BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, Jan. 6 -- The U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command issued the following news: * Published Jan. 6, 2025 * Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs ARLINGTON, Va. (AFNS) -- The U. S. Air Force released the Fiscal Year 2025 Selective Retention Bonus list, effective Dec. 16, 2024. The FY25 SRB program consists of 89 Air Force specialty codes, reflecting the Air Force's ongoing commitment to retaining highly skilled enlisted personnel. Airmen whose Air Force spec  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The Department of Housing and Urban Development issued the following news release: * * * Original text here: Biden-Harris Administration Delivers $12 Billion in Long-Term Assistance to Communities Impacted by Disasters Funds will support recovery from Lahaina Wildfire, Hurricane Helene, Hurricane Milton, and other 2023 & 2024 disasters WASHINGTON \- Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the allocation of nearly $12 billion in C  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 8 -- Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill issued the following statement on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * "It is remarkable that, in 2025, the Attorney General's office has been called to defend a Black state senator against allegations that the U.S. Constitution requires her to allow an anonymous and abusive troll to litter the senator's personal social-media account with messages like 'burn in hell' and 'you Black bitch ... are very dumb.' Yet here we are. So begins our  more

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, Jan. 8 -- Gov. Jeff Landry, R-Louisiana, issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: Governor Jeff Landry announced appointments to the Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System and Board of Regents. * * * Board of Supervisors for the University of Louisiana System Capt. Lee A. Jackson Jr. Jo'Quishia "Jo" Lethermon Keith G. Myers John W. Noble Jr., M.D. Mark E. Romero Kristine M. Russell Joe R. Salter * * * Board of Regents David   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Census Bureau issued the following news release: The U.S. Census Bureau today released new social, economic, housing and demographic statistics from the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) for the new (119th) Congress. The four Data Profiles are available for all 435 congressional districts in the Census Bureau's main data dissemination tool, data.census.gov, and the Application Programming Interface. The My Congressional District data tool has also been updated   more

COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Jan. 8 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news on Jan. 7, 2025: South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson signed onto a letter raising concerns that proposed changes to the American Bar Association's (ABA) admission standards for law schools violate a Supreme Court ruling and unlawfully use racial preferences when deciding which students to accept. "Merit should be the criteria for law school admission, not racial preference," said A  more

BEAUMONT, Texas, Jan. 8 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas issued the following news release: A Beaumont man has been sentenced for drug trafficking in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs. Francisco Manuel Magdaleno, 41, was convicted at trial of conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Magdaleno was sentenced to 265 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Marcia A. Crone on J  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the following news release: Note to editors and reporters: Video b-roll of a CCBHC (4 minutes, 41 seconds)opens in a new tab and an explainer video "What is a CCBHC? (50 seconds) , external link opens in a new tab" are available for download and use in reporting, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), an agency within the U.  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: * * * Travelers can now use their West Virginia mobile driver's license at airport security checkpoints * * * CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is now accepting West Virginia-issued mobile driver licenses (mDLs) at checkpoints with digital ID readers nationwide. Travelers who have downloaded the West Virginia Mobile ID ap  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7 -- The White House issued the following news release on Jan. 6, 2025: Today, President Biden took action to protect the entire U.S. East coast, the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Pacific off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, and additional portions of the Northern Bering Sea in Alaska from future oil and natural gas leasing. In protecting more than 625 million acres of the U.S. ocean from offshore drilling, President Biden has determined that the environmental an  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (TNSfact) -- The White House issued the following fact sheet on Jan. 7, 2025: * * * Vice President Harris Announces Final Rule Removing Medical Debt from All Credit Reports Today's final rule will remove $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of 15 million Americans. In addition, the Vice President is announcing that States and Localities have already Eliminated Over $1 Billion in Medical Debt Thanks to Biden-Harris Administration Support Today, Vice P  more