HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 3 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: Attorney General Michelle Henry announced a settlement with SoLo Funds, Inc., regarding the California-based lending platform's tip and donation features attached to loans made on its platform. The conduct as alleged deceptively led borrowers to believe that they were obtaining interest-free loans while actually subjecting borrowers to outrageously inflated interest rates. SoLo markets i  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 3 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: * * * Co-leads 27 state and local agencies in asking DHS to extend deferred action protection to protect noncitizen victims and witnesses of labor violations from deportation for four years * * * The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO), along with the Illinois Attorney General's Office and the Seattle Office of Labor Standards, has spearheaded a coalition of 27 lab  more

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Beale Air Force Base (9th Reconnaissance Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer, 9th Reconnaissance Wing Public Affairs The U-2 Dragon Lady may climb to 70,000 ft, but it's the sophisticated sensor, maintained by a team of highly skilled technicians that captures the information vital to Beale's reconnaissance mission. The U-2 provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance, day or ni  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 2, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in California - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in 19 of the 27 largest counties in California with published data from December 2022 to December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 2, 2024, entitled "County Employment and Wages in Oregon - Fourth Quarter 2023": * * * Employment rose in 6 of the 7 largest counties in Oregon from December 2022 to December 2023, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or more in 20  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Anchorage - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Anchorage, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $34.12 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Fairbanks - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Fairbanks, AK Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $32.00 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Flagstaff - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Flagstaff, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.43 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Lake Havasu City-Kingman - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.99 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $31.20 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Prescott - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Prescott, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $26.46 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Sierra Vista-Douglas - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.27 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Tucson - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Tucson, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.60 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chri  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Western Regional Information Office issued the following report on June 27, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Yuma - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Yuma, AZ Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.24 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Chris Ro  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following document on July 2, 2024, from Economics Daily: * * * From May 2023 to May 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 30 states and was essentially unchanged in 20 states and the District of the Columbia. The largest percentage increases occurred in Alaska and South Carolina (+3.5 percent each), followed by Nevada (+3.3 percent). * * * Chart 1: Change in nonfarm employment by stat  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 2 -- The Bonneville Power Administration issued the following news release: The Bonneville Power Administration and its customers are implementing a settlement that will set the stage for clearing interconnection queue backlogs and study delays and accelerate the work to address the challenges the region is facing with decarbonization and the buildout of renewable energy resources. "BPA heard our customers loud and clear and understood the urgency with which we had to ac  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * What you need to know: California is providing funding to 52 counties to prevent homelessness by supporting former and current foster youth with housing assistance. Since 2020, the state has provided funds to help serve over 8,000 young people with housing support services through the Transitional Age Youth programs. * * * Governor Gavin Newsom today announced awards to  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Kathy Murray, Senior Writer, MyCG Last year, Coast Guard cutters conducting missions near the California/Mexico border and in the Caribbean got new help gathering data. Wind and solar-powered saildrones deployed to search for suspicious vessels. Not only could these unmanned surface vessels (USVs) cover a lot of distance, their sensors also specifically zeroed in on pangas and other low-pro  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut issued the following news release: Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that DELROY ANDERSON, also known as "Max," 57, formerly of Stamford, pleaded guilty yesterday before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to leading a money laundering conspiracy related to his large-scale trafficking of marijuana. According to court documen  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Chair Alex Hoehn-Saric announced today 22 awardees of a grant program aimed at preventing carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. The state and local governments were selected by CPSC, from a group of 31 applicants. CPSC will provide more than $3 million in federal Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Grant Program (COPPGP) funds that will be mat  more

EUGENE, Oregon, July 2 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Seattle Division issued the following news release: A Bend, Oregon man was sentenced to federal prison for possessing 20 pounds of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Isaac Kitashima, 48, was sentenced to 108 months in federal prison and five years' supervised release. According to court documents, from August 2020 through June 2021, Kitashima and co-conspirators conducted a multi-state drug   more

MONTEREY, California, July 3 -- The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center issued the following news: By Tamara Cario After serving successfully for three years, Col. James Kievit relinquished command of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California, to Col. Christy Whitfield July 2, 2024. The change of command ceremony was presided over by Maj. Gen. Richard Appelhans, commanding general of the U.S. Army Intelligence Center of Excellence   more

