LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 5 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 4, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement after today's ruling by the Arkansas Supreme Court in Arkansas Voter Integrity Initiative v. Thurston affirming a lower court ruling that the voting machines used in Arkansas elections comply with state law: "This is a win for the voters and taxpayers of Arkansas as the State Supreme Court affirms what we've   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * Thank you so much to our Acting Associate Attorney General, Ben Mizer, and to Attorney General Garland for opening our national conference on community violence intervention (CVI). Good morning, everyone. I'm Amy Solomon, the Assistant Attorney General   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs issued the following remarks on April 3, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at the Community Violence Intervention and Prevention Initiative Grantee Conference: * * * AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY Thank you so much to our Acting Associate Attorney General, Ben Mizer, and to Attorney General Garland for opening our national conference on community violence intervention. Good morning, everyone.  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 5 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Heidi Mitchell as senior vice president with responsibility for cash services and Treasury operations. In her new role, Mitchell will provide oversight of Eleventh Federal Reserve District cash services, including operations in Dallas, El Paso and Houston, and will support the mission to supply currency and coin to meet demand, mainta  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 5 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 33 Arkansas counties and neighboring parishes and counties in Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee of the May 6, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-i  more

SACRAMENTO, California, April 5 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 19 Texas counties and neighboring parishes in Louisiana of the May 6, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These low-interest loans are to offset economic los  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Cavco Industries Inc. faces $272K in fines, program focused on high injury rate employers * * * An Austin subsidiary of one of the nation's largest producers of modular and manufactured homes faces $272,479 in penalties after federal investigators found the company exposing employees to more than two dozen serious violations during an October 2023 insp  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 4 -- The U.S. Department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration's New England Division issued the following news release: LAREDO, Texas - A 40-year-old resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Walter Wellington Somers admitted   more

LAREDO, Texas, April 5 -- The U.S. Justice Department Drug Enforcement Administration Houston Division issued the following news release: A 40-year-old resident of Lake Charles, Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to conspiring to possess with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, announced Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Daniel C. Comeaux, Houston Division and U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Walter Wellington Somers admitted he possessed more than 2,000 pill  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 5 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced a victory against the Biden Administration's Security and Exchange Commission ("SEC") mandate that forces business to track and report greenhouse gas emissions. Attorney General Bird led 25 states in securing a temporary, nationwide block on Biden's extreme climate mandate while the lawsuit continues. The mandate is part of Bid  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 5 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is now accepting a second round of applications as part of the $3 million, 5-year Underserved Farmer to Farmer grant from the Environmental Protection Agency's Gulf of Mexico division. The DNR will continue to distribute the remaining funds from the $3 million EPA grant to eligible applicants across the state over the remaining three years of the gra  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, April 5 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on April 4, 2024: Today, Governor Jeff Landry announced four recipients of the Delta Regional Authority's Delta Workforce Grant Program (DWP). These grants expand opportunities to recruit, train, and retain a local workforce, while simultaneously creating talent pipelines and establishing sector-based partnerships. The four recipients of the 2024 Louisiana Delta Workforce Grant Program are as follows:   more

BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, April 5 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: For the third time following the historic trilateral summit at Camp David in fall 2023, fighter aircraft from the U.S., Japan, and the Republic of Korea conducted the third trilateral aerial escort flight of U.S. bombers operating in the Indo-Pacific, April 2, 2024. U.S. F-16s from the 80th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Wing flew alongside Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-2s from the   more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 4, 2024: * * * Extreme House Republican Plan Would Cut Medicare and Social Security While Slashing Taxes for Big Corporations and the Wealthy During his State of the Union Address, President Biden made clear that he will always stand up for America's seniors and stand in the way of any Congressional Republicans who try to cut Social Security and Medicare. He laid out his vision for a future where we make   more

WASHINGTON, April 4 (TNSres) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on April 3, 2024: * * * House Republicans Propose Severely Undermining Fight Against Opioid Crisis in Latest Extreme Budget Proposal The Republican Study Committee, which represents 100% of House Republican leadership and about 80% of their members, released a budget that would severely cut critical funding for states to respond to the overdose epidemic. More Americans between the ages of 18 and 49 die from opio  more