JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The 32nd Medical Brigade helped kick off Fiesta San Antonio by hosting the annual U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence 2024 Fiesta Fun Run at the n MacArthur Parade Field at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. King Antonio CI Scott Christy and Rey Feo LXXV John McFadden, along with other Fiesta royalty, joined more than 3,000 soldiers for the  more

SHEPPARD AFB, Texas, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force's 82nd Training Wing issued the following news: By Senior Airman Katie McKee, 82d TRW Public Affairs The 82nd Medical Group Laboratory recently earned an "excellent" rating for the third consecutive inspection with zero deficiencies reported. The College of American Pathologists conduct the inspection to evaluate laboratory practices. This inspection carried added significance as it coincided with settling into a new facility and new healthc  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool - a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system - gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task information directly f  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By Shannon Carabajal, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force Civil Engineer Center recently introduced a new tool to help installations collect, manage and use civil engineering data more efficiently. The tool - a custom-designed mobile tab for the NexGen IT system - gives civil engineer field technicians a user-friendly option for accessing, logging and updating work task info  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The opportunity to serve as an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor has expanded significantly, adding thousands of newly eligible personnel. The 2023 National Defense Authorization Act created for the first time, the eligibility for non-retired, currently serving members of each military service's Guard and Reserve components, as well as some honorably  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Air Force selected 894 active-duty officers for promotion to Captain during the recent CY23C Captain promotion process. Military Personnel Flights may access select lists through the Air Force Promotions System (AFPROMS) and provide to their Senior Raters for notification on April 18. Upon notification of selection status, all selects, and non-  more

NEW YORK, April 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Northeast Regional Information Office issued a report on April 17, 2024, entitled "Alternative Measures of Labor Underutilization in New York - 2023": * * * In 2023, the broadest measure of labor underutilization, designated U-6 (which includes the unemployed, workers employed part-time for economic reasons, and those marginally attached to the labor force), was 8.1 percent in New York State and 9.8 perc  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-0700) entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - February 2024": Job openings rates decreased in 4 states and the District of Columbia and increased in 3 states on the last business day of February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 5 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 5 states an  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: The Defense Department must continually drive change and anticipate emerging threats to meet evolving national security demands, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., said April 16. Speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association's 2024 Missile Defense Conference in Brown encouraged warfighters and their ena  more

DENVER, Colorado, April 18 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: The House Judiciary Committee today passed gun violence prevention legislation sponsored by Representatives Kyle Brown and Mandy Lindsay that would protect communities from gun violence and create safer public spaces by prohibiting the carrying of firearms in certain locations. SB24-131 passed by a vote of 8-3. "Too many Coloradans have been impacted by gun violence, and this bill would keep these dan  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: DEL RIO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Del Rio Port of Entry encountered a man wanted in North Texas on a felony warrant for aggravated sexual assault of a child. "Our frontline officers continue to exercise resolute vigilance while inspecting arriving travelers and that dedication and utilization of our national law enforcement databases   more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 18 -- The U.S. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center issued the following news: By Debbie Aragon, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Department of the Air Force, Air Force Security Forces Center and the Department of Veteran Affairs' Law Enforcement Training Center have partnered to expand essential training for its civilian Defender force. Recently, they conducted an 80-hour beta test of a Civilian Law Enforcement Officer Supervisors' Course   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: EL PASO, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at El Paso area ports of entry made recorded multiple enforcement actions during the last week. They made 24 drug seizures, apprehended 25 wanted individuals, seized weapons and ammunition, and recoded multiple agriculture violations during the period. "Homeland security is our principal mission  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: SAN FRANCISCO -- Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) arrested a Romanian national April 5 wanted in their home country for kidnapping. "Our officers are gratified to ensure fugitives are removed from our community to keep the public safe," said ERO San Francisco Field Office Director Moises Becerra. ERO San Francisco officers discovered the 25-year-old  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the following dissent on April 17, 2024, by Commissioner Allison Clements on a decision (Docket No. CP22-2-001) involving Gas Transmission Northwest LLC: * * * I dissent from today's order on rehearing[1] of the Commission's order issuing a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Gas Transmission Northwest, LLC (GTN) for its GTN Xpress Project.[2] I do so for three principal reasons.   more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration issued the following news release: Today, FHWA Associate Administrator for Operations Martin Knopp joined Maryland Lieutenant Governor Aruna Miller, Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) Secretary Paul Wiedefeld, and other state officials for this year's National Work Zone Awareness Week kick-off event organized by MDOT. The event took place along I-695 in Baltimore County where six workers wer  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Do you have TRICARE For Life (TFL)? Are you living, moving, or planning to travel overseas? It's important to know how your TFL coverage works outside of the U.S. and U.S. territories. "TRICARE For Life works differently overseas," said Michael Griffin, a program analyst with the TRICARE Overseas Program Office at the Defense Health Agency. "Knowing  more

WASHINGTON, April 18 -- The General Services Administration issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding (https://www.gsa.gov/system/files/Signed_ElPaso_GSA_MOU_041124.pdf) (MOU) with El Paso Electric (EPE) to develop carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) tariffs or other offerings for federal facilities in the company's service territory in Southern New Mexico and West Texas. Under the   more

