WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news on April 12, 2024: By Brian Brackens, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Public Affairs The Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Special Operations Forces (ISR & SOF) Directorate, recently put together a digital acquisition team comprised of junior workforce members, to develop a digital light reconnaissance aircraft. Known as the Digital PAQuisitions team, the team'  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

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 12 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and 18 other state attorneys general are opposing a new federal program that promotes aggressive enforcement of "red flag" gun-confiscation laws. Yost and his counterparts argue in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland that the National Extreme Risk Protection Order (ERPO) Resource Center, launched in March by the Department of Justice, undermines the Secon  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 13 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The Cuyahoga County Division of Senior and Adult Services and the Ohio Department of Development remind County residents that assistance is available to help with home energy bills. The Home Energy Assistance Program (https://development.ohio.gov/individual/energy-assistance/1-home-energy-assistance-program) (HEAP) helps Ohioans at or below 175% of the federal poverty guidelines pay their heating b  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, April 12 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news on April 11, 2024: By R.J. Oriez, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs As the midafternoon sun disappeared from the blue sky Monday, and the darkness of night fell across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, a cheer went up from those gathered behind the base's club and banquet center. People had gathered to claim their spots hours before the start of the eclipse, and the 88th Force S  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news on April 12, 2024: One of the key measures of effectiveness for any warfighting organization is materiel readiness - the ability to maintain ships, aircraft, vehicles and weapons systems, keeping them in the fight. Ensuring materiel readiness has posed a challenge for military forces since the dawn of warfare, particularly in expeditionary environments where logistics chains are difficult and often contested. In re  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

TOLEDO, Ohio, April 13 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio issued the following news release: Whitney Durant, AKA Soren Monroe, age 20, of Worthington, Ohio, was sentenced to two years of probation and a $2,000 dollar fine by Magistrate Judge Darrell A. Clay, after pleading guilty to one count of intentionally damaging a reproductive health care center, a violation of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (the "FACE Act"). Durant vandalized HerChoice, a   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: * * * Local 73 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 Teamsters Union Local No. 73 Pension Plan (Local 73 Plan). The plan, based in Valley View, Ohio, c  more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 13 -- Cuyahoga County issued the following news release on April 12, 2024: The Youth Mental Health Workforce Development Sprint Task Force has released recommendations for ways to attract, retain and better support mental health professionals serving young people in Cuyahoga County. The recommendations were presented to Mayor Justin M. Bibb and County Executive Chris Ronayne in a roundtable session yesterday afternoon. Included in the task force report is a landscape an  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