FOLEY, Alabama, May 23 -- Gov. Kay Ivey, R-Alabama, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Governor Kay Ivey today joined local officials in Baldwin County to sign paperwork that finalizes the state of Alabama's purchase of the Foley Beach Express toll bridge. The chairman of the Baldwin County Commission and the mayors of Foley, Gulf Shores and Orange Beach all joined Governor Ivey at Foley City Hall on the eve of the state taking ownership of the toll bridge. At today's ceremoni  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, May 23 -- The Army Space and Missile Defense Command issued the following news: By Carrie Campbell, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command's Best Places to Work in the Federal Government score rose for the fourth year in a row, making it once again the best place to work in the Army. USASMDC's overall engagement and satisfaction score rose 4.7 points to 80.8, an increase of 17.9 since it began to consistently rise  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, May 23 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: Defense Logistics Agency's Chief Information Officer is spearheading the effort to recruit talent to the agency by bridging the gap between the Department of Defense and higher institutions. As part of DoD's Taking the Pentagon to the People initiative, Adarryl Roberts is engaged in an educational outreach program that enlightens students on employment, internships, scholarshi  more

WASHINGTON, May 22 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following remarks on May 21, 2024, by Chairwoman Lina M. Khan at the 2024 American Economic Liberties Project Anti-Monopoly Summit: * * * The wide range of people in this room today--farmers and pharmacists, law enforcers and labor leaders, legislators from the state senate to the United States Senate--highlights how the problem of consolidated corporate power cuts across so many parts of our economy and society today. This remarka  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 23 -- The Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today took action to stop vaccine mandates and protect religious freedoms. New York has eliminated religious exemptions for school vaccination requirements and has imposed massive penalties on religious schools that refuse the vaccine. Vaccine mandates infringe upon parents' First Amendment right to raise their kids according to their faith. Nea  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, May 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs As he recounted his experiences during the Vietnam War, Medal of Honor recipient Gary "Mike" Rose briefly digressed from his narrative several times to convey his gratitude to the craft crews at Arnold Air Force Base gathered to hear him speak. "Those of us who ended up getting these awards, we couldn't do it without you guys," Rose said to those present.   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, May 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii - Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded two firm-fixed price task order Government of Japan (GOJ) funded contracts totaling $122 million for work at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz (MCBCB) on Guam. Both contracts support the Defense Policy Review Initiative and is funded by the GOJ as part of the In  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, May 23 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA are recommending nearly $240 million in funding, and an additional $38 million in future funding, to support 46 new fish passage projects through the Administration's Investing in America agenda. These funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act will help facilitate efforts to restore acc  more

ROCKVILLE, Maryland, May 23 (TNSres) -- The National Institutes of Health's Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child's Health and Human Development issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The risk for necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC)--a life-threatening intestinal condition--does not appear to be any higher among preterm infants 72 hours after a blood transfusion, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The analysis helps allay concerns raised by earlie  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, May 23 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a challenge to the State of California's Advanced Clean Fleets regulation in Nebraska v Cliff, which was filed in the U.S. District Court Eastern District of California. The complaint requests the Court to "declare that Advanced Clean Fleets is preempted by federal statutes, otherwise violates the U.S. Constitution, and is unenforceable." Advanced Clean Fleets or  more