RANDOLPH AFB, Texas, July 2 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: The 8th Fighter Squadron collaborated with Hill Air Force Base, Utah to paint their F-16 Viper flagship a sleek matte black in honor of the F-117 Nighthawk. Traditional heritage and squadron paint schemes reflect the combat lineage of their respective units that honor and celebrate the history and traditions of the units to which they belong. "The Black Sheep was one of the Holloman  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release: * * * AmeriCorps NCCC teams serving across 24 states to address a wide scope of housing, food insecurity, conservation and community needs * * * AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, announces the deployment of 48 AmeriCorps NCCC teams to 24 states. The deployments began in April, with several more slated to run through August to improve infrastructure, preserve sensitive habitats, rebuild hom  more

LINCOLN, Nebraska, July 4 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release: Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced victories against two recent unlawful and undemocratic mandates by the Biden Administration that inflict harm on Americans, economy, and economic security. The United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi temporarily stopped the Biden Administration's Department of Health and Human Services from re-defining discriminati  more

LAKEWOOD, Colorado, July 4 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: Today the Bureau of Land Management is taking an important step to conserve the federally protected Gunnison sage-grouse by proposing amendments to 11 resource management plans in Colorado and Utah. "This next step in the planning process will help ensure that Gunnison sage-grouse remain viable," said BLM Colorado State Director Doug Vilsack. "We apprec  more

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 4 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: On a crisp spring morning, professionals from across the country gathered at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Meeting Center for a novel event. The topics discussed over this two-day meeting aimed to open the door to a new generation of widely applicable technologies. The key? Molten salt. John Carter, INL advanced technology of molten salts manager, and Piyush  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 3 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following news on July 1, 2024: On Monday, July 1, U.S. Federal Judge James Cain Jr. of the Western District of Louisiana, issued a preliminary injunction in Louisiana's favor for the State's lawsuit against President Joe Biden and the United States Department of Energy over the unlawful decisions to ban new liquefied natural gas exports to non-free trade agreement countries. Judge Cain's order lifts the LNG ex  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 4 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general have filed a challenge to the Biden Administration's latest attempt to drive gas-powered cars off the road. The filing aims to block the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) strict fuel efficiency standards that contain a new rule requiring car manufacturers to dramatically increase the avera  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 4 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: In a win for the state of Utah, the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas granted a request for a Preliminary Injunction in Kansas v. U.S. Department of Education. The challenge from several state attorneys general opposed President Biden's radical changes to Title IX, the law designed to create opportunities for students in education and athletics. This preliminary injunction was correctly   more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 3 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release on July 1, 2024: Today Gov. Spencer Cox appointed Laura Hanson to be his senior advisor of long-range planning. She will continue serving as managing director of planning coordination within the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget. "Our forebears have always been forward thinking and the prosperity we enjoy today is in large part because of decisions wise Utah leaders made decades ago," said Gov  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 4 (TNSres) -- The Utah Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity presented a podcast on July 3, 2024: * * * Business Elevated Podcast (Season 6 Episode 19) * * * This podcast series (https://business.utah.gov/news/category/podcasts/) features business and government leaders discussing what it's like to live and work in the great state of Utah. The Business Elevated podcast is available on Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-elevated/id14  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 4 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Utah issued the following news release on July 3, 2024: A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging a foreign national living in Utah with drug crimes after she was arrested and accused of distributing methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, through a drug trafficking organization, in the District of Utah. According to court documents, Leonilde Andrea Lopez Vargas, 35, of Midvale, Utah, w  more

WASHINGTON, July 4 -- The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy issued the following statement on July 2, 2024: * * * Delivering on President Biden's Unity Agenda priority to address the overdose epidemic and strengthen public health and public safety, five new states join strong bipartisan effort to provide high-quality, affordable health care for people transitioning from incarceration * * * Today, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director Dr. Rahul G  more