BOISE, Idaho, July 20 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release on July 19, 2024: Attorney General Raul Labrador 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 states in the country an  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1411) on July 19, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - June 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in June in 8 states, lower in 1 state, and stable in 41 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Thirty-one states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decreas  more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- 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

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, July 17 -- The Florida Auditor General released the following operational audit (No. 2025-001) involving the Executive Office of the Governor - State Budgetary Processes and Information Technology Controls. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY This operational audit of the Executive Office of the Governor (EOG) focused on State budgetary processes and information technology (IT) controls. The audit also included a follow-up on the findings noted in our report No. 2021-059.   more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: MOBILE, Ala. Hank's Furniture, Inc. (HFI), a nationwide furniture retailer, will pay $110,000 and furnish other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the lawsuit, a former assistant manager at HFI's Pensacola, Florida, location notified the company that her religio  more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 20 -- 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 one Iranian-backed Houthi uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) over the Red Sea. It was determined the UAV presented an imminent threat to U.S. and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region. These actions were taken to protect freedom of navigation and make international waters safer and more   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 24-civ-61275; S.D. Fla. filed July 18, 2024) involving Ricardi Celicourt and Brisly Guillaume: * * * SEC Charges Two Sales Agents for Role in $112 Million Ponzi Scheme that Targeted Haitian-American Community * * * Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged Broward County, Florida residents Ricardi Celicourt and Brisly Guillaume with violations of the securities registrat  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: John Barco is a marine habitat resource specialist and Gulf of Mexico team lead based in St. Petersburg, Florida. He supports the work of the Office of Habitat Conservation's Restoration Center in the southeastern United States. What is your key responsibility? One of my key responsibilities involves NOAA's Damage Assessment, Remediation, and Restoration Program. I work with scientists from  more

MIAMI, Florida, July 20 -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release: Representatives from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) presented a $39.9 million grant to Miami-Dade County through Public Housing and Community Development (PHCD) and the City of Miami to support the revitalization of the Overtown neighborhood through the FY2023/24 Choice Neighborhoods Initiative (CNI). "You cannot overstate the transformative nature of Choice Neigh  more

MIAMI, Florida, July 20 -- The Miami-Dade County government issued the following news release: Walking and biking in Miami-Dade County will be getting safer thanks to an award of $712,00 for a planning study for the NW 22nd Avenue Corridor from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) via the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization (TPO). The NW 22nd Avenue Corridor Planning Study is part of the County's Vision Zero commitment to reduce all traffic fatalities and severe injuries   more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- NASA issued the following news release: NASA will host a pair of news conferences Friday, July 26, from the agency's Johnson Space Center in Houston to highlight upcoming crew rotation missions to the International Space Station. NASA will host a mission overview news conference at 12 p.m. EDT and provide coverage on NASA+, NASA Television, the NASA app, YouTube, and the agency's website. The news conference will cover NASA's SpaceX Crew-9 mission to the microgravity lab  more

ORLANDO, Florida, July 20 -- Orlando International Airport issued the following agency statement on July 19, 2024: * * * As part of the global airline system, Orlando International Airport (MCO) has experienced limited impact from the worldwide technology glitch that affected IT systems at several U.S. airlines. Our team is working closely with our airline partners to assist their customers with passenger movement and convenience in the terminal. We have been informed that the airlines being   more

MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Florida, July 20 -- The U.S. Central Command issued the following news release: TAMPA, Fla. Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, Commander, U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM), visited Cairo, Egypt, from July 17-18, 2024. While in Cairo, Gen. Kurilla met with Gen. Abdel Majeed Saqr, Minister of Defense and Military Production, and Lt. Gen. Ahmed Fathy Khalifa, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces. Gen. Kurilla congratulated both leaders on their recent appointments to their position  more

AUSTIN, Texas, July 20 -- Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry. Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 516,300 illegal immigrant apprehe  more

WASHINGTON, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: This Week at Interior Secretary Haaland this week welcomed Mexico's Foreign Secretary, Alicia Barcena. She's been tapped for a new position in the Cabinet of Mexico's President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum the new Secretary for Environment and Natural Resources. They were joined by Mexico's Ambassador to the U.S. Esteban Moctezuma Barragan and former Interior Secretary and current U.S. Ambassador to Mexico  more