RICHMOND, Virginia, June 18 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced the creation of the Elder Abuse Investigation Center for Central Virginia to address and combat the growing issue of elder abuse and neglect. Statistics show (https://www.nursinghomeabusecenter.com/elder-abuse/statistics/#:~:text=Quick%20Statistics%20on%20Elder%20Abuse&text=At%20least%201%20out%20of,older%20by%20the%20year  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 18 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that general fund revenues for May 2024 increased 14.2 percent versus the same period last year and remain slightly ahead of the revenue forecast that was revised upward as part of the budget approved on May 13, 2024, reinforcing the Common Ground budget forecasts. "With more Virginians working than ever before, Virginia's job market conti  more

ST. PAUL, Minnesota, June 18 -- Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minnesota, issued the following proclamation on June 17, 2024: WHEREAS: In late August 1619, 20-30 enslaved Africans landed at Point Comfort - known today as Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia - aboard the English privateer ship White Lion, marking the beginning stages of what would become the institution of slavery in the present-day United States; and WHEREAS: Our nation was conceived on July 4th, 1776, with the Declaration of Independence and i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana issued the following news release: HECTOR OMAR SEGURA-LARA ("SEGURA-LARA") age 35, and JOSE ANTONIO ORTEGA-SILVA ("ORTEGA-SILVA"), age 32, both residents of Dallas, Texas, pled guilty on June 13, 2024 to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a quantity of cocaine, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and 846, announced U.S. Att  more

ALBANY, New York, June 17 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release: Guidehouse Inc., headquartered in McLean, Virginia, has paid $7,600,000, and Nan McKay and Associates (Nan McKay), headquartered in El Cajon, California, has paid $3,700,000, to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by failing to meet cybersecurity requirements in contracts intended to ensure a secure environment for low-income New Yorkers t  more

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, June 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: More than 150 military and civilian partners joined the U.S. Army North in person and virtually for a Hurricane Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill on June 4. "We are being watched every day to see how we handle these types of crises," said Lt. Gen. John R. Evans Jr., U.S. Army North commander. "The more decisive we are in our response, the more pause t  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: A Fredericksburg man pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in defrauding a federal COVID-19 relief program. According to court documents, in September 2017, Sherman Green Jr., 34, incorporated the business entity Green Information Solutions LLC ("GIS") and later opened business banking accounts for GIS  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 18 -- The Virginia Department of Health issued the following news release on June 17, 2024: The Virginia Department of Health's (VDH) Office of Vital Records (OVR) is a one-stop shop for any number of personal records requests, including birth and death certificates, name amendments, and marriage and divorce records. The Office of Vital Records was created by the 1912 Acts of Assembly and on June 14, 2024, celebrated 112 years of serving Virginia. Today, more Virginians  more