WASHINGTON, May 16 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: In response to America's youth mental health crisis, 11 states are joining forces with AmeriCorps, the Schultz Family Foundation and Pinterest to recruit, train and deploy the nation's first Youth Mental Health Corps to help teenagers access critical mental health resources. The new Youth Mental Health Corps is an innovative, public-private collaboration, with a robust set of partners that include America's Service Commissions  more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: LOS ANGELES - When people think of Soldiers, they don't normally think of a musician in a band. U.S. Army Reserve Sergeant Jonathan Wang is a clarinet player with the 300th Army Band out of Bell, California. The 300th Army Band is Southern California's only Army Reserve Band consisting of a 40-member company. As a musician traveling throughout the Southwest, Wang upholds a long-es  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 16 -- The Arizona State Senate Republican Caucus issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Senate President Warren Petersen is taking legal action to block the massive federal government overreach by the Biden Administration's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), after it overstepped its authority in issuing several radical and costly electric-vehicle mandates that promise to dramatically hurt the wallets of hardworking Arizonans and threaten our state's power s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Anchorage Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 2.2 percent over the past two months, up 3.2 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Anchorage area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 2.2 percent for the two months end  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Los Angeles Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.9 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Los Angeles area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bure  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Phoenix Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.9 percent over the past two months, up 2.6 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Phoenix area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.9 percent for the two months ending   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, San Francisco Area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.8 percent over the past two months, up 3.8 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the San Francisco area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.8 percent for the two mo  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Seattle area - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 1.2 percent over the past two months, up 4.4 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the Seattle area, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 1.2 percent for the two months ending   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on May 15, 2024, entitled "Consumer Price Index, West Region - April 2024": * * * Area prices were up 0.6 percent over the past month, up 3.7 percent from a year ago * * * Prices in the West Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.6 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labo  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale from Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam that the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value. Chairman David S. Johanson and  more

OAKLAND, California, May 16 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Governor Gavin Newsom today secured an order from the San Diego Superior Court finding that the City of Huntington Beach violated California's Housing Element Law. The Court ordered the city to come into compliance within 120 days. Joined by California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) Director Gustavo Velasquez, At  more

FRESNO, California, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of California issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Jaswinder Bhangoo, 51, of Bakersfield, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for stealing $163,750 in COVID-19 relief money, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents, between May 2020 and November 2021, Bhangoo applied for over $250,000 in COVID-19 relief loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration. In  more

TYNDALL AFB, Florida, May 16 -- The U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center issued the following news: By David Ford, AFIMSC Public Affairs The Air Force's Civil Engineer Maintenance Inspection and Repair Team sustains the Air Force mission by rapidly responding to civil engineering-related issues across the globe to prevent mission disruption. CEMIRT is part of the Air Force Civil Engineer Center, a primary subordinate unit of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center, with teams ba  more

AUSTIN, Texas, May 16 -- The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas, an agency that says it creates and expedite innovation for cancer research, issued the following news on May 15, 2024: Today, the governing body of the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) approved $51.8 million in grants to advance the state's fight against cancer. The grants are a mix of academic research recruitment grants and product development research projects. "These grants, like all CP  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Hetty Flanery as Instructional Systems Specialist for Assessment, Performance and Accountability. Mrs. Flanery is excited to join the PAC-West staff to support our military connected students and their families. Mrs. Flanery was born in South Korea and raised in Ca  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news on May 15, 2024: By Joseph Clark, DOD News The Defense Department is expanding its work with interagency partners to promote sustainable land-use practices at key sites near military installations with the designation of five new sentinel landscapes, the department announced today alongside interagency partners. The newly designated sites in New Mexico, Utah, Hawaii, Pennsylvania and California add to the more tha  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Natuzen Co. Ltd.: * * * To: Mr. Seunghyun Cho, General Manager, Natuzen Co., Ltd., 289 Namdongdong-Ro Namdong-gu, Incheon 21639, South Korea Dear Mr. Cho: Your facility is registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products. FDA has reviewed the records you submitted in response t  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, May 16 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, a federal district bank, issued the following news release: The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (FHLBank San Francisco) is allocating $4 million to its annual Access to Housing and Economic Assistance for Development (AHEAD) economic development program, to be distributed through grants of up to $100,000 throughout Arizona, California, and Nevada. Since the program's inception in 2004, FHLBank San Francisc  more

