ST. PAUL, Minnesota, May 8 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Paul District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, awarded a $31.7 million contract to LS Marine, Inc., of Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, to conduct mechanical dredging operations in support of channel maintenance within the Mississippi River, April 17. This work will facilitate long-term channel maintenance dredging and placement of dredged material, or river sand, for the Up  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, May 8 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody is demanding the U.S. Congress permanently defund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency after a recent investigation revealed the agency continues to be tied to terrorism. The organization is linked to Hamas and incites hatred by spreading antisemitism. Attorney General Moody, with 23 other attorneys general, today sent a letter to Congress de  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 8 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today co-led a 24-state coalition in a letter to Congressional leadership, urging Congress to permanently cut all funding to the terrorist-embedded United Nations Relief and Works Agency ("UNRWA"). On October 7, 2023, dozens of UNRWA staff participated in the largest attack on the Jewish community since the Holocaust. UNRWA's ties to terrorism are  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 8 (TNSres) -- The Mississippi State Auditor issued the following news release: Mississippi should consider funding an Inspector General (IG) for the Governor's office according to a new report from State Auditor Shad White. "My office audits state funds, and that means we are often just doing autopsies--looking at a broken government program and trying to answer what went wrong after a bunch of taxpayer funds were stolen or misspent," said White. "Mississippi could co  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Bay St. Louis man was sentenced to 120 months in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute 68.5 grams of methamphetamine. Charles Jamaal Nichols, 37, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, On July 13, 2023, the Hancock County Sheriff's Office initiated a traffic stop in Bay St. Louis on a vehicle d  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Moss Point woman and a Grand Bay, Alabama man were sentenced in federal court for their involvement in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 991 grams of methamphetamine. Linda Renee Mizell, 41, was sentenced to 75 months in prison and Charles Oliver Trahan, II, 51, was sentenced to 155 months in prison. According to court documents, in ear  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, May 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Neshoba County man was sentenced to 34 months in federal prison for possessing over 50 grams of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to court documents, Marcus Tubby, Jr., 31, possessed with intent to distribute methamphetamine in the Pearl River Community of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Tubby was indicted by a federal grand ju  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

LINCOLN, Nebraska, May 8 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Attorney General Mike Hilgers joined with other state attorneys general in opposing the Biden Administration's strict new energy-efficiency standards for refrigerators and freezers. The new rule was proposed by several advocacy groups and adopted wholesale by the federal Department of Energy. The effect of the rule will be to increase the costs of the appliances nationwide. "In its latest fede  more