MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, July 9 -- Air University issued the following news: By Senior Airman Evan Lichtenhan, Air University Public Affairs From dropping out of high school to commanding an ROTC detachment, Lt. Col. David Richardson proved that in the U.S. Air Force, hard work can pay off. Richardson works as the commander of Air Force ROTC Detachment 025 at Arizona State University. "I support the mission by ensuring we develop leaders of character for the Air & Space Forces to fight and win   more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 9 -- Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Attorney General Ashley Moody today led a 23-state coalition of attorneys general opposing the Biden administration's latest overreach into the livelihoods of middle-class Americans. This time, the administration is weaseling its way into laundry rooms in an attempt to further its radical energy policies by implementing harmful and costly standards on washing machines. Atto  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news brief: * * * WHO: U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission WHAT: The department will join the EEOC for a series of online webinars on Tuesdays and Thursdays in August as the nation marks Breastfeeding Awareness month. The series begins with an initial review of federal maternal health laws on Thursday, Aug. 1 (https://events.gcc  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: The Justice Department filed a statement of interest last week in a lawsuit brought in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama alleging that conditions in an Alabama state prison violate the Constitution. The statement explains that, under the Eighth Amendment, prison officials must respond reasonably when they know people in their custody face a substantial risk of serio  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: There was a time when Marc Boyd felt he was destined to perform on stage, though his new role as public affairs officer at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) Division Newport still allows him to be front and center. Boyd recently was named head of the Corporate Communications Division in the Corporate Operations Department, replacing Jeffrey Prater, who departed in October 2023. Boyd will oversee the Public an  more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, July 9 -- Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond issued the following news release: Attorney General Gentner Drummond and 25 other state attorneys general filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court to oppose the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. Drummond urged the Court to review the policy because it infringes on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to advertise on public tr  more

EL PASO, Texas, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas issued the following news release: An El Paso man was sentenced in a federal court to 24 months in prison with a $5,000 fine for defrauding two federally funded correctional institutions. According to court documents, Jack McCager Kidd, 72, was the owner of a company contracted by the Bureau of Prisons to construct two gas pipelines to separate correctional institutions--a high-security prison in Pennsy  more

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command issued the following news: By Christy Barnett In 2019, Master Sergeant Bill Bishop was deployed for his third and final time as an Army Reservist before his retirement from a 39-year Army career. Long-time friend and fellow Veteran John Blair hatched a plan to secretly restore Bishop's 1965 Ford Mustang during this one-year deployment to Afghanistan. A series of delays, to include a global pandemic, stalled the proj  more