CARSON CITY, Nevada, July 10 -- Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford issued the following news release: Attorney General Aaron D. Ford and Attorney General Lynn Fitch (R-MS) announced filing a bipartisan, multistate amicus brief last week in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in defense of state laws that hold web-based companies accountable for consumer protection violations. A federal district court in California found in favor of Shopify in a data privacy case (Briskin v Shopify Inc), affor  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: BALTIMORE - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in the Baltimore Field Office intercepted 343 stolen vehicles during fiscal year 2023 (Oct.1, 2022 - Sept. 30, 2023), a 44% increase over the previous year's recoveries. The recovered vehicles were valued at about $17.7 million. About 90%, or 310, of the stolen vehicles recovered by CBP officers in the Baltimor  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Kekolu Contracting LLC, La Plata, Maryland, was awarded a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, single award contract with a ceiling of $200,000,000 for construction work on real property facilities at Eglin Air Force Base and its associated sites in Florida. This contract provides for support of real property maintenance, repair, alteration, non-complex minor construction, re  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: WASHINGTON HEADQUARTERS SERVICES The Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, is awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (HQ003424D0022) with a ceiling of $460,000,000. No funds are being obligated at time of award. The Strategic Capabilities Office within the Office of the Secretary of Defense intends to utilize Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laborator  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 9 -- The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release on July 8, 2024: The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection today kicked off its fourth annual Youth Inclusion Initiative program, which partners with community-based organizations to give young people from overburdened communities the opportunity to learn about various careers in the environmental field through interactive skill-building activities. For the first ti  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: Silicon computer chips have served us well for more than half a century. The tiniest features on chips currently sold are approximately 3 nanometers -- a startlingly small size given that a human hair is roughly 80,000 nanometers wide. Reducing the size of features on chips will help us meet our endless need for more memory and processing power in the palm of our hand.   more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 10 -- Gov. Phil Murphy, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: Governor Phil Murphy today announced that his Chief of Staff Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti will transition to a new role as a senior advisor to the Governor. Tim Hillmann, currently serving as the Governor's Principal Deputy Chief of Staff, will assume the role of Chief of Staff later this summer. "Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti has done an outstanding job as my Chief of Staff over the pas  more

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The third round of historic federal funding will help transit agencies serve more riders, reduce air pollution, and train workers on new technologies The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $1.5 billion in funding to support 117 projects that will improve public transportation in 47 states. Under the President's historic Bipartisan In  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * The Third Round Of Historic Federal Funding Will Help Transit Agencies Serve More Riders, Reduce Air Pollution, And Train Workers On New Technologies * * * The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Transit Administration (FTA) today announced approximately $1.5 billion in funding to support 117 projects that will improve public transport  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 10 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: A Costa Rican man, illegally in the United States, was sentenced today to 97 months in prison for his role in laundering over $2 million in proceeds of a number of wire fraud schemes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Esteban De Jesus Campos Chanto, 43, of Trenton, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi to a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, July 10 -- The Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs issued the following news release on July 9, 2024: * * * Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission is the first effort of its kind. Next steps include a strategic action plan for promoting interregional transmission projects. * * * The Healey-Driscoll Administration today joined fellow New England states, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York in signing a memoran  more