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

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

ROBINS AFB, Georgia, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Robins Air Force Base issued the following news: By Patrick Sullivan, 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Cyberspace is a core pillar of the Air Force mission, and one of the most hotly contested, rapidly developing domains the force operates in. The 402nd Software Engineering Group is a key player in cyberspace operations - providing design, development, updates, on-site engineering support and more to correct software issues and improve avion  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 -- The U.S. Justice Department's Drug Enforcement Administration's Atlanta Division issued the following news release: A Laurens County man has been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges. Ricky Rich, 42, of East Dublin, Ga., was sentenced to 228 months in prison after pleading guilty to Distribution of Fentanyl, said Jill E. Steinberg, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia. U.S. District Court Judge Dudley H. Bowen   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: * * * YouthBuild grants fund pre-apprenticeship programs to prepare young people for workforce * * * The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $99 million in funding to support the delivery of pre-apprenticeships in high-demand industries including construction, clean energy, healthcare, infrastructure, information technology an  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

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 -- The Georgia Department of Public Safety issued the following news release: Georgia Department of Public Safety Assistant Commissioner, Lt. Col. Joshua Lamb, has returned to Georgia from Israel after an intensive two weeks of public safety leadership training with the country's top police executives for the Georgia International Law Enforcement Exchange's (GILEE) 31st annual peer-to-peer executive education program. Lt. Col. Lamb served as Head of Delegation for a g  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, July 19 -- Gov. Brian P. Kemp, R-Georgia, issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Governor Brian P. Kemp today announced new details for the historic $1.5 billion investment in transportation infrastructure around the state included in the Amended Fiscal Year 2024 budget. This funding will advance transportation projects reviewed by the State Transportation Board today during its monthly meeting while also serving as a down payment for future expansion as Georgia c  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today to participating in the LockBit ransomware group--at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world--and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide. "Today's convictions reflect the latest returns on the Department's investment in disrupting ransomware threats, prioritizing victims, and holding  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending July 13, 2024: * * * SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending July 13, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 243,000, an increase of 20,000 from the previous week's revised level. The previous week's level was revised up by 1,000 from 222,000 to 223,000. The 4-week moving average was 234,750, an increase of 1  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: David "Paco" Bruce is an ecologist based at the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office's Cooperative Oxford Lab on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office is a division of the Office of Habitat Conservation. Paco has been part of our team at NOAA for 12 years. What is your key responsibility? I am the principal investigator for fish community monitoring for the Poplar Island Ecosystem R  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release: Two foreign nationals pleaded guilty today in Newark federal court to participating in the LockBit ransomware group - at various times the most prolific ransomware variant in the world - and to deploying LockBit attacks against victims in the United States and worldwide. According to court documents: Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 21, a Russian national of Chechen R  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

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: At 35.9 degrees north and 84.3 degrees west, otherwise known as the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, over 180 geospatial scientists convened in-person and remotely for the annual conference for the Mid-South Regional Chapter of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, or ASPRS. Participants spanning government, academia and ind  more

BUFFALO, New York, July 19 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Buffalo District issued the following news release: Lt. Col. Robert Burnham, a Beaufort, South Carolina native and a veteran of the Afghanistan war, assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District on July 18. Burnham will lead the district's more than 300 team members, responsible for projects in 16 commercial and 19 recreational Great Lakes harbors, leadership of the Radiological Waste Design Center for USACE  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