SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 14 -- Utah Attorney General Sean D. Reyes issued the following news: Attorney General Sean D. Reyes joined 14 attorneys general on a Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States in Kansas v. Mayorkas. The coalition, led by the State of Florida, requests that the nation's high court hear arguments in a question of a legal right of intervention to defend a federal immigration rule. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security published an immig  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 14 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird today led a coalition of eight states in supporting Ohio's lawsuit against the Biden-Harris EPA for authorizing California's illegal ban on traditional, gas-powered cars. California's mandate requires that all cars, trucks, and SUVs sold be electric by 2035. Car manufacturers will be forced to ban traditional cars to keep up with woke green quotas  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: More than 50 Civil Air Patrol cadets from 27 wings devoted a week to academic experiences in mostly STEM-related fields - plus a few extra surprises --at the annual National Cadet Engineering Technology Academy, The cadets, selected by CAP for the academy through a competitive process, took part in activities covering aerospace, engineering technology, physics and astronomy, data science  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division issued the following news release: * * * Luttrell Staffing employed children to work in Morristown manufacturing plant * * * GREENVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment in a Tennessee federal court that requires a Kingsport staffing agency to stop employing children illegally and forbids them from future violations of federal child labor laws. The action comes after federal invest  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predicts the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal. This comes after an energetic 2023 season, which brought the fourth-most named storms since 1950. A group of beach-loving environmental researchers wondered how a highly active hurricane season impacts beaches along the coast. When they loo  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024 charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to export defense articles without a license, and br  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Two longtime Civil Air Patrol members will join CAP's Board of Governors, bringing decades of experience serving on boards and leading other organizations. Col. Rajesh "Raj" Kothari and Lt. Col. Andrew J. Oppmann will officially join the board -- CAP's top governing body -- in December as members-at-large selected recently by CAP's Senior Advisory Group. The 11-member board, which meets  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Memphis District issued the following news release: The Mississippi River Commission will conduct its 411th low-water inspection trip and public hearings from Aug. 19 - 23 at four locations along the Mississippi River. The four public meetings have been scheduled to take place aboard the Motor Vessel MISSISSIPPI. Commission members will meet with local partners, stakeholders and residents and hear their concerns, ideas and issues.  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs A little more than a month after taking command of Arnold Engineering Development Complex, Col. Grant Mizell hosted his first Commander's Call July 19 in the Main Auditorium at Arnold Air Force Base. During the session, Mizell took time to briefly introduce himself to Team AEDC members in attendance and watching over Microsoft Teams, discuss his family's   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Nashville District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District invites the public to participate in one of several public meetings that are planned to discuss the Invasive Carp Management Plan, draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment, and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact, which are under review to manage and prevent the spread of invasive carp populations in the Tennessee an  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee issued the following news release on Aug. 13, 2024: Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024 charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information, exporting technical data related to defense articles without a license, conspiracy to e  more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 14 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti, along with attorneys general from 14 other states, submitted a comment letter to the Department of the Treasury, emphasizing the need for fair and unbiased regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial services sector. The letter urges the Department to focus solely on risks to financial reliability and consumer protection rather th  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Aug. 13 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are entering into a memorandum of understanding with the intent to collaborate in efforts to research, develop, deploy and evaluate technology and analytically based solutions to challenges in the area of quantum information science and engineering, in  more