PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: United States Attorney Gary M. Restaino announced today that United Seating and Mobility, LLC, d/b/a Numotion (Numotion), a Missouri limited liability company that provides specialized durable medical equipment, agreed to pay $13,500,000 to resolve allegations that the company violated the federal False Claims Act (FCA). The settlement resolves allegation  more

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 27 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement on Aug. 26, 2024: * * * Griffin: 'Arkansas's law places our state among those aggressively combating antisemitic conduct' * * * Attorney General Tim Griffin today issued the following statement announcing that he and 23 other state attorneys general sent a letter urging Brown University to reject a proposal that the university divest from certain companies because they do business with Isra  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: LENEXA, KAN. (AUG. 26, 2024) - On Aug. 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 ordered three grocery distributors to stop the sale and distribution of certain Fabuloso household disinfectant products. EPA says that Estancia La Bodega Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, Pan-Y-Mas of Kansas City, Kansas, and Promex Ltd. of Omaha, Nebraska, distributed cleaning products that were illega  more

BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 27 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release: Idaho Attorney General Raul Labrador and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton are leading 14 other states in a suit filed in a Texas U.S. District Court demanding an end to the Biden-Harris Administration's massive overreach through the Parole-in-Place (PIP) Program. This program is traditionally administered on a case-by-case basis to allow aliens who entered the country without authorization to re  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Education Activity issued the following news release: Dr. Jacob Sherwood, Pacific West District Superintendent, is pleased to announce the selection of Kaitlyn Aleong as Instructional Systems Specialist for Mathematics 6-12. Mrs. Aleong earned her Master of Science in Educational Administration and her Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from Emporia State University. She received her Bachelor of Science in Education  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A former mayor and alderman of Willard, Mo., was sentenced in federal court today for a five-year-long scheme in which he used personal identity information to steal nearly $300,000 from more than 500 truck drivers who worked for his employer. Corey Louis Hendrickson, 46, of Springfield, Mo., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Brian C. Wim  more

SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2024: A Joplin, Mo., man has been sentenced in federal court for his role in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and for illegally possessing firearms. Dustin L. Holden, 34, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann A. Ketchmark on Friday, Aug. 23, to 22 years and nine months in federal prison without parole. On Feb. 13, 2024, Holden pl  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-St. Louis District issued the following news release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District in coordination with the non-federal sponsor, Kaskaskia Regional Port District, are planning to implement a navigation improvement project at the Kaskaskia Regional Port District Terminal 2, and are seeking comments on the project. The project, which is authorized through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Continuing Authoriti  more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: NGA's new campus in St. Louis has started to come alive this summer, as its first residents have moved in - the facility's outdoor plants. Trees, shrubs and more have been planted into large containers in the central courtyard of the Main Operations Building. The campus still isn't quite ready for its human occupants - NGA move-in is scheduled to begin in 2025, to be completed in 2026 - but  more