WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: AMVAC Chemical Corporation was sentenced today to three years of probation time and a $400,000 fine for violating the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal hazardous waste law. According to court documents, AMVAC is a California corporation formed in 1945, which manufactures and distributes fungicide, defoliant, insecticide, herbic  more

LOS ANGELES, California, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: Expanding California's unprecedented support for local efforts to create long-term solutions to address homelessness, Governor Newsom today announced that 37 regional grantees -- representing 100 local communities and organizations statewide -- will receive more than $827 million in new state investments to create new housing, shelter, and support for those experiencing homel  more

SACRAMENTO, California, Oct. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: California ports are about to become cleaner and more climate friendly thanks to new funding from the Biden-Harris Administration. Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced seven California ports are receiving more than $1 billion to build zero-emission infrastructure and implement plans to clean up air quality. California ports received a third of the total   more

MONTEREY, California, Oct. 30 -- The Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security issued the following story: Perhaps given her career trajectory it was inevitable that Dr. Dominique Wong would become a leading advocate for what she calls homeland security medicine. The Center for Homeland Defense and Security alum who graduated from the Executive Leaders Program with Cohort 2101 in February 2022 as the Ellen Gordon Award winner and now serves as a co-facilitator for EL  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Funding from Investing in America Will Support 67 Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Projects at Federal Facilities, Saving Taxpayers $41 Million Annually While Cutting Carbon Pollution * * * As part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $149.87 million for 67 energy conservation and clean energy projects at Fed  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, October 29, as part of the Biden-Harris Administration's Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * EPA's Clean Ports Program to fund 55 zero-emission port equipment, infrastructure, and planning projects across the nation to tackle climate change, reduce air pollution, promote good jobs, and advance environmental justice * * * Today, October 29, as part of President Biden and Vice President Harris' Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announ  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: * * * Privacy and Data Protection Task Force Will Lead Agency's Coordination with CPPA on Consumer Privacy and Data Protection * * * The FCC's Privacy and Data Protection Task Force today announced a new Memorandum of Understanding with the California Privacy Protection Agency. Unlike state Attorneys General offices, which are responsible for enforcing all state laws and regulatio  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and Washington, D.C. These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and people where they need to be  more

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Oct. 29 (TNSrep) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Opportunity and Inclusive Growth Institute issued the following white paper (No. 102) on October 15, 2024, by Bulent Guler and Amanda Michaud entitled "Online Appendix: Dynamics of Deterrence: A Macroeconomic Perspective on Punitive Justice Policy". Here are excerpts: * * * 1 Datasets and Variable Construction The empirical counterpart to incarceration in the model is incarceration in a state or federal pris  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following issue brief on October 22, 2024, by Kenneth Finegold, Kristen L. King, Bisma A. Sayed and Rachael Zuckerman entitled "Medicare Part D Enrollees Reaching the Out-of-Pocket Limit by June 2024." Here are excerpts: * * * The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) established a limit on out-of-pocket spending ("the 2024 cap") for enrollees with very high prescription drug spending in Medicare Part D, for t  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Oct. 30 -- The Indiana House Republicans Caucus issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2024: State Rep. Kyle Pierce (R-Anderson) recently presented a Sagamore of the Wabash to Anderson native Stephen Hofer before the Indiana University football game Saturday in Bloomington. An Anderson native and Los Angeles-based lawyer, Hofer is often called the "Aviation Attorney to the Stars" for his expertise in aviation law and representation of celebrity clients. Pierce was  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities, conserving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous fuels, and preventing wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The funding, sourced from land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act (SNPLMA), marks a continu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: The Department of the Interior today announced it will commit over $375 million to fund 36 projects aimed at enhancing recreational opportunities, conserving wildlife habitat, reducing hazardous fuels, and preventing wildfires across Nevada and the California side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. The funding, sourced from land sales under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced more than $2.4 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for 122 rail improvement projects in 41 states and D.C. These projects will make rail safer, more reliable, and more resilient, getting goods and people where they need to be quickly with fewer disruptions, lower shipping costs and less   more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PALAWAN PROVINCE, Philippines Philippine Marines with 3rd Marine Brigade and U.S. Marines with elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit established defensive positions at Apurawan Beach to conduct a combined live-fire coastal defense Oct. 22, 2024, during Exercise KAMANDAG 8. The training scenario on Palawan's western shores integrated Philippine and U.S. for  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: In 2023, Americans reduced their consumption of electricity and fossil fuels, while increasing consumption of carbon-free energies, according to the most recent energy and carbon flowcharts released by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Each year, LLNL releases these flowcharts to illustrate the nation's consumption and uses of energy, as well as assoc  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: On the latest episode of the Big Ideas Lab podcast, explore the frontier of implantable technology with experts from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Listen on Apple (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/implantables/id1766302914?i=1000674882939) or Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/episode/7jcBR  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: RESTON, Va. Low-level helicopter flights are planned over parts of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California to image geology using airborne geophysical technology. The survey will begin in early November 2024 and is expected to be completed in December 2024, weather and flight restrictions permitting. Flights will cover areas within Kern, Los Angeles, and San Bernar  more

