WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following remarks on May 31, 2024, by Assistant Attorney General Amy L. Solomon at an event entitled "Reimagining Justice at Justice: Supporting Communities as Co-Producers Of Public Safety": * * * I am honored to be part of this conversation today. I want to thank the Columbia Justice Lab and the Square One Project for convening us - and even more importantly, for their leadership and their willingness to boldly re-imagine safety  more

EL PASO, Texas, May 31 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's El Paso Division issued the following news release: DEA and its local law enforcement partners collected 670,136 pounds of unused medications during the 26th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27, 2024. The El Paso Division collected 2,086 pounds in West Texas and 4,622 pounds in New Mexico. "Once again, the communities we serve answered the call by bringing us their unneeded, unwanted, or   more

DALLAS, Texas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation * * * The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected Granite to receive $690,000, T  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation * * * The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected the KIPP East Community to rec  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation * * * The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected Oakland ISD to receive 690,000  more

DALLAS, Texas, June 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA's Clean School Bus Rebate Program to fund over 3,400 new clean school buses in approximately 530 districts across the nation * * * The Biden-Harris Administration announced the recipients of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, funded by President Biden's Investing in America agenda. EPA selected the Albuquerque Public School   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Federal Election Commission issued the following weekly digest: * * * Commission meetings and hearings No open meetings or executive sessions were scheduled this week. * * * Enforcement The Commission made public two closed cases, as follows. For more information, see the case documents in the Enforcement Search System. MUR 8139 COMPLAINANT: Paul L. Gumina RESPONDENTS: Cable News Network (CNN); and Donald J. Trump for President 2024, Inc. and Bradley T. Crate,   more

CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 1 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The 12 Federal Reserve Banks have released a series of chartbooks that can be used to analyze data from the 2023 Small Business Credit Survey by city, state, owner demographics, industry, size, and other characteristics. The 2024 Firms in Focus chartbooks includes 43 sets of charts that provide insights on how different types of small businesses performed in 2023, the challenges   more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: A Texas pharmacy owner was sentenced today to four years and four months in prison and ordered to pay over $59 million in restitution for paying illegal kickbacks and engaging in a money laundering conspiracy. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Richard Hall, 53, of Fort Worth, worked with others to create and market expensive compounded medications, which are inten  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Rosanky Community Center Association will make improvements to the grounds of its community center, thanks to a $14,112 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. The Community Development Partnership Grant, along with $22,050 in matching funds raised by the nonprofit association, will be used to install a new shade canopy over the playground equipment at t  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Dime Box Heritage Museum soon will have a new roof and an upgraded heating and cooling system, thanks to a $15,868 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $4,592 in matching funds from the nonprofit Dime Box Heritage Society, will pay for a new roof and an energy-efficient heating, ventilati  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The St. John Colony Civic Center soon will have a new septic system and restrooms, thanks to a $20,371 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with about $5,000 in matching funds and in-kind services, will allow St. John 19th Body to install a septic system and high-efficiency water heater, and add r  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: The Paige Community Club will make interior and exterior upgrades to its community center, thanks to a $41,278 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $10,320 in matching funds from the club, will allow the club to repair and replace the Paige Community Center's roof and upgrade the kitchen area  more

LEXINGTON, Texas, June 1 -- The Lower Colorado River Authority issued the following news release: A $25,000 grant from the Lower Colorado River Authority and the City of Lexington will help the Lexington Youth Baseball and Softball Association (LYBSA) add permanent lighting to two fields at its sports complex in the heart of downtown Lexington. The Community Development Partnership Program grant, along with $28,852 in matching funds from LYBSA, will cover the cost of purchasing two wood pole k  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 4:24-cv-622; S.D. Texas filed Feb. 22, 2024) involving Tyler Loudon: * * * On May 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas entered a final judgment against Tyler Loudon of Houston, Texas. As alleged in the SEC's complaint filed on February 22, 2024, Loudon misappropriated material, nonpublic information regarding the proposed acquisition of TravelCenters of Ame  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The Millennium Challenge Corp. issued the following news release: The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO, Alice Albright, travelled to Malawi and Zambia to celebrate progress on the partnerships with both countries to reduce poverty. While in Malawi, CEO Albright and His Excellency President Lazarus Chakwera celebrated the launch of the $350 million Malawi Transport and Land Compact on the Chileka-Likuni Corridor Road--one of the roads that will be improved as par  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The National Severe Storms Laboratory issued the following news on May 31, 2024: Last week, NSSL's Low-Level Internal Flows in Tornadoes experiment, or "LIFT", intercepted a violent tornado southeast of Duke, Okla., gathering a data set that could prove to be significant in our understanding of tornado winds at the ground level. Researchers with LIFT seek to gather data to characterize tornado flows in the level of the atmosphere where they impact humans; the lowest 50-10  more

CARSON CITY, Nevada, June 1 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release dated May 29, 2024: Today, Attorney General Aaron D. Ford announced he has joined a coalition of 13 other attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to open a civil rights investigation into the July 2020 murder of Garrett Foster who was protesting racial injustice when he was shot and killed by Daniel Perry in Austin, Texas. While a jury found Mr. Perry guilty of murder   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Public Utility Commission of Texas issued the following news release on May 30, 2024: The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) will open applications for the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) In-ERCOT Generation Loan Program tomorrow, June 1, 2024. To be considered for a loan, eligible entities must have previously submitted a notice of intent to apply and must submit a completed loan application on the TEF Portal between June 1 - July 27, 2024. Resources to support app  more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation issued the following news release: The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation has issued a six-month emergency closure order effective May 30, 2024, for Hsin Wei Chen and Foot Reflexology Star in Houston for suspected human trafficking. This is the first emergency closure ordered by TDLR under authority granted by House Bill 3579 (https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/pdf/HB03579F.pdf#navpanes=0), authored   more

AUSTIN, Texas, June 1 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully defended Texas's pro-life laws, securing a unanimous decision from the Supreme Court of Texas upholding the Human Life Protection Act. When a challenge was brought against the law in March 2023, a district court issued an injunction to prevent enforcement. Attorney General Paxton appealed to the Texas Supreme Court, staying the lower court  more

FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, June 1 -- The U.S. Army's Fort Belvoir issued the following news: By Shannon Collins With a standing start, the Soldier hyper focuses on the 28 914-mm high fixed barriers and seven water jumps he needs to clear in the 3000-mm steeplechase to secure his Olympic dream. Sgt. Anthony Rotich, a chemical equipment repairman assigned to the World Class Athlete Program at Fort Carson, Colorado, is the man to beat going into the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Track and Field in E  more

WASHINGTON, June 1 -- The U.S. International Trade Commission issued the following news release on May 31, 2024: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) today determined that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of ceramic tile from India that are allegedly sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the government of India./1 Chairman David S. Johanson and Commissioners Rhonda K. Schmidtlein,   more