COLUMBIA, South Carolina, July 20 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on July 19, 2024: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson today joined a 22-state amicus brief in support of Florida's request to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to allow the state to enforce its law regulating sex-modification procedures while the district court's order enjoining the law is heard on appeal. The case is Doe v. Surgeon General, State of Florida. Like half the sta  more

WASHINGTON, July 16 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: ST. LOUIS Dollar General Stores will pay $295,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) age discrimination, harassment, and retaliation lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. According to the lawsuit, from July 2016 until January 2018, a newly hired Dollar General regional director in Oklahoma harassed district managers who were in their  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Jason Viera Penalbert, 37, of Madison, Nebraska, was sentenced July 17, 2024, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska for conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. United States District Court Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Penalbert to 57 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Pen  more

OMAHA, Nebraska, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nebraska issued the following news release: United States Attorney Susan Lehr announced that Shelby English, 42, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced July 17, 2024, in federal court in Omaha for distributing methamphetamine. United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced English to 130 months' imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After English's release from prison, she will begin a 5-year   more

HOLLOMAN AFB, New Mexico, July 20 -- The U.S. Air Force Holloman Air Force Base (49th Air Wing) issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Bob Teichmann, 49th Wing Public Affairs Advancing frontiers of knowledge in science, technology, engineering and mathematics is a goal for many people who work in those fields. For Michelle Zeisset, a good place to achieve those goals is in the southern New Mexico desert. Zeisset, the 846th Test Squadron technical director at Holloman Air Force Base, i  more