WASHINGTON, July 19 -- 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 Defense issued the following news release: NAVY Northrup Grumman Systems Corp. Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, is awarded a $1,456,019,386 modification (P00086) to a previously awarded fixed-priced-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost contract (N0001918C1037). This modification procures nine E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft (four for the Navy and five for Japan), to include over and above support. Work will be performed in Saint Augustine,  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following letter on July 19, 2024: * * * Dear Friends, There are critical moments and images in American history that we remember clearly. For many before us, it was the bombing of Pearl Harbor or the assassination of JFK in Dallas. For the next generation, it may have been the moon landing or the Challenger disaster that many of us watched in classrooms. For all of us, we remember the towers falling on 9/11 or the fl  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: * * * Governor Shapiro secured $500 million for site development, including $400 million for the PA SITES program to make Pennsylvania more competitive on a national scale, attract more businesses, and create good-paying jobs in the bipartisan 2024-25 budget. * * * Duryea, PA - Today, Governor Josh Shapiro and Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) Secr  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: This week, the governor signed into law legislation sponsored by Rep. Zach Mako (R-Lehigh/Northampton) to address the lack of barber-teachers in Pennsylvania. "I'm thrilled to see my legislation signed into law," Mako said. "I have been working on this issue for the past four legislative sessions. The number of barber-teachers will now increase so that Pennsylvanians will have an easier time find  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on July 18, 2024: A bipartisan effort led by state Reps. Melissa Shusterman (D-Chester) and Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) has resulted in Gov. Josh Shapiro signing House Bill 1853 into law today. This new law, Act 75 of 2024, mandates annual meetings between the Department of Health's nursing care field officers and staff from licensed nursing facilities to discuss survey results, patterns, trends and  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 19 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news: The 529 tax credit, originally House Bill 1745 and co-prime sponsored by state Reps. Kristin Marcell (R-Bucks) and Paul Friel (D-Chester), has been successfully incorporated into the recently signed Tax Code by Gov. Josh Shapiro. This new tax credit incentivizes employers to contribute to their employees' PA 529 College and Career Savings Program accounts, providing substantial benefits to familie  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The Pennsylvania House Republicans issued the following news on July 19, 2024: House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) said Friday he has introduced House Resolution 501, a resolution to form a House Select Committee to probe the actions and response of state and local law enforcement relative to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, which took place in Butler on July 13, 2024. The purely bipartisan Select Committee on the T  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: A total of twelve individuals from the Pittsburgh area have been charged with narcotics and firearms charges, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. A federal grand jury in Pittsburgh returned a three-count Indictment naming Cody Duncan, 33, of Verona; Ronell Cathie, 30, of Pittsburgh; Melvin Gaines, 29, of Oakmont; Cu  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: On July 18, 2024, a former resident of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty in federal court to drug trafficking charges and was sentenced to nine years in prison, followed by four years of supervised release, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Senior United States District Court Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sen  more

SCRANTON, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that James G. Miller, Jr., age 53, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information with wire fraud. According to United States Attorney Gerard M. Karam, the information alleges that Miller and his coconspirators fraudulently obtai  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Christopher Van Johnson, age 36, of Baltimore, Maryland, was sentenced on July 17, 2024, to 7 consecutive life sentences for his role in the June 25, 2016 murders of three individuals in Mercersburg, Franklin County, one of whom was cooperat  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: On July 18, 2024, a resident of West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, was sentenced in federal court to 27 months of imprisonment, to be followed by 3 years of federal supervised release, on his convictions for conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced toda  more

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, July 20 -- Gov. Josh Shapiro, D-Pennsylvania, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Shapiro is working to ensure Pennsylvania's election process is safe and secure, and protecting Pennsylvanians' rights to express their political views peacefully. Pennsylvanians can call the PA Department of State to report voter intimidation, election fraud, or other election crimes at 1-877-VOTESPA. * * * Following the attempted assassination of former President Trump  more