LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 7 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release: Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a coalition of 19 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit urging the Court to revisit an opinion striking down a Minnesota law prohibiting individuals under the age of 21 from carrying concealed handguns in public. In the brief (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Worth%20  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 7 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the New Jersey Racing Commission today announced results from the 99th Hambletonian Day held August 3, 2024 at the Meadowlands. The total handle was $7,427,370, with 16,465 visitors in attendance. The $1 million Hambletonian was won by Karl, and the winning driver was Yannick Gingras. The winning trainer was Nancy Takter. In   more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mid-Atlantic Regional Information Office issued the following report on Aug. 6, 2024, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area - June 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 3.2 percent in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden, PA-NJ, Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended June 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistic  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: NAVY General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $1,316,877,000 undefinitized contract action modification to previously awarded contract N00024-24-C-2110 for economic ordering quantity material in support of the planned Virginia Class Block VI submarines and in furtherance of the Navy's commitment to the health and stability of the industrial base. Work will be per  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news release: ARMY Callan Marine Limited, Galveston, Texas, was awarded a $104,974,200 firm-fixed-price contract for Brazos Island Harbor channel deepening. Bids were solicited via the internet with three received. Work will be performed in Brownsville, Texas, with an estimated completion date of Aug. 28, 2026. Fiscal 2024 civil construction funds in the amount of $104,974,200 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S  more

DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 7 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas has appointed Deborah Kilroe as vice president with responsibility for communications. She will join the Bank on Sept. 1. Kilroe will lead the Dallas Fed's integrated communications function, which encompasses media relations, employee communications, public engagement and executive communications. She will be responsible for establishing external an  more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Aug. 7 -- Gov. Janet Mills, D-Maine, issued the following news on Aug. 6, 2024: * * * The innovative multi-day energy storage project wins substantial Federal funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law as part of New England states' regional grant application to strengthen and modernize the regional electric grid * * * Governor Janet Mills, U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King, and Congresswoman Chellie Pingree today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory issued the following news: * * * Carving a new path forward for compact fusion vessels * * * Some believe the future of fusion in the U.S. lies in compact, spherical fusion vessels. A smaller tokamak, it is thought, could offer a more economical fusion option. The trick is squeezing everything into a small space. New research suggests eliminating one major component used to heat the plasma, fre  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York issued the following news release on Aug. 5, 2024: Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that on Friday, August 2, 2024, a jury found ARIE RANGOTT guilty of conspiring to defraud the federal Head Start program, to submit a false document to the federal government, and to obstruct a federal administrative proceeding. RANGOTT was found guilty following a  more

PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland, Aug. 7 -- The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, an organization within the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, issued the following news release: JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst hosted a week-long Drone Legends camp in July for Toms River, New Jersey students to learn more about the role these machines can play in the military and everyday life. The camp incorporates Science, Technology, Engineering,  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, Aug. 7 -- New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin issued the following news release on Aug. 6, 2024: The Attorney General's Office today identified the decedent and the officer from the fatal officer-involved shooting in Fort Lee, New Jersey, on Sunday, July 28, 2024. The civilian who died during the encounter has been identified as Victoria G. Lee, 26, of Fort Lee. According to the preliminary investigation, on July 28 at approximately 1:25 a.m., police officers fr  more