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

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: The Biden-Harris Administration announced today the approval of roughly $1.2 billion in additional student loan relief for 35,000 borrowers across the country who work in public service. These approvals are the result of significant fixes that the Administration has made to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program. This relief builds on President Biden and his Administration's efforts to provide  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

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: * * * Wikoff Color Corp. did not follow required process safety management procedures * * * LISBON, WI -- The operators of a global ink and coatings manufacturing company could have prevented an employee at its Lisbon facility from suffering burn injuries from a flash fire that erupted in an industrial mixing vessel containing flammable liquids and vapors by fo  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

SHAW AFB, South Carolina, July 19 -- Shaw Air Force Base issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Kelsey Owen, 20th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Six thousand feet in the air, the world seems calm. Clouds hang lazily in the sky, sometimes drifting across the glare of the sun, and no other soul is around for miles. Then, a voice speaks from the radio. "Aircraft 15 miles north of Andrews, South Carolina. This is an armed defense fighter - you are approaching a flight restricted area. Identify y  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

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release: A South Carolina man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Thomas Andrew Casselman, 30, o  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, July 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia issued the following news release on July 18, 2024: Willie Charles Sanders, also known as "Disco," 51, of Charleston, was sentenced today to five years in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents and statements made in court, Sanders admitted that he sold approximately 28 grams of methamphetamine t  more