LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, April 13 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on April 12, 2024: * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement regarding a letter sent on behalf of himself and 10 other state attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Drone Infrastructure Inspection Grant (DIIG) Act: "The DIIG Act is bipartisan legislation that responds to the clear and present industrial and national-security threats posed by the proliferation o  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of $7.4 billion in additional student loan debt relief for 277,000 borrowers. These discharges are for borrowers who signed up for President Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan and are eligible for its shortened time-to-forgiveness benefit and as a result of fixes made by the Administration to income-driven repayment (IDR) fo  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the final Clean Air Act Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) air quality permit for Dominion Energy's Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Commercial (CVOW-C) project located off the coast of Virginia Beach, Virginia. Issued on April 9 following a 30-day public comment period, the permit authorizes the construction and operation of the lar  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, April 13 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on April 12, 2024: Governor Janet Mills announced today that she has appointed retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Alice Briones, DO, to serve as Maine's Chief Medical Examiner. A native of Hampden, Dr. Briones returns to Maine after a distinguished military career culminating as the first woman to lead the U.S. Armed Forces Medical Examiner System (AFMES). As Director of AFMES, Dr. Briones was the Chief Medical Exami  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Federal, state, and local law enforcement officials announce the unsealing of a superseding indictment charging 15 members of the Fully Blooded Felons, a criminal street gang that was active in Northeast Ohio and in the Ohio prison system. The gang members were charged for their roles in a drug trafficking conspiracy involving their importing and distributing fentany  more

LYNDORA, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: Today, Governor Josh Shapiro, UAW Local 3303 President Jamie Sychak, Butler County Commissioner Kevin Boozel, and Cleveland-Cliffs' Chairman, President & CEO, Lourenco Goncalves joinedUAW workers in Butler Countytocelebrate the final U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) rulemaking that saved over 1,300 jobs at the Cleveland-Cliffs Butler Works plant. Pennsylvania workers spoke   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: This week, Rep. Rob Mercuri (R-Allegheny) unveiled legislation aimed at returning taxpayer surplus money back to the rightful hand of the taxpayer. "Pennsylvanians deserve to keep more of their hard earned money" said Mercuri. "The Pennsylvania Treasury currently has a substantial $14 billion surplus. Rather than using the revenue for additional government programs and spending, my legis  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 10 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Republicans issued the following news release: The Pennsylvania Senate has approved legislation, Senate Bill 1127, that would require prosecutors across the state to notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) whenever illegal migrants are charged with violating state law, according to bill sponsors Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-49) and Sen. Wayne Langerholc, Jr. (R-35). Earlier this year, two NYPD officers were assaulted in broad   more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: A resident of Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court on April 10, 2024, to 108 months of imprisonment, to be followed by four years of federal supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and a quantity of cocaine, United States Attorney   more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Lamar Brown, age 38, of Edwardsville, Pennsylvania, was sentenced today to 168 months' imprisonment by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for drug trafficking offense. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, on Jul  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Ras Dalmar Johnson, age 27, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was indicted on April 9, 2024, by a federal grand jury on drug trafficking and firearms charges. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the indictment alleges that on February 1, 2024, Johns  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: * * * UFCW Local 152 Plan Averts Insolvency and Reduction of Benefits Through Receipt of Special Financial Assistance * * * The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) announced today that it has approved the application submitted to the Special Financial Assistance (SFA) Program by the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 152 Retail Meat Pension Plan (UFCW Local 152   more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, April 12 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news release: The House Health Subcommittee on Health Care held an informational meeting today on advancing social equity through cannabis legalization. Rep. Kathy L. Rapp (R-Warren/Crawford/Forest), Republican chair of the wider House Health Committee, praised the testimony of Judge Cheryl Lynn Allen, the first Black woman to be elected to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. "We've heard from all sorts  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: A Florida man pleaded guilty on Thursday, April 11, 2024, to assaulting law enforcement during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. John Anthony Schubert III, 47, of Bra  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service today announced it is issuing more than $232 million to support public schools, roads and other municipal services through the agency's Secure Rural Schools program. As the Biden-Harris administration invests in ways for forests to generate more economic opportunity in rural areas, it also aims to support the quality of life in those communities throu  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service today announced it is issuing more than $232 million to support public schools, roads and other municipal services through the agency's Secure Rural Schools program. The program was reauthorized for fiscal years 2021 through 2023 through President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Fiscal year 2023 funds will be   more