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 Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: Today, July 8, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the selection of 38 organizations to receive over $3.6 million in funding for projects under the Environmental Education Grants Program. "Advancing environmental education advances EPA's mission because it better equips our communities with the information they need to protect public health today and in the future," said   more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * The environmental education grants, totaling $380,000 for New England, will empower youth to tackle environmental challenges, foster community resilience, and advance environmental justice in underserved communities * * * Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that four organizations in New England have been selected to receive a total of $380,000 t  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BOSTON -- Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston arrested a Colombian fugitive wanted by Spanish authorities for drug trafficking charges. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 25-year-old Colombian national June 29 in Revere. "This Colombian fugitive is wanted by Spanish authorities for trafficking poison in their country," said ERO Boston Fiel  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 9 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: A Dallas man was sentenced today in federal court in Worcester for his role in a nationwide large-scale cocaine trafficking conspiracy. Javier Robledo Perez, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Margaret R. Guzman to 49 1/2 months in prison (time-served), followed by two years of supervised release. In April 2024, Perez pleaded guilty   more

NEWPORT NEWS, Virginia, July 9 -- The Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Jefferson Lab issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: * * * Kim Sawyer will serve as the lab's fifth director, succeeding Stuart Henderson * * * Jefferson Science Associates, LLC, today announced that Kim Sawyer will become the new director of the U.S. Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, effective Aug. 2. Sawyer will serve as the lab's fifth director in its 40-y  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