CAMP SMITH, Hawaii, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Indo-Pacific Command issued the following news: PACIFIC OCEAN A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 466 delivered critical U.S. Navy support equipment to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest ship, the Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184), off the coast of Southern California, Oct. 25, 2024. The mission underscored the operat  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Oct. 29 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * 20 Attorneys General Join Amicus Brief Supporting Decision Against Blanket Immunity From Anti-Discrimination Laws For Christian Humanitarian Organization * * * Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell is leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in defense of state and federal anti-discrimination law. The coalition filed an amicus brief (h  more

LIVERMORE, California, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory issued the following news: Char Berss, a dedicated site and space planner at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), joined the space planning team within LLNL's Office of Laboratory Infrastructure in August 2021. Her role involves project management, move management and people coordination across the Laboratory. "I like to tell people that I play Tetris at work," she said. "But it   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- NASA issued the following news release: In preparation for the arrival of NASA's SpaceX 31st commercial resupply services mission, four crew members aboard the International Space Station will relocate the agency's SpaceX Crew-9 Dragon spacecraft to a different docking port Sunday, Nov. 3. Live coverage begins at 6:15 a.m. EST on NASA+ and will end shortly after docking. Learn how to watch NASA content through a variety of platforms, including social media. NASA astrona  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum issued the following news release: * * * Exhibition Includes Three Trailblazing Japanese American Women Artists * * * "Pictures of Belonging: Miki Hayakawa, Hisako Hibi and Mine Okubo" is an unprecedented exploration of three trailblazing Japanese American artists of the mid-20th century who, until now, have been excluded from the story of modernism in the United States. The exhibition asserts their place in American art and reveals   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following news: Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Mollie Ginther NOAA Fisheries is working to integrate equity and environmental justice into all we do. Gaining a better understanding of the people who rely on fisheries in the United States has never been more important. NOAA Fisheries social scientists have launched the new Community Environmental Justice Explorer web tool. It describes environmental justice concerns   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: Good morning, everybody. Thank you, Dr. [Dev] Shenoy, first, for the introduction, and thanks to all of you in the defense research and engineering enterprise, for what you do every day to lead us. It's a privilege to be with all of you for this second annual meeting of the Microelectronics Commons. And it's remarkable to see how much this community has flourished in just the past year. Now, I won't bother preach  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The Naval Postgraduate School issued the following news on Oct. 29, 2024: By Mass Communications Specialist 1st Class Lenny Weston With a focus on enhancing European and global security partnerships, the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) hosted its first European International Alumni Symposium in Garmisch, Germany, Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, with more than 100 NPS alumni representing 29 nations across Europe in attendance. The symposium, sponsored in part by the Department of St  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: A California man was sentenced to prison today after he previously pleaded guilty to a felony charge related to his conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election. Jay J  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following news release: The United States, through USAID, committed $57.4 million, working with Congress, to accelerate food security initiatives and advance novel climate-smart agricultural solutions to reduce global hunger, poverty, and undernutrition. Announced at the 2024 World Food Prize Borlaug Dialogue in Iowa, more than $38 million will support Feed the Future the U.S. government's global hunger initiative I  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service issued the following news: DAVIS, Calif., Oct. 29, 2024 -- Advances in crop production and preservation are poised for new digs as the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) broke ground today for a modernized facility to consolidate labs that are currently located at the University of California, Davis. The Agricultural Research and Technology Center (ARTC) is a cutting  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The data collection will be conducted through the USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI), a partnership between the USGS and state geological surveys that is revolutionizing our understanding of the nation's geology and critical mineral resources which are vital to the U.S. economy, national security, and clean energy technology. Lyndsay Ball, USGS geophysicist a  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following remarks on Oct. 29, 2024, by Secretary Denis McDonough at the National Press Club: * * * Let me recognize the Press Club's American Legion Post and its commander, Tom Young, and all the Veterans Service Organizations represented here. Veterans Service Organizations are critical to helping us serve Vets, their family members, caregivers, and survivors. I want to thank all the journalists who served our country   more