MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Aug. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: AFNORTHCivil Air Patrol's blood collection and transport mission, Operation Pulse Lift, has been recognized with the 2024 Air Forces Northern Command (AFNORTH) Commander's Award. Lt. Col. Jean-Marie Nixon accepted the award --presented annually for the most meritorious CAP mission of the previous year -- on the mission's behalf from U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Daniel C. Clayton, First Air   more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton issued the following news release: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a coalition of twenty-three other attorneys general to file an amicus brief in support of an Arizona law requiring proof of citizenship in order to vote, asking the Supreme Court of the United States for an emergency stay of a federal district court's injunction against the law. Arizona's state constitution, like many other state constitutions, stipulates the   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1665) on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "State Employment and Unemployment - July 2024": * * * Unemployment rates were higher in July in 13 states, lower in 1 state, and stable in 36 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-eight states and the District had jobless rate increases from a year earlier, 2 states had decr  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 17 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following report (No. USDL-24-1666) on Aug. 16, 2024, entitled "State Job Openings and Labor Turnover - June 2024": * * * Job openings rates increased in 2 states and decreased in 2 states on the last business day of June, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Hires rates decreased in 6 states and increased in 3 states. Total separations rates decreased in 6 states and increased i  more

PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Voluntary Pause on Uranium Ore Transport Through Navajo Nation Continues * * * On Thursday, Navajo Nation and Energy Fuels Resources Inc. began good-faith negotiations on the transport of uranium ore through Navajo lands. Both parties described the meeting as productive and committed to continued conversations to reach an agreement. "I'm glad that EFRI and Navajo Nation have b  more

DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 17 -- Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Aug. 16, 2024: * * * Appointments bring extensive experience in outdoor equity and rural representation to Department of Natural Resources commissions * * * Today, Governor Polis made appointments to the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund Board of Directors (GOCO) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) Commission that bring agricultural production expertise, represent rural communities, and emphasi  more

PASADENA, California, Aug. 16 (TNSres) -- NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: Tanager-1, the Carbon Mapper Coalition's first satellite, which carries a state-of-the-art, NASA-designed greenhouse-gas-tracking instrument, is in Earth orbit after lifting off aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California at 11:56 a.m. PDT Friday, Aug. 16. Ground controllers successfully established communications with Tanager-1 at 2  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 17 -- 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 517,900 illegal immigrant apprehe  more