WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article on May 6, 2024: * * * Abby Dernburg and Ramamoorthy Ramesh have joined the prestigious organization for scientists and engineers * * * By Aliyah Kovner Abby Dernburg and Ramamoorthy Ramesh, two senior faculty scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) in recognition of their distinguished  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on May 7, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * Unemployment rates were higher in March 2024 than a year earlier in 269 of the 389 metropolitan areas, lower in 89 areas, and unchanged in 31 areas. A total of 77 areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and 12 areas had rates of at least 8.0 percent. * * * Chart: Metropolitan area unemployment rates, March 2024 * * * ates  more

OAKLAND, California, May 8 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general filed an amicus brief in support of Massachusetts' assault weapons and large-capacity magazine ban. The brief, filed in Capen v. Campbell, urges the First Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold a lower court's ruling that the law was consistent with the Second Amendment. "States play an esse  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Building on new measures that will increase oversight of state homelessness funding to ensure accountability by local jurisdictions, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced his support for new legislation to ensure cities and counties do their part to tackle homelessness. The legislation - Assembly Bill 3093, introduced by Assemblymember Chris Ward (D-San Diego) - will require that   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: In just the last two days, California has seen two firsts related to zero-emission vehicles: the nation's first solar-powered electric truck charging depot and Amazon's largest electric truck fleet in any country. The two milestones illustrate Governor Gavin Newsom's commitment to building more, faster to achieve California's world-leading climate goals. In recent years, the stat  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release: California achieved 4.1 million acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge in 2023, with an overall increase in groundwater storage of 8.7 million acre-feet - equivalent to 26.1 million households' usage over an entire year. Governor Gavin Newsom and the state took action to help local communities during last year's wet season, expanding groundwater recharge by 1.6 million acre-feet: * Executiv  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 8 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: In recognition of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California National Guard's Counterdrug Task Force assisted in the seizure of an estimated 7,100 pounds of fentanyl and more than 3.4 million fentanyl pills statewide since the start of the year, including at ports of entry and along the border. WHAT GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAID: "As we recognize  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 7 (TNSres) -- The California Public Utilities Commission issued the following news release: The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) invites customers of Southern California Edison's (SCE) Santa Catalina Gas utility (Catalina Gas) to a remote Public Forum on the rate case for Catalina Gas. This is an opportunity for Catalina Gas customers to communicate directly with the CPUC regarding the revenue, rates, and electrification activities that SCE proposes i  more

FRESNO, California, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release: Louie Molina, 52, of Hanford, was sentenced yesterday to 14 years in prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Over 500 Grams of Methamphetamine, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, in March 2019, various agencies partnered in Operation Red Reaper, an investigation into the Nuestra Familia prison gang and the Norteno   more

LOS ANGELES, California, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: A Riverside County man, who admitted to selling fentanyl to a 33-year-old man who ingested the powerful synthetic opioid and suffered a fatal overdose, was sentenced today to 240 months in federal prison. Sergio Maya, 33, of Lake Elsinore, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark C. Scarsi, who also ordered him to pay $19,848 in restitution. Maya pl  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 8 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General William Tong today joined a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit defending Massachusetts' commonsense gun safety laws. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, implores the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of assault weapons and large capacity ammunition magazines (  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 7 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release on May 6, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration, today reminded Alaska private nonprofit organizations of the June 5, 2024, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for property damage caused by severe storm, flooding and landslides that occurred on Nov. 20, 2023. Private nonprofits t  more

GERMERSHEIM, Germany, May 8 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Jake Joy Defense Logistics Agency personnel are honing their overseas contingency support prowess during a roughly two-week deployment to Germersheim, Germany, that began in early May as part of the U.S. Army's DEFENDER 2024 exercise. Temporary field sites at the U.S. Army Depot there include a DLA Distribution Expeditionary, or DDXX, team and a DLA Disposition Services Exped  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 8 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 18 attorneys general, today filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit on behalf of Massachusetts, defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. In the brief, Raoul and the coalition urge the court to uphold the state's decades-old ban on the sale and possession of as  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory issued the following article on May 6, 2024: * * * Scientists developed microcapacitors with ultrahigh energy and power density, paving the way for on-chip energy storage in electronic devices * * * By Alison Hatt In the ongoing quest to make electronic devices ever smaller and more energy efficient, researchers want to bring energy storage directly onto microchips, reducing the losses incurr  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:22-cv-04031-CAS-AS; C.D. Cal. filed June 13, 2022) involving Petroteq Energy Inc., Aleksandr Blyumkin and Mark Korb: * * * SEC Announces Remedies Obtained Against Former Executives for Fraud at Tar Sands Mining Company * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced the conclusion of litigation against two former executives of Petroteq Energy, Inc. ("Petroteq"), executive c  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 8 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell, in partnership with D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr, co-sponsored a multistate letter (https://www.mass.gov/doc/fy-2025-naag-letter-to-congress-in-support-of-legal-services-corporation-lsc/download) sent by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys gener  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, May 8 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Anthony Brown today joined a multistate amicus brief (https://www.marylandattorneygeneral.gov/News%20Documents/050724_Capen_Multistate_Amicus.pdf) filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its common-sense gun safety laws against a Second Amendment challenge. The brief, joined by 18 other attorn  more

