PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 17 -- Gov. Katie Hobbs, D-Arizona, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: Today, Governor Katie Hobbs announced the appointment of Coconino County Supervisor Patrice Horstman to the Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) Board of Directors. Supervisor Horstman has practiced law in Arizona for over 40 years, including Indian law, and natural resource related law. She has been an advocate for rural Arizona and was appointed by the Secretary   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Investing in America Agenda is Lowering Energy Bills, Expanding Efficient Building Code Use, Making Buildings Safer in Extreme Weather, and Helping Tackle the Climate Crisis * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda (https://www.whitehouse.gov/invest/?utm_source=invest.gov), the U.S. Department of Ener  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Investing in America Agenda is Lowering Energy Bills, Expanding Efficient Building Code Use, Making Buildings Safer in Extreme Weather, and Helping Tackle the Climate Crisis * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $90 million in competitive awards to help states, cities, Tribal Nations, and their p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- AmeriCorps issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2024: * * * Americans across the country come together to honor the tragic attacks on the 9/11 Day of Service * * * On Wednesday, Sept. 11, AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteering, led the annual 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance to honor the lives lost due to the terrorist attacks and the heroic acts of Americans in response. From packing meals to cleaning cemeteries, thousands o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 (TNSres) -- The National Science Foundation issued the following news release: Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation, in partnership with Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Micron Technology and Samsung, announced $42.4 million in grants for its Future of Semiconductors (NSF FuSe2) competition. The investment will fuel groundbreaking research and education across various semiconductor technologies, advancing U.S. leadership in semiconductor research and innovation and addre  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Abbey Rieves, 355th Wing Public Affairs The 355th Wing submitted a light-weight backpack-styled toolkit designed for portability in austere environments for the Innovation Challenge 2025. The innovation competition is designed to empower Airmen and Guardians to cultivate ideas and find solutions to improve processes within their unit or command  more

DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB, Arizona, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (355th Fighter Wing) issued the following news: The 355th Wing's 354th Fighter Squadron and 354th Fighter Generation Squadron inactivated at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, September 13, 2024. Known as the Bulldogs, the squadrons conducted 35,000 combat sorties, where they fired more than a quarter million 30 mm rounds, supported 1,300 troops in contact, flew missions against numerous high-value targ  more

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, Sept. 17 -- The Naval War College issued the following news: The U.S. Naval War College's (NWC) College of Maritime Operational Warfare (CMOW) completed its Combined Force Maritime Component Commander (CFMCC) Flag Course 24-2C at U.S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters, Pearl Harbor, HI, Sept. 12-18. A flag-level professional military education course, CFMCC was designed to give one- and two-star officers from all service and partner nations a broad perspective of the operationa  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- The White House issued the following transcript of a news briefing by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Sept. 13, 2024, at 3:17 p.m.: * * * MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hey. Good afternoon, everybody. Q: Good afternoon. MS. JEAN-PIERRE: Hi. Okay. So, for over 30 years, combat- -- combatting gender-based violence has been the cornerstone of President Biden's career. When Joe Biden was growing up, his father used to say to him that the cardinal sin was abuse of power, and tha  more