PHOENIX, Arizona, April 6 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of Christina Estes-Werther to the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission. Ms. Estes-Werther served as deputy general counsel for Governor Jan Brewer, state elections director under Secretary of State Ken Bennett, and as a member of the Bipartisan Elections Task Force established by Governor Hobbs in 2023. She is currently a part  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, April 5 -- The Arizona House Republicans issued the following news release on April 3, 2024: State Representative Jacqueline Parker, Chairwoman of the House Ad Hoc Committee on Executive Oversight (CEO), and Vice Chairman Austin Smith today sent a letter to Attorney General Kris Mayes requesting public records related to recent unfounded attacks she has made on the agricultural industry, her threats to file a public nuisance lawsuit against Arizona's farmers and using town hal  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Today, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a $4.8 million investment through President Biden's Investing in America agenda to boost partnerships aimed at improving drought resilience and water availability in the western United States. This funding, from the Inflation Reduction Act, coupled with previous investments from the Bipartisan Infr  more

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Maryland, April 5 -- The U.S. Army Forces Command issued the following news: By Walter T. Ham IV The current operations chief for the U.S. Army Cyber Command emphasized the importance of information dominance during multidomain operations against near-peer adversaries. Lt. Col. Garrick P. Minor, the current operations officer for Army Cyber Command, briefed leaders from the 20th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosives (CBRNE) Command on the Army Cyber   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico issued the following news release: A federal judge handed down a 14-year prison sentence to an Albuquerque man who was caught with more than 19 pounds of fentanyl in a hotel room. According to publicly available court records, on October 26, 2022, officers from the Bureau of Indian Affairs intercepted a load of fentanyl destined for Albuquerque during a routine traffic stop. The driver agreed to   more

RAPID CITY, South Dakota, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced that a jury has convicted Julian Bear Runner, age 38, of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, of six counts of Wire Fraud, one count of Larceny, and one count of Embezzlement and Theft from an Indian Tribal Organization following a three-day jury trial in federal district court in Rapid City, South Dakota. The verdict w  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, April 6 -- Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on April 4, 2024, at an event at the Naomi Drenan Recreation Center on investments in climate action: * * * THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Please have a seat. Please have a seat. Donnetta, thank you for that introduction and all the work you've been doing at Self-Help. I'm going to talk about that work in a minute. But I really -- I really appreciate the fact that   more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The White House issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Yesterday, as part of President Biden's historic climate agenda, Vice President Kamala Harris and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan announced $20 billion in awards to expand access to clean energy and climate solutions and lower energy costs for communities across the nation. This investment, made possible by President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, will stand up a first-of-its  more