NEW YORK, May 16 -- The White House issued the following remarks on May 15, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at the 2024 Women's Health "Health Lab": * * * As Prepared for Delivery Liz, you lead with vision - and that's what today is all about. So many women's - and men's - lives are filled with more knowledge, which is power, and joy because of this work. Thank you for inviting me to join all of you today for this summit. Good morning. It was an ordinary Saturday in an extraordinary life.   more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: The Justice Department announced today that it secured a settlement agreement with Maxim Healthcare Services (Maxim), a home healthcare company based in Columbia, Maryland, with operations in 35 states. The agreement resolves the department's determination that Maxim violated the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) at its Gardena, California, office by discriminating against a non-U.S. citi  more

LIVERMORE, California, May 16 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been named a winner of Glassdoor's inaugural award for Best-Led Companies 2024 in the United States. This award honors companies with exceptional senior leadership teams that go above and beyond to redefine the employee experience. Unlike other workplace awards, Glassdoor's awards rely on input over the past year fro  more

GREAT FALLS, Montana, May 16 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Montana issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: A Helena man who admitted to a methamphetamine trafficking crime after law enforcement intercepted a package containing approximately three pounds of the drug was sentenced on Tuesday to four years and nine months in prison, to be followed by five years of supervised release, U.S. Attorney Jesse Laslovich said today. The defendant, Bret Russell Hamlin,   more

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina, May 15 -- The U.S. Army Reserve Command issued the following news: NEW YORK - The Sikh-American Army Reserve officer, who in 2009 was one of the first Soldiers the Army allowed to serve in uniform with his turban and beard, was a featured speaker at the May 11 "Turban Day" held at Times Square here with members of the Sikh community performing folk dances and songs and offering free turbans to passersby. "Today, we gather to celebrate the profoun  more

WASHINGTON, May 16 -- The National Academy of Engineering issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected a chair, home secretary, and four members to its council, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. The NAE Council is the governing body of the NAE with oversight for general policies and programs and all funds administered by the NAE. All terms begin July 1, 2024. Newly elected to serve a two-year term as the NAE chair is Err  more

SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 15 -- The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission issued the following news release: The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) on Friday, May 17, will hold a third workshop to further discuss anticipated benefits to customers regarding Public Service Company of New Mexico's (PNM) and El Paso Electric Company's (EPE) potential participation in either a regional day-ahead market (DAM) or a regional transmission organization (RTO)/independent system operator (IS  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The White House Office of Management and Budget issued the following statement of administration policy on May 14, 2024, on the Israel Security Assistance Support Act (H.R. 8369), which was introduced by Rep. Ken Calvert, R-California: * * * The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 8369, the Israel Security Assistance Support Act, which seeks to limit the President's discretion to ensure that the delivery of certain defense articles and services aligns with U.S. foreign p  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, May 15 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on May 14, 2024: Attorney General Alan Wilson is part of two lawsuits to stop both the Biden administration and the State of California from imposing electric-vehicle mandates on truck owners and operators throughout the country. A coalition of 24 states on Monday filed a petition for review in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to challenge the Biden administration's new regula  more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 16 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Francisco Sanchez Jr., associate administrator for the Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience at the Small Business Administration,announced today that SBA will close its San Diego and Spring Valley Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in San Diego County at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 23. "SBA opened the centers to provide personalized assistance to   more

SACRAMENTO, California, May 15 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to Iowa businesses and residents as a result of President Biden's major disaster declaration, U.S. Small Business Administration's Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced. The declaration covers the Clarke, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby and Union counties as   more

JUNEAU, Alaska, May 16 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release on May 15, 2024: Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) has published a trilogy of illustrated dictionaries that teach vocabulary for the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian languages. The series, featuring "Everyday Tlingit," "Everyday Haida" and "Everyday Tsimshian," is intended to teach Native words to children in grades K-5 but may also be used by people of all ages who want to learn the vocabularies. SHI recently  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new programs, partnerships, grant awards and an additional $10 million in funding to expand the markets for organic products and help producers transition to organic production. These programs will support the development of new and better markets for domestic organic products, provide hands-on training to producers transitioning to organic production and  more

WASHINGTON, May 15 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 14, 2024: The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) voted to institute an investigation of certain firearm disassembly tongs. The products at issue in the investigation are described in the Commission's notice of investigation. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by GTUL LLC of Cedar Point, NC, on February 15, 2024. An amended complaint was filed on April 12, 2024, and suppl  more