WASHINGTON, June 29 (TNSres) -- The Federal Judicial Center issued the following news: Federal and state courts reported a combined 13 percent decrease in authorized wiretaps in 2023, compared with 2022, according to the Judiciary's 2023 Wiretap Report (https://www.uscourts.gov/statistics-reports/wiretap-report-2023). Arrests in cases involving electronic surveillance increased, while convictions decreased. The report covers wire, oral, and electronic intercepts that were concluded between Jan  more

OAKLAND, California, June 29 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release: California Attorney General Rob Bonta led 20 attorneys general in filing a multistate amicus brief in States of Texas and Montana v. Becerra et al., opposing the State of Texas and Montana's motion for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, and stay of agency action against the Biden administration's 2024 Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Patient Protection and Affo  more

SACRAMENTO, California, June 29 -- The California Department of Transportation issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today approved more than $2billion to improve and maintain a transportation system that serves as the backbone for the world's fifth largest economy. The approved funding will support the next generation of transportation projects, ranging from bridge maintenance and rail system upgrades to enhanced railroad safety feat  more

EDWARDS AFB, California, June 29 -- The U.S. Air Force's Edwards Air Force Base issued the following news: By Giancarlo "Carlo" Casem, 412th Test Wing The 412th Electronic Warfare Group held a change of command ceremony to bid farewell to Col. Jose Gutierrez and welcomed Col. Hans Buckwalter at Edwards Air Force Base, California, June 18. Col. Douglas Wickert, 412th Test Wing Commander, officiated the event that also formally bid farewell to the Gutierrez family. Wickert took time to offer hi  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today announced more than $123 million for airfield, safety and other improvement projects at 235 airports in 35 states and the District of Columbia. "The Biden-Harris Administration continues to make our aviation system safer, more accessible, and more resilient through ini  more

STEVENSON, Washington, June 28 (TNSres) -- The Federal Reserve issued the following remarks on June 27, 2024, by Governor Michelle W. Bowman at the Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Bankers Associations 2024 Annual Convention on economy, monetary policy and bank regulation: * * * I would like to thank the Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington Bankers Associations for the invitation to join you this morning./1 It's a pleasure to be here in Washington State to speak with your members. Direct   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: A California man was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release for conspiring with others to distribute hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills throughout the United States. According to court documents, on March 17, 2021, George Anthony Manzo (37), of Redlands, California, sold 500 fentanyl pills to an ind  more

DENVER, Colorado, June 28 -- The Colorado House Democrats issued the following news release: * * * Two new laws will prevent false electors, add protections against deepfake media * * * On July 1, 2024, legislation will go into effect to protect Colorado's elections by punishing future attempts at "fake elector" schemes and adding protections against deepfake media that falsely depicts political candidates. "In 2020, our country experienced an attack on democracy when the former president a  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, June 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of South Dakota issued the following news release on June 27, 2024: United States Attorney Alison J. Ramsdell announced today that Chief Judge Roberto A. Lange, U.S. District Court, has sentenced a Sparks, Nevada, woman convicted of Conspiracy to Distribute a Controlled Substance, Possession with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance, and Failure to Appear. The sentencing took place on June 24, 2024. Dawn E  more

CAMARILLO, California, June 29 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release on June 28, 2024: * * * Settles Federal Charges Raspberry Farms Sexually Harassed and Retaliated Against Farmworker Employees * * * Tres Hijas Berry Farms, LLC, will pay $200,000 and furnish injunctive relief to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC brought th  more

OLYMPIA, Washington, June 29 -- The Washington State Department of Health issued the following agency statement on June 28, 2024: * * * The Washington State Department of Health has taken disciplinary actions or withdrawn charges against the following health care providers in our state. The department's Health Systems Quality Assurance Division works with boards, commissions, and advisory committees to set licensing standards for more than 80 health care professions (e.g., dentists, nurses, c  more

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, June 29 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a press gaggle on June 28, 2024, by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and Campaign Communications Director Michael Tyler while en route to Queens, New York: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi, everybody. Q: Hello. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: I have Michael Tyler with me as well. I just have one thing at the top, and then we'll get going. So, today, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled the state's extreme and dangerous abortion ban ca  more