TOPEKA, Kansas, April 18 -- Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach issued the following news release on April 16, 2024: Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach today issued a letter to the Bank of America requesting that it provide a coalition of state attorneys general with a written report about its account policies and practices, update its terms of service to state that it doesn't discriminate against customers for their religious or political views or speech, and remove prohibitions on "intoleran  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, April 17 (TNSres) -- Gov. Maura Healey, D-Massachusetts, posted the following issue brief from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center on April 16, 2024: * * * An Act Relative to Strengthening Massachusetts' Economic Leadership Introduction Massachusetts is the global epicenter for the life sciences industry. Yet, other states, such as Texas, New York, California, and North Carolina, are competing hard to outpace us. To remain the leader and to continue to cultivate inn  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 18 -- The Army and Air Force Exchange Service issued the following news release: By Marisa Conner The military community can rely on everyday savings at the pump with MILITARY STAR(R). Cardmembers save 5 cents on every gallon of gas at Exchange fuel locations and participating Navy Exchange and Marine Corps Exchange locations. Last year, cardmembers saved $3 million with this exclusive MILITARY STAR card benefit. "The military community doesn't need to wait for a specia  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, April 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: A modernized aviation specific program, designed to enhance the student experience, recently launched at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. This is the catalyst for continued improvement and modernization of the Specialized English Training aviation curricula. DLIELC performs a unique mission   more

WASHINGTON, April 17 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: The U.S. National Science Foundation is excited to announce the expansion of the NSF Convergence Accelerator to 10 regions to enhance national and regional competitiveness in research, innovation and workforce development. These 10 regional Convergence Accelerators will promote convergence research and innovation by connecting researchers, practitioners and stakeholders from various domains and   more

WOODLAWN, Maryland, April 18 -- The Social Security Administration issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Last Thursday, the Social Security Administration published a final rule, "Expansion of the Rental Subsidy Policy for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Applicants and Recipients." This rule provides the second of several updates to the agency's SSI regulations that will help people receiving and applying for SSI. "Our mission is to continue to help people access crucial bene  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) maintains a database of ALL violations that resulted in administrative orders during the past two years - including penalties and license revocations and suspensions, as well as people who have been issued cease and desist orders because of unlicensed activity. TDLR issued a cease-and-desist order against Dee Thai Feet LLC in Pla  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 18 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news on April 17, 2024: On Tuesday, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti joined a 23-state coalition demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) modify existing regulations in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These regulations consider "disparate impacts" to forward race-conscious "environmental justice" initiatives. "Federal agencies continue to pursue rules that treat  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sent a notice of supplemental authority to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit detailing how Texas's unanimous victory yesterday at the U.S. Supreme Court in DeVillier v. Texas further supports Texas's defense of S.B.4. In DeVillier, the Supreme Court sided (https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-ken-pa  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: Governor Greg Abbott today was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by TIME in their 2024 TIME100 list. "We have worked tirelessly to ensure Texas remains a beacon of freedom and opportunity for the entire world, and it is an honor to be recognized for all we have accomplished by being named as one of the most influential people in the world by TIME100," said Gover  more

DALLAS, Texas, April 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas issued the following news release: A Rowlett woman who helped her fiance orchestrate the brutal murder of his ex-girlfriend was convicted at trial, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. Holly Ann Elkins was indicted in June 2023. On Wednesday, after seven days of trial and an hour and a half of deliberation, a jury convicted her of conspiracy to stalk, stalking us  more

DEL RIO, Texas, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Del Rio man was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 120 months in prison for possession of a stolen firearm. According to court documents, Jaime Rivera, 49, burglarized a U.S Border Patrol agent's home in April 2019, and stole nine firearms. Rivera and a codefendant, Manuel Angel Lomas aka Emanuel Lomas, sold several of the firearms, one of which was used by  more

AUSTIN, Texas, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas posted the following news release: The United States has reached a settlement with the Texas Education Agency (TEA), a state agency responsible for certifying teachers to teach in classrooms across the state of Texas, to resolve alleged violations of Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the administration of the Science of Teaching Reading (STR) examination, a standardized examinatio  more

DEL RIO, Texas, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 144 months in prison with credit for time served for one count of conspiracy to import more than 500 grams of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Sixto Margarito Riojas-Menchaca, 42, and codefendant Marcelo Fabian Rodriguez-Suarez were referred to a secondary inspection as they entered the E  more

LAREDO, Texas, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: Two people residing in Laredo have been ordered to federal prison for conspiring to sell pistols, rifles and ammunition via social media, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Joccelyn Jasmin Recio, 30, Laredo, and Mexican national Victor Martin Serrano Carrillo, 20, pleaded guilty Sept. 12, 2023, and May 11, 2023, respectively. U.S. District Judge Diana Salda  more

MCALLEN, Texas, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas issued the following news release: A 26-year-old Edinburg man has been sentenced for drug charges and possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani. Lauro Gonzalez Jr. pleaded guilty April 24, 2023. Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane has now ordered Gonzalez to serve a total of 12 years in federal prison to be immediately fo  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: McALLEN, Texas -- A Mexican citizen was sentenced to eight years for transporting child sexual abuse material following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Rio Grande Valley's Child Exploitation Task Force with help from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Luis Alberto Hernandez-Venegas, 40, was sentenced April 15 to 97 month  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on April 17, 2024: A Kansas City, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and heroin and for illegally possessing a firearm. John A. Caylor, 55, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Tuesday, April 16, to 13 years and six months in federal prison without parole. On Sept. 2  more

WASHINGTON, April 17 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the names of individuals who hold senior staff positions in D.C. Alysia K. Peters has been appointed Director of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Office of External and Intergovernmental Affairs Before joining USDA, Peters worked as the director of the Office of Gifts and Grants Management for the Peace Corps, where she oversaw the agency's f  more