MONTPELIER, Vermont, May 21 -- Gov. Phil Scott, R-Vermont, issued the following news release: Governor Phil Scott announced action on the following bills, passed by the General Assembly. * * * Reflecting on the bills coming to his desk this year, Governor Scott said: "Over the last few years, I've tried to meet legislators in the middle, so we can achieve shared priorities. Unfortunately, due to a lack of balance in the Legislature, opposing perspectives and data are often not listened to, o  more

OAKLAND, California, May 21 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined a multistate coalition of 19 attorneys general in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) supporting ED's proposed regulations that would expand debt relief to more federal student loan borrowers. U.S. borrowers currently hold over $1.7 trillion in federal student loan debt; 3.8 million Californians owe over   more

CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, May 21 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) is awarding more than $2.6 million in investments to two projects in Kentucky and Louisiana through its Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF). Funding for this program was made available, in part, by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law signed by President Biden -- a key part of his Investing in America agenda to grow local economies from the middle out and bottom up   more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: Hundreds of members of the Chicago Teacher's Union (CTU) took a taxpayer-funded day off at the Capitol May 15 to demand $1 billion more in state funding for Chicago Public Schools (CPS). Hypocrisy was on full display as the union's members took a day away from the classroom, forcing the district to spend significant taxpayer dollars on substitute teachers, while also paying salaries of the CTU members who t  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news: A new bill introduced to reduce the risk of accidents and protect tow truck operators and emergency responders has advanced in the Senate. House Bill 4255, sponsored by State Senator Erica Harriss, aims to enhance roadway safety in Illinois by allowing the use of green lights on specified vehicles, including tow trucks, fire department, and police vehicles, when at an emergency scene. The proposal seeks to  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, May 21 -- The Illinois Senate Republicans issued the following news on May 20, 2024: Spring planting in Illinois is well under way but is currently trailing last year's pace. However, farmers were able to make recent headway thanks to a spell of dry weather and average soil temperatures. According to the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Illinois farmers have so far planted 42% of their corn acres and 39% of the  more

DAVENPORT, Iowa, May 21 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release on May 20, 2024: A federal jury in Davenport convicted five gang members yesterday, May 16, 2024, for Conspiracy to Engage in Racketeering Activity, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Possession of Firearms and Ammunition as a Felon. According to public court documents and evidence presented during the two-week jury trial, Don Christopher   more

WASHINGTON, May 21 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory issued the following news: * * * New detector technologies being tested to better understand elusive particle * * * First detected by Los Alamos researchers Frederick Reines and Clyde Cowan in a nuclear reactor in 1956, tiny particles dubbed neutrinos are so abundant they constantly pass through human bodies by the trillions. But despite decades of study, the neutrino's bizarre nature is still littl  more

ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, May 21 -- The U.S. Army Sustainment Command issued the following news: By Corinna Baltos, U.S. Army Sustainment Command Did you know that Rock Island Arsenal is the birthplace of the American heavy tank? Between 1919 and 1920 RIA employees built the first American-made heavy tanks, known as the Mark VIII. Now, a little over 100 years later, present-day Arsenal workers have restored one of those tanks, and it is now on display here. "Building this tank showed the capabi  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, May 21 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a coalition of 19 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Department of Education to swiftly implement recently proposed regulations, which would provide needed relief for some of the nation's most burdened student loan borrowers and help address the student debt crisis. The proposed regulations would waive or reduce s  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: It's Mission Monday. Meet Debra Edwards, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center's liaison to the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations and Environment. Edwards is the conduit between SAF and AFFCE leadership to make sure projects and programs worked by the team in the AFCEC Installations Directorate have the appropriate atte  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, May 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: New TRICARE managed care support (MCS) contracts, known as T-5, will start on Jan. 1, 2025. MCS contractors manage administrative support services for the TRICARE benefit. This includes managing enrollment services, maintaining civilian healthcare networks, operating call centers, and processing TRICARE claims. The new contracts will improve healthcare  more