SAN JOSE, California, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Investigation finds 2,607 U.S. employees owed overtime back wages * * * A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that Intuit -- a Silicon Valley-based multinational provider of payroll and financial software applications -- deprived more than 2,500 employees of more than $555,000 in overtime pay by not keeping accurate pay records and failing to pay for some work  more

ALBANY, New York, July 3 (TNSres) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli issued the following news release: * * * Trend to Watch: Industry Job Recovery Uneven Across State Bright Spot: Spike in State Park Attendance and Growth in Agritourism * * * Tourism in New York state has grown post-pandemic but employment in tourism-related industries remains 4.3% below pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis released by New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli. The report found s  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 3 -- The California Department of Pesticide Regulation issued the following news release: * * * System Planned for Statewide Implementation Next Year * * * The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today released modifications to its proposed pesticide application notification regulation. Once in effect, the regulation will support the statewide implementation of a first-of-its-kind system to provide advance information on the planned applications o  more

EIELSON AFB, Alaska, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Eielson Air Force Base (354th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Master Sgt. Hailey Staker, 354th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Arctic Defender, a German Air Forces-led exercise, is scheduled to begin July 8 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through July 18. As part of a monthslong exercise tour in the Indo-Pacific, known as Pacific Skies 24, Arctic Defender is the first s  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, July 3 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Sunrise Power Company for claims of Safe Drinking Water Act violations at the company's Sunrise Power Plant in Kern County, California. Sunrise Power has agreed to pay a penalty of $55,788 to resolve permit violations of the Underground Injection Control Program. "Facilities operating underground injection   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Arctic Defender, a German Air Forces-led exercise, is scheduled to begin July 8 with primary flight operations over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and is scheduled to run through July 18. As part of a monthslong exercise tour in the Indo-Pacific, known as Pacific Skies 24, Arctic Defender is the first stop for the t  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, July 3 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on July 2, 2024: * * * Forty-six Maine businesses will undertake projects to market their products to new customers across Maine and the United States * * * Governor Janet Mills announced today that 46 Maine businesses have been awarded $2.9 million in grants from her Maine Jobs & Recovery Plan to increase sales of Maine-made products across the United States. The Domestic Trade Program offers Maine businesses fi  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that he has signed the following bills: * AB 161 by the Committee on Budget - Human services. * AB 162 by the Committee on Budget - Developmental services. * AB 166 by the Committee on Budget - Housing. * AB 168 by the Committee on Budget - Public safety. * AB 169 by the Committee on Budget - Public safety juvenile justice trailer bill.  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont to provide better continuity of Medicaid and CHIP coverage for incarcerated people, whose health care needs -- from substance-use disorder treatment to chronic physical health conditions -- have historically gone overlooked. Adults and youth transitioning out of incarceration can experience delays in getting access to Medicaid or CHIP coverage   more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont to provide better continuity of Medicaid and CHIP coverage for incarcerated people, whose health care needs -- from substance-use disorder treatment to chronic physical health conditions -- have historically gone overlooked. Adults and youth transitioning out of incarceration can experience   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: A Mexican citizen was sentenced today to 120 months in prison for his role in a dangerous human smuggling conspiracy. Jesus Ernesto Dessens-Romero, 28, of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge John Hinderaker for the District of Arizona. In November 2023, Dessens-Romero was found guilty of multiple alien smuggling offenses by a jury, including conspiracy to trans  more

MONTEREY, California, July 3 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Fire service professionals have been well represented in Center for Homeland Defense and Security educational programs for decades, coming to the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, from fire agencies ranging from the massive FDNY to smaller, local fire departments while contributing their unique perspective to the pursuit of homeland security learning and   more

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base Andrews (11th Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Gianluca Ciccopiedi, 316th Wing Public Affairs The Military Housing Office celebrated the grand opening of its new location at 1604 California Ave. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, June 21. The event represents the MHO's ongoing commitment to enhancing the quality of life for service members and their families with a new, dedicated space. "This is a huge mil  more

