additional federal assistance to investigate violent crimes committed with firearms. Specifically, this month the DOJ's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) New Orleans Field will be deploying a National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN) mobile unit to Jack  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Jackson man was sentenced today to 151 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Teson Kuran Daniel, 39, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Jackson. According to court documents, on January 24, 2023, agents executed a search warrant at the residence of Teson Kuran Daniel. Inside the resi  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, April 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Pascagoula, Mississippi man pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 55.3 grams of methamphetamine. Timothy Harper, 42, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, on October 24, 2023, a clear plastic bag containing suspected methamphetamine was purchased from Timothy Harper in Pascagoula. A subsequent l  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, April 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: In one of Attorney General Gentner Drummond's many efforts to push back against the Biden Administration's ceaseless attacks on the oil and gas industry, a federal judge on Monday blocked a highway emissions rule that sought to drive gas-powered cars off the road. Drummond and 20 other state attorneys general had joined Kentucky in challenging a Federal Highway Admi  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, April 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news on April 3, 2024: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the pending Clean Air Act (CAA) regulatory proposal Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Emission Guidelines for Existing Sources: Large Municipal Waste Combustors Voluntary Remand Response and 5-Year Review. The State of Indiana led the letter, urging the   more