LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, July 19 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on July 18, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'The President is disregarding the separation of powers in the Constitution and the fundamentals so clearly articulated in Schoolhouse Rock' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals granting an emergency stay in the matter of Missouri v. Biden, again halting the Biden admi  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, July 19 -- Virginia Attorney General Jason S. Miyares issued the following news release: * * * Commonsense Policy Aims to Bolster Voting Integrity, Ensures Only Eligible Citizens Vote * * * Attorney General Jason Miyares joined a 22-state coalition in urging the U.S. Senate to support the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill last week, however the Senate has yet to act. The SAVE Act, which garners broad suppor  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * New projects will strengthen resilience for coastal and Great Lakes communities, including tribes and underserved communities. * * * Today, the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is recommending nearly $220 million in funding, and an additional $66 million in future year funding, to support 32 transforma  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 19 (TNSres) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news on July 18, 2024: * * * Funding Will Support Innovative Marine Debris Prevention and Removal * * * Today, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced $27 million in funding for projects to prevent and remove marine debris in coastal and Great Lakes communities as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda, under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. This fund  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Cape Coral-Fort Myers - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.55 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.75 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.74 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Sta  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Gainesville, FL - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Gainesville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.45 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissio  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Jacksonville - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Jacksonville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.55 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissione  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Lakeland-Winter Haven - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.49 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.84 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton - May 2023": * * * Workers in the North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.39 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Ocala - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Ocala, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $24.49 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G.   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $29.74 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics re  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Panama City - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Panama City, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.37 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.85 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Port St. Lucie - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Port St. Lucie, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.81 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commiss  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Punta Gorda - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Punta Gorda, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.74 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Sebastian-Vero Beach - May 2023": * * * Workers in the Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $25.65 in May 2023, compared to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southeast Regional Information Office issued the following report on July 18, 2024, entitled "Occupational Employment and Wages in Tallahassee - May 2023": * * * to the nationwide average of $31.48, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that higher paying major occupational groups included management ($48.97), legal ($42.05), and healthcare  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is awarded a $111,015,771 fixed-price-incentive-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee modification (P00003) under contract N0003023C6008 to exercise optional line items for design analysis, testing, procurement, and manufacturing of Interferometric fiber optic gyros repairs and associated material. This modification also benefits a foreign mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: U.S. SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND Ultimate Ammunition LLC, Las Vegas, Nevada; Canadian Commercial Corp., Ottawa, Canada; Blane International Group Inc., Cumming, Georgia; and Olin Winchester LLC, Oxford, Mississippi, is being awarded a multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (H9240323R00020001) with a maximum total ceiling of $750,000,000 and a separate $2,500 minimum ordering guaran  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * American Management Group LLC of Atlantic Beach shaved hours from workers' timecards * * * ATLANTIC BEACH, FL - The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered $288,979 in back wages and liquidated damages for 92 employees after its investigation found an Atlantic Beach property management group's improper pay practices denied them overtime wages they earned. The department's Wage   more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Wayne Dirkes assumed command of the Arnold Engineering Development Complex 704th Test Group during a Change of Command ceremony July 8, 2024, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. The mission of the 704 TG is to operate world-class test facilities for high-speed sled track testing, navigation and guidance system tes  more

EGLIN AFB, Florida, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force's Eglin Air Force Base issued the following news: The U.S. Air Force's largest Major Range Test Facility Base (MRTFB) Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medical (STEM+M) recruitment pipeline is tapped and flowing to recruit, retain, and develop future scientists, engineers, and skilled technical workers. The Innovating Academic Excellence through Partnership Program, in partnership with the USAF Leadership Experience Growing Appr  more

TAMPA, Florida, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida issued the following news release: United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the arrest of Rosson Hamilton (40, Brandon) on an indictment charging him with two counts of wire fraud. If convicted, Hamilton faces up to 20 years in federal prison on each count. According to court records, between February 2021 and January 2022, Hamilton devised a scheme to defraud the Small Business Administrati  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 18 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) forces successfully destroyed two surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and four uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) on the ground in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. It was determined these weapons presented an imminent threat to U.S., coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of n  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: NOAA is recommending nearly $220 million in funding for 32 transformational habitat restoration and coastal resilience projects this year, as well as an additional $66 million in funding in future years. The projects are funded under the Biden-Harris Administration's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. This is a historic investment in strengthening the climate resilience   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency issued the following news release: TALLAHASSEE, Fla. Floridians who sustained loss from the May 10 severe storms and tornadoes have one month to apply for federal assistance. The deadline to apply is Aug. 19, 2024. One month after the disaster declaration for the storms, FEMA has approved $5.6 million in assistance to households. If you sustained loss from the May 10 severe storms and tornadoes  more

WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, July 19 -- Palm Beach County issued the following news: The Palm Beach County Department of Public Safety's Division of Animal Care and Control (ACC) wants to let the community know that scammers have recently targeted owners of lost pets. Concerned community members who post their contact information on one of several lost pet websites (links below) are receiving calls from someone identifying themselves as an employee of ACC. * PetCo Love Lost * PawBoost * Loxaha  more

SARASOTA, Florida, July 19 -- Sarasota County issued the following news: Sarasota County's Land Acquisition and Management Program, which encompasses the Environmentally Sensitive Lands Protection Program (ESLPP) and the Neighborhood Parkland Acquisition Program (NPP), continues to preserve natural lands and acquire parklands throughout Sarasota County. The programs are voter-approved and taxpayer-funded and have been instrumental in acquiring and protecting more than 110 properties, totaling   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District issued the following news release: Lt. Col. Matthew T. Miller assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District from Lt. Col. Jerre V. Hansbrough during a formal change of command ceremony today at the Balloon Fiesta Park Golf & Event Center. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the district serves more than 200,000 square miles of the Southwestern USA providing comprehensive e  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Participants across Air Force Special Operations Command took part in the Commando LEAD Symposium on July 15 virtually to learn techniques to continue to build the force we need. "We have a duty as leaders to ensure anyone who chooses to serve has an environment to thrive," said Maj. Gen. Rebecca Sonkiss, Deputy Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. "We are talking about b  more

HURLBURT FIELD, Florida, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command issued the following news: Participants across Air Force Special Operations Command took part in the Commando LEAD Symposium on July 15 virtually to learn techniques to continue to build the force we need. "We have a duty as leaders to ensure anyone who chooses to serve has an environment to thrive," said Maj. Gen. Rebecca Sonkiss, Deputy Commander of Air Force Special Operations Command. "We are talking about  more