GULFPORT, Mississippi, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: A Puerto Rican man pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute over 2000 grams of methamphetamine in the Southern District of Mississippi in connection with shipments of drugs across state lines. Ricardo Roman Rivera Santana, 32, pled guilty in U.S. District Court in Gulfport. According to court documents, in 2021, an investigation   more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA has selected Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California, to provide launch services for the COSI (Compton Spectrometer and Imager) mission. The firm-fixed-price contract has a value of approximately $69 million, which includes launch services and other mission related costs. The COSI mission currently is targeted to launch August 2027 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force   more

MONTEREY, California, July 3 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news: By Dan Linehan A recent photo taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has revealed a very unusual subject - Earth! Typically, as its name suggests, the LRO is pointed at the surface of the moon. But while U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Timothy Musmanno was a student in Space Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), he had the idea to point the LRO at Earth while testing out a new kind of s  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 3 -- The Pennsylvania Senate Democrats issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: Today State Senators Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia County), Vincent Hughes (D-Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties), Amanda Cappelletti (D-Delaware and Montgomery Counties), and Tim Kearney (D-Delaware County) announced their intention to introduce legislation preventing the criminalization of homelessness in Pennsylvania. Their announcement comes in the wake of Friday's U.S.   more

WASHINGTON, July 2 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: A team of researchers successfully raised the energy state of an atom's nucleus with a laser, which could lead to new precision measurement technology with orders of magnitude higher accuracy than today's best atomic clocks. The researchers embedded a thorium atom within a highly transparent crystal and bombarded it with lasers, causing the thorium's nucleus to absorb and emit photons like electron  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: PUBLIC NOTICE SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation today announces continued public negotiation sessions with the San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority for an Operations Agreement and Cost Share Agreement for the B.F. Sisk Dam and Reservoir Expansion Project, located on the west side of California's Central Valley near Los Banos. Reclamation and SLDMWA are partne  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 3 -- The Small Business Administration issued the following news release: * * * Disaster Assistance Now Available to Private Nonprofit Organizations in Ten Additional Counties * * * Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in 58 counties following the amendment to President Biden's May 23 major disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and floodin  more

BAKERSFIELD, California, July 3 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on July 2, 2024: * * * What you need to know: State law enforcement partnership in Bakersfield after four months has resulted in the arrest of 677 suspects and the recovery of 338 stolen vehicles. * * * Protecting the Central Valley through continued law enforcement efforts, Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the California Highway Patrol's (CHP) joint operations with the Bakersfield Poli  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, July 2 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: The final defendant in a racketeering conspiracy that resulted in the nationwide lockdown of the federal prison system has pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Juan Carlos Rivas-Moreiera, a/k/a "Juan Carlos Moriera," a/k/a "Stocky" pleaded guilty on July 2, 2024, for his role in a racketeering conspiracy in furthera  more

TRAVIS AFB, California, July 3 -- The U.S. Air Force's Travis Air Force Base (60th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Lauren Jacoby, 60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs From June 24-28, in a historic moment, the 60th Maintenance Squadron and the 660th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron completed a final A-check inspection on a KC-10 Extender marking the end of an era for the KC-10, which has been a cornerstone of air mobility and aerial refueling excellence. The KC-10  more

SACRAMENTO, California, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced over $20.5 million in grants to seven projects in California that support land acquisition and conservation planning for at-risk and listed species through the Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund. Partners in California will receive close to half of the $48.4 million awarded nat  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Marshals Service issued the following news release: * * * Offer reward up to $10,000 for information leading to arrest * * * The U.S. Marshals Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force Sacramento Office has joined the fugitive investigation and is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest of a man wanted by the Stockton, California, police for a June 25 triple homicide in Stockton. J. Carmen Card  more

WASHINGTON, July 3 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: During the change of command event, Cmdr. Brad Weiland, a native of Northridge, California, assumed all duties and responsibilities as VAW-121 commanding officer from Cmdr. Matthew Campbell, a native of Cleveland, Tennessee. During his time at VAW-121, the Bluetails returned from a first-of-its-kind deployment in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations where the squadron provided 24/7 alert coverage and si  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 3 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release: Attorney General Ashley Moody is welcoming new Florida officers from Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico and New York with a Sunshine Salute. Attorney General Moody's Thin Line Tribute: Sunshine Salute initiative recognizes brave officers who move to serve in Florida, highlighting their stories. Several new Sarasota Police Department officers shared their stories with Attorne  more