WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Projects include funding for aircraft apron parking, runway lighting, runway and taxiway improvements and more that will enhance safety and efficiency The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is awarding $148.3 million for 73 airport-related infrastructure projects in 28 states and Guam. These projects are funded exclusively under the Bipartisan Infrastructure L  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on April 4, 2024: * * * Driven by Robust Engagement Process, Finalized Standards Will Strengthen Grid Resiliency, Preserve Unions Jobs, Support Domestic Electric Steel Growth, and Enhance America's Economic and Manufacturing Competitiveness * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today finalized Congressionally-mandated energy efficiency standards for distribution transformers to increase the resiliency  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The Federal Communications Commission's Wireline Competition Bureau issued the following public notice (WC Docket No. 24-102) on April 4, 2024: * * * Re: Network Change Certification Received Verizon Pennsylvania LLC (Verizon), an incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC), has filed certification that public notice of network change(s) has been provided through its publicly accessible Internet site, as required by section 51.329(a)(2) of the rules of the Federal Communicat  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, April 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced that he has exercised supersession over the Warren County Prosecutor's Office. He has appointed Anthony Picione to serve as Acting Warren County Prosecutor, replacing James Pfeiffer, who is resigning effective immediately. Since October 2020, Picione has served as the deputy director of the Office of Public Integri  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The National Gallery of Art announced today that Lena Stringari will join the museum as chief of conservation. Stringari comes to the National Gallery following a long career at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, where she has served most recently as deputy director and Andrew W. Mellon Chief Conservator. When she begins her tenure on July 14, Stringari will lead one of the largest  more

WASHINGTON, April 6 -- The National Gallery of Art issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: The National Gallery of Art announced today that Natalia Angeles Vieyra will join the museum as associate curator of Latinx art. She will begin on June 30. This position is made possible thanks to a $500,000 grant from the Getty Foundation as part of the Advancing Latinx Art in Museums (ALAM) initiative with the support of the Mellon, Ford, Getty, and Terra Foundations. Vieyra will play a vit  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- The Pennsylvania Department of Education issued the following news: The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has launched a new anti-stigma campaign to support postsecondary students struggling to meet basic needs such as housing, transportation, financial needs, and physical and mental health. "In order to do their best, learners must feel their best, and it is incumbent upon us to point them in the direction of resources that will keep them housed,   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 5 (TNSres) -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release on April 4, 2024: Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) said Thursday that a new poll released from Franklin & Marshall College showing 73% of Pennsylvanians support a requirement that voters show photo identification every time they vote underscores the importance of the discharge resolution petition started by House Republicans last week to get a voter I  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: Sen. Rosemary Brown (R-40) announced a three-bill package today that would amend Pennsylvania's municipal codes to help with emergency medical services (EMS) staffing costs. "As chair of the Senate Local Government Committee, I often hear from municipalities that one-size-fits-all solutions can be problematic at the local level," Brown said. "These bills give local offic  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 5 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: Testifiers discussed the impacts of sleep loss on teenagers and the complexity of scheduling a school day during a public hearing (https://education.pasenategop.com/education-040424/) about pushing back the required start time for schools across Pennsylvania, according to Sen. Dave Argall (R-29), the chair of the Senate Education Committee. "Schools across Pennsylvania are seeing spiking  more

ERIE, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: A resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 57 months in prison on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States District Judge Susan Paradise Baxter imposed the sentence on Kechawn Jabre Douglas, 26. According to information presented t  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: A resident of Latrobe, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on April 4, 2024, to 12 months and one day of imprisonment, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his convictions for violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. United States Senior District Judge Joy Flo  more

WASHINGTON, April 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: An official website of the United States government Here's how you know Official websites use .gov A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS A lock ( Lock Locked padlock ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitiv  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, April 6 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: On Thursday, April 4, 2024, 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, traveled to Baltimore to highlight federal resources available to help businesses withstand the economic impact of the Francis Scott K  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 6 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 5, 2024: This week, Governor Josh Shapiro urged health insurers in Pennsylvania to make contraception more accessible and affordable, announcing new guidance on insurance coverage that may save women nearly $250 a year for over-the-counter contraception. This new guidance is a continuation of Governor Shapiro's commitment to defending a woman's right to choose and to have access to  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