ROBINS AFB, Georgia, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Airman 1st Class Kamiyah Burks, 908th Flying Training Wing MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. -- The 908th Flying Training Wing held a four-day multi-unit deployment readiness training exercise from Oct. 31 to Nov. 3, 2024, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the wing's ability to excel when exposed to difficult or stressful scenarios. Real-world Readiness  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Labor Mine Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * Inspections cited 44 significant and substantial violations, including 1 unwarrantable failure * * * The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration completed impact inspections in November 2024 at 14 mines in Alabama, California, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Pen  more

CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 24 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2024: Attorney General Kwame Raoul led a coalition of 22 attorneys general in filing an amicus brief supporting the federal government's actions to increase the minimum wage for employees of certain federal contractors. In April 2021, President Biden issued an executive order increasing the minimum wage for these workers to $15 and directing the U.S. Department of Labor to implement  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Transportation issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced the winners of the Modernizing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) challenge, which rewarded the use of accessible and interactive innovations to make the NEPA review process easier to navigate. Winning projects are aimed at incentivizing collaborative, real-time reviews to save time and improve the quality of NEPA documents. There were nine re  more

OAK RIDGE, Tennessee, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory issued the following news release: Back in the early days of his college career, Chad Parish realized his curiosity and interests were drawing him to the type of work he performs today in the Low Activation Materials Development and Analysis, or LAMDA, laboratory at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Using microscopy and microstructural characterization, he reveals the intricate  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation issued the following news release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. The Bureau of Reclamation announced today it will conduct public negotiations to renew the five long-term water supply contracts for wildlife refuges managed by federal, state and local agencies. Reclamation in 2001 completed five 25-year contracts: two with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, for state-managed wetland areas, two with the U.S. Fish  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Dec. 23, 2024: * * * President Biden Takes Action to Protect American Workers and Businesses from China's Unfair Trade Practices in the Semiconductor Sector A resilient and secure supply of foundational semiconductors is critical to U.S. national and economic security. These semiconductors are essential to key sectors of the U.S. economy, powering cars, medical devices, critical infrastructure, key aerospace a  more