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs From chairman of the Beale Military Liaison Council (BMLC) to Air Combat Command (ACC) civic leader, Janice "Janie" Nall has built a long career at Beale AFB and even stronger relationships with its Airmen, Guardians, and leaders. Nall started her career at Beale when the BMLC was founded  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, May 8 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin led a multistate amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in support of Massachusetts, which is defending its commonsense gun safety laws from a Second Amendment challenge. The amicus brief, joined by 18 other jurisdictions, urges the court to allow the state's decades-old ban on the sale  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: * * * Per pupil average rose to $15,591; instruction-related costs accounted for nearly 60 percent of current spending * * * Annual spending for public elementary and secondary education increased by nearly 2 percent to $767.8 billion for the 2021-22 school year (fiscal 2022), after adjusting for inflation, according to new data released   more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The National Endowment for the Arts issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Today, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) premiered a series of tribute films celebrating the lives and work of the nine gifted individuals awarded the 2023 NEA National Heritage Fellowship, the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Beautifully crafted vignettes take viewers on a journey of discovery into the lives and communities of these artists and provide  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected four proposals for concept studies of missions to help us better understand Earth science key focus areas for the benefit of all including greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world. These four investigations are part of the agency's new Earth System Explorers Program - which conducts principal investigator-led space science missions as recomm  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news on May 7, 2024: Principal Research Physicist Stephen Jardin recalls walking down the hall in the Theory Wing of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in the 1970s and seeing legendary physicists Katherine Weimer, John Greene and John Johnson working together at a blackboard. One of the physicists would write calculations while the  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following remarks on May 6, 2024, by Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda to the Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee meeting: * * * In 1992, Congress enacted a law designating the month of May as Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month.[1] Thus, today's agenda for the committee is particularly appropriate, given the deep connection between the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community and small businesses. Ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following meeting agenda: * * * 10:00 Call to Order; Introductory Remarks by Commissioners 10:15 Regulation Crowdfunding Continuing the exploration of ways to expand access to early-stage capital raising, the Committee will discuss Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), including the current regulatory framework, successes to-date, challenges, and whether there are potential changes to Reg CF that could improve the exemption.   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for May 6, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to California and Guatemala from May 6-7, 2024. 9:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with biotech experts in Menlo Park, California. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 11:30 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with quantum technology experts in San Francisco, California. (CLOSED PRESS COVERAGE) 3:00 p.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken m  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of State issued the daily public schedule for May 7, 2024: * * * SECRETARY ANTONY J. BLINKEN Secretary Blinken is on travel to California and Guatemala from May 6-7, 2024. 9:00 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken meets with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo in Guatemala City, Guatemala. (POOLED CAMERA SPRAY AT TOP) 9:45 a.m. LOCAL Secretary Blinken participates in the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection Ministerial Family Photo in Guate  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: The former CEO and executive director of two San Bernardino County nonprofit organizations was arrested today on an indictment alleging she embezzled federal grant money intended for the nonprofits, using more than $225,000 of it for unauthorized expenditures such as wedding and travel expenses and cryptocurrency. Donise Warren, 51, a.k.a. "Donise Warren-Jackson  more

RIVERSIDE, California, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release: The owner and sole physician at a Bellflower medical clinic has pleaded guilty to submitting millions of dollars' worth of false claims to a Medi-Cal health care program that provides family planning services to low-income and uninsured patients, causing more than $2.5 million in losses, the Justice Department announced today. Robert Eyzaguirre, 77, of Torrance,  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: CARLOS PEDILLIA-SERNA, age 34, a resident of California, was sentenced on Friday, May 3, 2024 to serve 135 months in the custody of the United States Bureau of Prisons for his role in the distribution of over 40 lbs of pure methamphetamine to individuals in Terrebonne Parish. PEDILLIA-SERNA pleaded guilty on January 24, 2024, before U.S. District Judge Jane T  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $600,000 grant to the city of Tulare, California, to make building renovations to accommodate new business growth and startup expansion. This grant will support the creation of a fabrication facility which will house 3D printers, laser cutters, and other equipment small busi  more

BECKLEY, West Virginia, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Merrick Rice, 43, of Mullens, and Miranda Aliff, 32, of Rock Creek, each pleaded guilty today to structuring transactions with one or more domestic financial institutions. Each admitted to structuring bank deposits of illicit drug proceeds to evade currency transaction reporting requirements. According to court documents and statements ma  more

WASHINGTON, May 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on May 7, 2024: * * * Vice President Harris Announces $5.5 Billion to Boost Affordable Housing, Invest in Economic Growth, Build Wealth, and Address Homelessness in Communities Throughout America Announced after the first two stops of the Vice President's nationwide Economic Opportunity Tour, the new funding to 1,200 communities will build and preserve homes, lower housing costs, support renters and homeowners, aid  more