WASHINGTON, May 7 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, May 7, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officially announced the launch of ENERGY STAR(R) NextGen(TM) Certified Homes and Apartments, a voluntary, leading-edge certification program for the nation's residential new construction sector. Developed with funding from President Biden's Inflation Reduction Act, ENERGY STAR NextGen will increase national energy and emissions savings by accelerati  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

BOISE, Idaho, May 7 -- Gov. Brad Little, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Governor Brad Little commented today on the news from the Idaho Department of Labor that average hourly wages jumped a whopping 8.3% from 2022 to 2023. Labor's announcement also noted the median wage, representing the midpoint between lowest and highest earners, also increased 10.4% in the same time period, and the number of people working continues to increase. "Other states' economies are lagging while Idaho  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

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 7 (TNSres) -- The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued the following readout of an event on May 6, 2024, with the National Science Foundation and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology on the opportunities at the AI Research Frontier: * * * Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) convene  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on May 7, 2024: A Utah County man was ordered to remain in custody today by a U.S. Magistrate Judge following the death of a woman on Christmas day after he allegedly supplied her with fentanyl. On May 1, 2024, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant. According to court documents, Jared Kory Titcomb, 28, of Spanish Fork, Utah, allegedly distribute  more