HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania, Aug. 1 -- Pennsylvania Attorney General Michelle Henry issued the following news: * * * Office of Attorney General opposes challenges to the forthcoming regulations; Pennsylvania Human Relations Act continues to offer protections to students * * * Attorney General Michelle Henry is continuing efforts to protect all students from sex discrimination by joining with fifteen state Attorneys General to ensure new regulations under Title IX go into effect as intended next  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: AIR FORCE Gauss Management Research and Engineering Inc., Ogden, Utah (FA8003-24-D-0015); Luna Labs USA LLC, Charlottesville, Virginia (FA8003-24-D-0016); TransTecs Corp., Wichita, Kansas (FA8003-24-D-0017); Frontier Technology Inc., Beavercreek, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0018); SelectTech Services Corp., Dayton, Ohio (FA8003-24-D-0019); Boston Engineering Corp., Waltham, Massachusetts (FA8003-24-D-0020); SynapseM  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 1 -- Gov. Mike Dunleavy, R-Alaska, issued the following news on July 31, 2024: Today in Anchorage Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy signed three energy bills into law. HB 50 creates a regulatory framework for the State of Alaska to utilize its geologic resources for carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS). HB 307 prioritizes the reliability, stability, and cost to consumers for power along the interconnected Railbelt utilities and eliminates wheeling rates along the Ra  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The Naval Sea Systems Command issued the following news: Matthew Brantz, the Site Director of Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division's Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in Memphis, Tennessee, led a tour of the detachment's unique and powerful testing capabilities to key researchers and scientists from multiple government and academic institutions on July 25, 2024. The LCC, which is one of the world's largest and most advanced high-speed, variable-pressure water tu  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 1 (TNSres) -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: Written by Adam Goodman Since the earliest Russian and U.S. trade and diplomatic negotiations of the 1800s, the resource-rich Arctic has been a focal point for strategic competition. Now, the rapid melting of sea ice is making the Arctic more accessible than ever, creating new economic opportunities and military challenges. NGA is front and center in this U.S. national security mis  more

JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 1 -- Sealaska Heritage Institute issued the following news release: * * * Move part of institute's vision to make Juneau the Northwest Coast arts capital * * * U.S. Representative Mary Peltola of Alaska has filed a resolution (https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/107/text) to designate Northwest Coast art as a rare and valuable national treasure. The resolution, filed earlier this year, states that Northwest Coast art has achieved pre  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif.-- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta distinct population segment of longfin smelt as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The best available science indicates longfin smelt populations have significantly decreased throughout the San Francisco Bay estuary in recent decades. "Like many species of fish, wil  more