WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: Today, the (Department) announced over $11 million in grants to support the recruitment and retention of bilingual and multilingual educators and provide high quality programming to Native students in an effort to strengthen and revitalize Native American languages. "Being multilingual is a superpower--a powerful asset that can connect students to their identity and c  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol issued the following news: Col. Rickey Oeth is the interim commander of the Great Lakes Region, succeeding Col. Rose Hunt after she was named national executive officer. Oeth assumed command Aug. 16 during the Civil Air Patrol National Conference in San Antonio. He had served as region vice commander for operations under Hunt since her command began Jan. 15, 2022. He is also commandant for the Incident Command Staf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced Judge Mary Rowland of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois entered an order of final judgment against of Oregon and and imposing a judgment totaling $209,614,892. This order follows Judge Rowland's prior order granting summary judgment in favor of the CFTC on all counts of the CFTC's solicitation fraud  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Sept. 4 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news on Sept. 3, 2024: FHLBank Chicago requires a Member Security Administrator (MSA) from each member institution to annually review their institution's eBanking user authorization roles and access permissions. MSAs must complete the recertification by Thursday, October 31, 2024, or their institution will be restricted from executing wires and advances  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release: The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office (AGO) has joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, urging that court to affirm the lower court's decision to uphold a Florida law that prohibits individuals under the age of 21 from purchasing firearms. The AGO and the coalition filed the brief in Natio  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 4 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: * * * Coalition of 20 Attorneys General File SCOTUS Brief in Support of FDA's Denial of Flavored Vape Products, Highlighting the Importance of Federal Action to Support States' Efforts to Address Youth Vaping * * * Amidst an ongoing nationwide youth vaping epidemic, Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell has led a multistate coalition of 20 attorneys general   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2024: President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. recently appointed three new members to serve on the Advisory Committee of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC): Ilana Boivie of the District of Columbia; Kathryn J. Kennedy of Illinois; and Lamont Everett (Monte) Tarbox of Illinois will offer their counsel on investment policy and other matters related to the agency's mission. "These new memb  more