WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Chelan, Kent, Monroe, & Aberdeen receive additional $4.47m for safety improvements, feasibility studies to remove highway-railroad crossings DOT grants from Railroad Crossing Elimination Grant program, established in 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-WA), Vice Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking membe  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: Wicker, Hyde-Smith Back Reintroduction of Common-Sense Legislation to Defend Second Amendment Protections  U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) have joined U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Tex.) in reintroducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act (S.65).  The legislation would permit individuals who have concealed carry permits in their home state to exer  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 15 -- Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost is suing the United States Gypsum Company (USG) for nearly $17 million over the company's failure to maintain underground mines that caused dangerous sinkholes near State Route 2 in Ottawa County, threatening the roadway's stability. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the Ohio Department of Transportation, seeks to recover $16.8 million in costs incurred b  more

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, Jan. 15 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania issued the following news release on Jan. 14, 2025: A resident of Youngstown, Ohio, has been sentenced in federal court to 45 months in prison for conspiring to distribute and distributing fentanyl, fluorofentanyl, cocaine, and methamphetamine, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. Senior United States District Judge Arthur J. Schwab imposed the sentence on William McC  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $25 million in Good Jobs Challenge program funding to eight grantees to support high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs that create a pathway for workers to be placed into good-paying jobs. This marks an expansion of the Good Jobs Chal  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce issued the following news release: New awards expand program that has trained and placed more than 12,000 American workers into good jobs  U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $25 million in Good Jobs Challenge program funding to eight grantees to support high-quality, locally-led workforce training programs that create a pathway for workers to be placed   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 (TNSrep) -- The Veterans Affairs Inspector General issued the following 52-page report (No. 24-00550-32) on Jan. 8, 2025, entitled "Healthcare Facility Inspection of the VA Chillicothe Healthcare System in Ohio." Here are excerpts: Executive Summary The Office of Inspector General's (OIG's) mission is to serve veterans and the public by conducting meaningful independent oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Furthering that mission, and building on prior eva  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Jan. 15 -- The Wisconsin Historical Society issued the following news release: LAKE MICHIGAN, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society announces the listing of the St. Peter Shipwreck in the National Register of Historic Places on December 19, 2024. The schooner is located in Lake Michigan, in Ozaukee County. St. Peter was built by master builder Peter Perry in New Baltimore, Michigan, in 1868. The vessel operated in the Great Lakes grain, lumber, and other bulk cargo trades   more