ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 19 (TNSres) -- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources issued the following news: By Joe Zimmermann, science writer with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources In the late 2000s, the outlook for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay was grim. Known for its ups and downs, the blue crab harvest was going through a long stretch of almost all downs. The crab population steeply declined after 1997 and remained at record low harvests for a decade. The region lost nea  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Attorney General Jason Miyares today announced an agreement with Pro-Football LLC, the current owner of the Washington Commanders, ensuring the return of hundreds of thousands of dollars to consumers impacted by the team's failure to return ticket deposits to season ticket holders. On April 25, 2022, the Attorney General opened an investigation into the Washington Comman  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: The Virginia Court of Appeals announced today that it issued a writ of actual innocence to Marvin Grimm, who was wrongfully convicted of murder, abduction, and sodomy in Richmond City Circuit Court in 1976. The Court agreed with the Office of the Attorney General and attorneys for Mr. Grimm that modern DNA and toxicology evidence excluded Mr. Grimm from any involvement i  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1173) on June 18, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - April 2024": * * * Job openings rates decreased in 12 states and increased in 3 states on the last business day of April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates increased in 4 states and decreased in 2 states. Total separations rates increased in 3 states and decrease  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 19 -- The city of Alexandria issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: The City of Alexandria invites residents to build their own rain barrel at a workshop event at the Charles E. Beatley Jr. Central Library (5005 Duke Street) on Saturday, August 3, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. The workshop provides residents with an opportunity to reduce upfront costs of a rain barrel and create a custom-made product unique to their property. Participants are require  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: Governor Glenn Youngkin today announced that Condair Group AG, an international evaporative technologies manufacturing company, will invest $57.2 million to establish a new production facility in Chesterfield County. Condair manufactures commercial humidifiers, dehumidifiers, and other products related to evaporative cooling technology. The new, 400,000-sq.-ft. location is slated   more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Food and Drug Administration issued the following warning letter to Chang and Son Enterprises Inc.: * * * To: Mr. Sidney Chang, President, Chang and Son Enterprises, Inc., 301 River Road, Whately, MA 01093, United States Dear Mr. Chang, The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analyzed the environmental sample identified as sample 1245959, which consisted of 15 environmental swabs collected on December 20, 2  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Virginia, issued the following statement on June 18, 2024: * * * Governor Glenn Youngkin today released the following statement after Senate Democrats failed to consider a simple bill with bipartisan support that would repeal and reverse the VMSDEP waiver changes: "I stand with our military heroes, first responders, and their families today who are stunned that Senate Democrat leadership failed to even consider a simple bill, supported by  more

WASHINGTON, June 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: The last defendant of the six La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members who were convicted at two separate federal trials was sentenced today. The six defendants were sentenced for racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and offenses related to the murders of four men in 2019. According to court documents and evidence presented in the two trials, the six defendants were members of MS  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, June 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia issued the following news release on June 18, 2024: The last defendant of the six La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang members who were convicted at two separate federal trials was sentenced today. The six defendants were sentenced for racketeering conspiracy, narcotics conspiracy, and offenses related to the murders of four men in 2019. According to court documents and evidence presented in the t  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, June 19 -- The Virginia House Republicans posted the following statement on June 18, 2024, from House Republican Leader Todd Gilbert: * * * House Republican Leader Todd Gilbert issued the following statement: "Today's inaction by the Senate regarding the Virginia Military Survivors and Dependents Education Program is shameful and inexcusable. Senate Democrats had a bill available that was backed by a bipartisan majority. It would have cleanly repealed the changes made to t  more

WASHINGTON, June 20 -- The White House sent to the Senate on June 18, 2024, the nominations of eight individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * * Mark Angelson, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Kingdom of Norway. * Elizabeth M. Aubin, of Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to t  more