WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Federal Trade Commission issued the following news release: For the second time in as many years, the Federal Trade Commission today sent cease-and-desist letters jointly with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to several companies currently marketing edibles containing Delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) in packaging deceptively similar to many foods children eat such as Froot Loops and Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies. "Companies that market and sell edib  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Krista McCraken is a Marine Habitat Resource Specialist based in Charleston, South Carolina. She works to support the work of the Office of Habitat Conservation's Restoration Center in the southeastern United States. What is your key responsibility? I lead NOAA case teams under the Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program, including Kerr McGee Chemical Corporation in North Ca  more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 17 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: Attorney General Alan Wilson joined a 22-state coalition of state attorneys general in a letter co-led by Iowa and Indiana calling on Congressional leaders to support and pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility ("SAVE") Act. This commonsense bill will strengthen our electoral process by upholding the rule of law and prohibiting those aliens who are ineligible to vote from doing so.   more

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Forces Central, the air component of U.S. Central Command, issued the following news: With a large military presence and thousands of service members operating in the Middle East, one of the Department of Defense's most important missions is being led by one of its smaller teams: the Air Forces Central Air Warfare Center. "Our job is basically security cooperation, which is a fancy term for go out, make new friends and strengthen existing relat  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 17 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined a coalition of 26 states that filed a brief Friday before the U.S. Supreme Court opposing the Hillsborough County Transit Authority's no-religious-speech advertising policy. The coalition urged the Court to review the policy because it infringed on the First Amendment rights of a Jewish synagogue, Young Israel of Tampa, to advertise on public transportation   more